The father and son stared at each other. "Dad, how did you know we were here?"
Colin twitched his lips and said nonchalantly, "You're simply predictable." He had a tracker installed on the watch on his son's wrist.
... Amborse snorted, "Don't bother me and Sophia next time."
With a thoughtful look, Colin tapped the table several times with his forefinger. "Actually, you can take her home tonight."
"What? Really?" Ambrose's eyes shined with glee.
"Of course! Let me tell you how..."
...
After supper, Sophia took Ambrose for a walk to digest the food they ate.
At about 9 o'clock, Sophia said to Ambrose, "Brody, it's time to go to bed. Tomorrow's a school day, remember? Come on, go back home with your dad."
Ambrose's face suddenly changed. He put his hands over his stomach and stumbled into Sophia's arms. "Sophia, I seem to... have a stomachache."
"What? What happened? Let me have a look." Sophia crouched down, worriedly looking at the miserable-looking boy.
Shaking his head, Ambrose kept worming in Sophia's arms. "Sophia, I'm not feeling very well. Can you take me home? Can you sing me a lullaby when I go to bed?"
Sophia felt her heart hammering at the boy's faint voice. She looked up at the silent man standing nearby. "Your son's ill. Let's take him to the hospital!"
She didn't understand why Colin seemed so calm at the sight of his son like this. Are all fathers this heartless?
Before Colin could reply, Ambrose clung to her clothes. "Sophia, I don't want to go to hospital. Can you just hold me?"
Ambrose looked so expectant, Sophia didn't have the heart to refuse. "Okay." She lifted him up in her arms. "Brody, does it hurt a lot? I think you need to go to he hospital."
"I don't want to got to hospital. Can you just take me home?" Ambrose pleaded. He put his arms around Sophia's neck and leaned his head on her shoulder.
Sophia shot Colin a hesitant look. "I... Can I take him home?"
Without saying a word, Colin took his son from her arms.
With the weight on her arms gone, Sophia felt disheartened. Colin wouldn't let her...
In that moment, she almost burst into tears.
"Follow me."
She instantly smiled as she followed the man striding in front of her.
Sitting on the backseat of the car, Sophia held Ambrose in comfort. She wondered if Colin took the boy from her because he was concerned about her.
Colin drove Sophia's car in the direction of the Li Manor. When the stoplight turned red, he hit the brakes. "You really need a new car."
He didn't feel comfortable driving her car.
"That's unnecessary. The recent turnover is... I like driving it!" Sophia hurriedly changed her response.
Nevertheless... She was talking to Colin, who was good at perceiving information. "There's a problem with your turnover? Then forget about the 50 million. Where's the card?" He felt something was wrong when Sophia didn't try to return the card to him recently.
It wasn't like her at all. Since she was angry with him, she definitely didn't want to owe him anything.
"I... I still have it!" Sophia stammered, unconsciously tightening her grip in guilt.
Comfortably lying on Sophia's chest, Ambrose shrieked, "Sophia, you're holding me too tight!"
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