"All right, all right. You've fed me enough sweet nothings tonight. Stop talking." From his arms, Alice rose to her feet and looked at him, her lips curving up.
Henrick also stood up and approached her. He embraced her with one arm and rested his head on her shoulder. In his arms, she was soft and fragrant. He felt like kissing her.
This moment had come barreling too fast that he felt unreal.
"Allie, am I dreaming? Give me a pinch," Henrick asked in a low voice, which was as gentle as the spring of March, setting one's heart aflutter.
Alice smiled sweetly, slyness flashing across her eyes when she reached out and pinched his waist.
"Ow..."
He suddenly took a step back, feeling a burst of pain in his waist, tickling him unbearably.
Giving Alice his puppy dog eyes, he whined, "Allie, you don't hold back, do you!"
Alice shoot a glance at him and said, "In my defense, you asked me to pinch it."
"Yes, yes, yes. As I said, I'll only let you bully me every day." Henrick smiled and held her hand.
"Allie, what are we doing today?" he asked.
Then he sat down and poured himself another cup of tea.
Alice thought for a while, gazing out of the window. The sun was setting, but the clouds blotted out its orange hue. "Looks like it's about to rain," she thought.
"It's almost time for dinner. What else can we do?"
"Alas! Mom, you're really lacking in the department of romance. Why would you need to consider the time when you're on a date? As long as it doesn't rain, you can date anyone you love, wherever you go." Juliet, who had come from god knows when, suddenly spoke up.
Henrick and Alice were shocked.
"Hello, young lady. When did you come?" Alice looked at her daughter and blushed.
Had Juliet seen her googly-eyed look? It would be too embarrassing if she did.
Juliet leaned back on the sofa. She had just woken up, looking languorous, her face flushed, the very definition of adorable.
She narrowed her eyes and smiled. "Mom, I came when you were holding Dad. But you two were in your own little world and didn't see me."
Henrick and Alice exchanged a glance.
"Mom, why are you shy? Isn't love like this? The person you like is still waiting for you. The person you love now loves you in the same way. Mom, you are the happiest woman in the world now!"
Alice was speechless.
Juliet smiled and said, "Mom, maybe you didn't meet each other at the right time, but you met each other at the best time. Mom, don't hesitate anymore. Dad, you were wrong that year, so now you'll treat Mom with better patience."
For the second time, Alice and Henrick were choked up.
Their daughter was even more shrewd than them!
Alice felt a little exasperated. "How was it that Juliet was speaking my mind?" she mused.
However, as Henrick picked up on the conversation, she no longer felt lonely.
Looking at Juliet's serious face, he asked with a smile, "Juliet, how do you know this?"
Twiddling her bangs proudly, Juliet boasted, "Duh. Dad, it's a high-tech age now. Everything is available on Google, even short videos. You don't have to learn anything, and you can still be able to have a vicarious experience."
After saying that, Juliet whirled around and left.
Henrick was speechless. Her daughter was really unfathomable.
"Allie, do you think our daughter will fall in love early?"
Alice was not surprised at all. "She will, I say!"
Her classmate had a fifth-grade son who had been chatting with another girl his age, the number of messages no less than three hundred. Not to mention the sickly-sweet nicknames they used to address each other!
Henrick was shocked!
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