Megan finally chose to eat hot pot, but Winnie had not agreed.
"What will you say, Mommy?"
"Mommy, you've been tired all day, and it's hard to cook. Let's go out to eat."
Luke begged, for fear that her mother opposed and destroyed their plan.
Winnie had a lot of work to do today, and she was really tired.
She thought about it.
"Okay, let's go out and eat hot pot if you want."
"Thanks Mommy."
"Thanks Mommy!”
The two children successfully completed the task, looked at each other and secretly smiled.
Arriving at a hot pot restaurant where they often eat, Winnie chose a quieter table.
As three people just sat down, Brian appeared in Winnie's line of sight. And closer and closer, he sat directly opposite her.
"Daddy, what a coincidence. What are you doing here?"
Megan said and cooperated with Brian.
"I passed by and saw Mommy's car, so I come in. I saw you when I was at the door, there's no reason I don’t come."
Brian found a good excuse.
"Miss Chambers, do you mind if I sit here? I haven't had my supper either."
Brian jokingly asked Winnie's opinion, but he had determined that he would not leave even if Winnie opposed.
Winnie looked at Brian, and looked at the strange smile of the two children. She felt she got fooled.
They must have planned to go out to dinner together.
"Will you leave if I say no?"
Winnie knew it was unnecessary to ask such question.
"No."
Brian immediately gave an answer. If he felt, this scene would not have happened.
"Then order food, eat and go home early."
Although she knew they were purposeful, Winnie did not destroy the two children's mood. Although the children smiled complacently, the smile when they saw their father was from the heart.
"Not only will I order, but I'll pay. It's my treat today."
Brian tried to keep the atmosphere lively and keep his face warm, because it was Winnie's birthday and it was the first time that the family of four sat together to celebrate her birthday. Although there was no a word of birthday wishes, it left a good memory for the four people.
After the meal, no one mentioned the birthday, which made Winnie feel relieved. At last, Megan proposed.
"Mommy, Daddy, let's take a family picture. If Daddy gets married, he won't be ours."
"I agree, whenever the four of us are together, we must take a picture. So we can always take it out and look at it."
Luke said. He thought that with the family picture, it proved that they were a family, proved that they had the happiness of home, and they could grow up with less regret.
Winnie and Brian glanced at each other, but made no rebuttal.
They could give the children a home, at least to meet the requirements of them.
"Come on, Luke, let's sit with Mommy. Let's take a family picture."
Brian took Luke's hand and walked to Winnie. Because they had to close to take the picture, so they followed the instruction of the waiter who helped to take the pictures.
"Sir, you stand at the back and bend down, be close to you wife. Your children have grown this big and you still shy?"
The waiter’s words made Winnie very uncomfortable. As she just was to explain that she was not Brian's wife, Megan interrupted her.
"Daddy, put your arms around Mommy's shoulders and bend down and place your face close to Mommy's."
Megan smiled and gave Daddy a look. Brian was very willing to cooperate, even if there was no hint of the children, he would do so.
Then Brian bent down and put his arm on Winnie's shoulder and stroked Luke's head with his other hand. Megan was standing in the middle.
"Good, good, don't move. I'm going to take it."
The waiter pressed the shoot button.
"Change the pose and I will take a few more pictures. You are good looking."
The waiter said enviously, this family really amazed him.
After the pictures were taken, Brian spoke while flipping through them.
"I'll send you the pictures."
"Send to Luke."
Winnie had deleted Brian’s contact information. They contacted with Luke’s or Megan’s phone.
"Ok."
After sending the pictures to Luke, he still continued to look at them. There were eyes closed, exaggerated modeling, and a mouth opened and hands raised, but Brian did not want to delete one of them.
"Stop looking, you should pay the bill."
Winnie said impolitely, it was all right Brian paid for this meal.
"I've paid it. We can go home."
Brian finally put away her phone and got up to leave.
Out of the restaurant.
"My car is over there. I take the kids back."
Winnie reached for the children's hand and wanted to take them away.
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