Mysterious Mr.Richard novel Chapter 30

The young Brandon was absorbed by the information on his computer.

"Daddy..."

Bonny was talking in her sleep. Brandon looked up from behind the computer. His sister was kicking her quilt off. She seemed to be eating something delicious in her dream.

Brandon's eyes softened. He closed the computer and got on his feet.

When Pearl opened the door, she saw Brandon sitting by the bed to cover his sister with her quilt.

Hearing the sound of the door, Brandon turned his head and looked at the door. "Mom."

Pearl came in and sat down beside him. "Brandon, I'm sorry you have to take care of Bonny these days. I was making preparations for your new school. I'm sure things will get better after the summer vacation."

Brandon also sat down cross-legged. He asked with a calm expression, "Mom, are you sure? Won't Bonny make more trouble at school?"

Thinking of the troubles Bonny made abroad, Pearl found that she couldn't smile anymore. She said resignedly, "Let's not think that first. You'll have to go to school anyway."

She coughed to cover her awkwardness and quickly changed the subject. "Well, you haven't told me what happened at the party today."

Why would Brandon suddenly show up with Richard and call him 'daddy'?

The entire afternoon felt like ages to Pearl. If it happened to another woman with a weaker mind, she would have broken down.

"I heard Aunt's assistant calling someone, and felt like something must was wrong."

Just as Pearl went out to attend the party, Evelina went to her house to pick up the two kids. Because she had the photo of Pearl and looked a lot like Pearl, Brandon didn't think too much and went with them.

At the hotel, Evelina's assistant took the kids to the playroom. Bonny was naughty and sneaked out of the room without the assistant's notice. While looking for her, Brandon overheard the phone call inadvertently.

Before Brandon said this, Pearl knew already what Evelina's intentions were. She wanted to humiliate Pearl in front of their relatives and friends. Evelina wanted to embarrass her father and destroy the her relationship between her father.

But how did this have anything to do with Richard?

Pearl looked at her son. She asked, "Then how did you end up with...Richard?"

Brandon crossed his legs and his hands first. Then he continued saying composedly, "When I spotted Bonny, she had already ran to you. There was no use chasing after her then."

Coincidentally, it was at the same time that Richard just walked into the banquet hall.

"That's why I asked him help me."

A simple sentence explained the whole thing.

Pearl frowned, waiting for more information, but he didn't say anything else. "Is that all?"

"Yes."

"You asked him for help, and he just agreed?"

"Yes."

Sometimes Brandon's short replies could drive her crazy. He would always answered a question with several words. If he could, he would just reply with a word.

"But why did you call him... father?"

"About that." Brandon suddenly looked at her. "Mom, is he our Dad?"

Pearl was taken aback. She immediately denied it, "Of course not. He and I...  just old classmates."