“Dad, what’s the matter?” Makayla Gardner asked, looking over at Trenton Gardner.
Trenton Gardner raised his chin toward Mrs. Gardner, “Your mother was talking to you.”
Makayla Gardner turned her head to the other side and looked at Mrs. Gardner, “Mom, did you just talk to me?”
“What are you thinking about? You were so absent-minded that you didn’t even respond to my calls.” Mrs. Gardner frowned with undisguised concern on her face.
Although she had little affection for her daughter, she would not be stingy with what was due.
So was caring.
“Nothing.” Makayla Gardner hung her head and answered vaguely.
Mrs. Gardner and Trenton Gardner looked at each other and knew she was lying.
Mrs. Gardner sighed, “Makayla, are you still upset about what mom said last time, in your dad’s hospital room? If you’re still upset, how about I apologize to you again? What happened last time, I didn’t mean to. It’s only because you were just back, and I’m not used to that. When we spend more time together and when I get used to it, I won’t say that anymore. So, Makayla, will you forgive me?”
Makayla Gardner kept her head down and did not answer.
You wouldn’t say it again when you were used to it?
She didn’t think so
She was not their daughter after all, and they rejected her by blood.
So, no matter how long it took, they were still not fully attached to her.
They were being nice to her now more because of duty.
The funny thing was, they only gave it to her because they thought she was Makayla Gardner.
Once they knew that she was not their daughter, that she was not Makayla Gardner, they would withdraw even that responsibility, not to mention their attachment.
When Makayla Gardner did not speak, Mrs. Gardner became worried.
Trenton Gardner also frowned and said quietly, “Makayla, your mother had already apologized to you, and you don’t even want to forgive her?”
Makayla Gardner heard the bitterness in his voice and realized that she had made a mistake. She was trying to save it when the mobile phone on the table suddenly vibrated and lit up.
The eyes of all three were drawn.
Because Mrs. Gardner was so close to Makayla Gardner’s phone, she immediately saw what was on the screen. She said in surprise, “Mr. F? Makayla, who is this? Is that your boyfriend?”
Trenton Gardner’s face changed when he heard his daughter had a boyfriend, “What? Boyfriend? Makayla, since when do you have a boyfriend? Why didn’t you tell me that? What if you get cheated?”
Although the daughter’s attitude toward his wife made him a little dissatisfied, she was his daughter, after all, his only offspring.
She was the person he cared about more than anything else in the world, after his wife.
How could he not be anxious now that his daughter had a boyfriend?
His daughter had been separated from him for more than 20 years before she came back, and soon after she came back, she had a boyfriend, and maybe she would get married soon. How could they accept this?
After all, they hadn’t even spent that much time with their daughter, how could they send her away so soon to go to someone else’s house?
That was at least a few years away.
So, if this Mr. F was really her boyfriend, he had to make her break up with this guy. He must!
“Yeah, Makayla, that’s the kind of thing you must tell us. If you had a random boyfriend, what would we do if something happened?” Mrs. Gardner nodded approvingly.
Makayla Gardner blushed with embarrassment as Trenton and his wife looked so excited, “Dad, he’s not my boyfriend. He’s just someone I know.”
How dare she let that horrible man be her boyfriend?
Besides, it wasn’t him she liked. It was...
Hayden Cohen’s face flashed through Makayla Gardner’s mind. She blushed even more, and there was a hint of shyness in her eyes.
This shyness was captured by Trenton Gardner and his wife, but misunderstood. They thought they were right. They thought it was their daughter’s boyfriend.
Trenton Gardner was so upset, and his face was red in anger. He banged the table and asked, “Tell me, Makayla, who the hell is this kid who stole my daughter right under my nose? I’m so pissed off.”
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