Tina went to the living room in the front yard and saw the cartoon decorations inside. Then she remembered that today was Roy's birthday.
She had been in a mess these past few days and completely forgot about Roy's birthday.
She didn't even buy a gift and came over empty-handed. She felt so embarrassed.
She had forgotten such an important thing.
It was not easy to have a chance to please Roy, but she missed it.
When she arrived, Oliver and Roy already settled at the table.
Seeing Tina, Roy said to Oliver, "Why did you call her here?"
Oliver said, "Don't be so rude. She's still your mother even if you don't like her."
Roy really didn't want to argue with Oliver on this issue, so he turned on the TV.
He didn't speak any longer. He silently watched TV to distract himself.
"Roy, I know you have enough of everything, so I tried to make something by hand for you, but I haven't finished it yet. I'll send it to you when it's done tomorrow."
"It's not needed," Roy said coldly.
He could not figure out the reason why he just disliked Tina when he saw her.
Children doesn't hide their emotions and express them directly.
Tina smiled awkwardly.
Oliver said lightly, "Let's eat first."
Roy fiddled with the remote control in his hand and somehow switched to the financial news channel.
Oliver suddenly appeared on TV. Roy recognized him even if it was just a sight of his back.
Then he looked at it with interest.
Originally, Tina was afraid that Oliver would blame her for forgetting Roy's birthday and not bringing a present. She was so nervous that she even dared not watch TV.
It was Roy who pointed at the TV and said, "Dad, I saw you. You look so handsome. Why didn't you show your face?"
Oliver's face rarely appeared in the public media. Before the broadcast of this business event, the TV station had edited out all the images with Oliver's faces.
Oliver said, "Don't watch TV when you eat. It's not healthy."
Ever since Oliver had a son, he had always talked about health and started to be fussy.
Tina didn't dare to say anything.
Because Roy was talking to Oliver about the scene on TV, Tina also pretended to be interested to take a look. However, she actually saw the scene of Oliver shaking hands with Vincent.
It turned out that Vincent and Oliver had already known each other. What should she do?
Why was Vincent so highly regarded now and qualified to participate in such a high-standard business activity?
She didn't know that did Oliver recognize Vincent?
Tina was sure that Oliver knew about Vincent. But she was uncertain if he could match the appearance and name.
However, she felt that danger was approaching. Vincent must have come back on purpose.
He went to an occasion with Oliver on purpose and then greeted Oliver on purpose.
Vincent was unwilling to give up. He was thrown away by Tina like a piece of trash back then.
He must have come back to take revenge on her.
Tina's mind was not at the table at all.
She unconsciously pounded the rice with her hand's chopsticks in the bowl.
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