Jackson then quickly dragged her into his arms, and said, "Okay, okay, I was just kidding! Nobody would ever dare to think of my woman."
Cherry didn't answer him, but thought in her mind, 'If only I could always feel happy and stay at his side like this! Oh, my heart doesn't deceive me, and I really love him! If nobody else would bother us, and he and I could always be at peace like now, then we would definitely live in happiness forever and ever!'
In the afternoon, when Joe came back from school and arrived home, he immediately shouted, "Mommy! Mommy! I'm back!"
Cherry entered the living room from the balcony and saw that her son was running towards her. She then happily opened her arms to welcome him back home.
After she tightly hugged her son, with a smile on her face, she asked, "Joe, how was your day at school?"
"Just fine, " childishly answered Joe, who then suddenly left Cherry's arms, and continued, "But, a girl confessed her love to me today."
Cherry immediately felt astonished. A five-or-six-year-old girl, had "confessed her love"?
"What...what had happened?" asked Cherry.
"She said that I'm really good-looking, and that she loves me, " earnestly said Joe.
Cherry couldn't help herself and burst out into laughter. She covered her mouth with her hand and couldn't say a word more.
"Mommy, what are you laughing at?" asked Joe. He felt confused, and he couldn't understand why his Mommy was laughing.
"My little boy, do you think that you are good-looking?" asked Cherry, smiling at him.
"Of course! Uncle Wilson has also said that I'm very handsome! I could even be more handsome than Daddy!" proudly answered Joe. He had never felt unsatisfied with his appearance.
"Right, right, nobody's more handsome than my lovely son!" said Cherry as she patted Joe's head. Still smiling, she continued, "However, you're still too young to have a girlfriend. You have to study hard now, do you understand?"
"I know that. Don't worry, I won't fool around with women like Daddy does, " casually said Joe.
After Cherry heard Joe's words, she saw that Jackson was just stepping downstairs, and her grin immediately froze on her face.
"Who said that I was fooling around with women?" asked Jackson with a cold face.
Joe also erased his smile and turned around to see Jackson.
Cherry quickly stepped towards the stairway. When Jackson arrived downstairs, she pulled his arm, and said, "He's just talking nonsense, why do you have to get angry?" Her tone was very soft.
Jackson glanced at Cherry, and then stared at his son who was stepping towards him. He thought, 'What a boy! How dare he say such words about his own father!'
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