I froze for a moment. It was obvious that he didn’t want me to live with Dennis.
Dennis knew what Leo meant. He smiled gently and clipped a piece of meat in my bowl, “You’v been thin these days. Eat more, please.”
Dennis was implicating that I’ve been thin because no one would take care of me there.
I kept silent. Originally I thought that those two could have a peaceful meal, but it seemed that I was overthinking.
Clariana didn’t know the intimation of them. She was talking with Karina, probably because children would always like to be close with pregnant women.
The little guy was sometimes pretty precocious, “Miss Karina, I will call you aunt Karina later, right?”
Hearing that, Leo turned to Clariana, “Honey, what do you want to eat? Uncle Leo will help you.”
Clariana asked him, “Uncle Leo, mommy told me that I should call your wife aunt. Will you marry Miss Karina?”
Leo frowned, “Eat more and talk less.”
Obviously, he didn’t want Clariana to ask too much about that.
Everyone knew.
Karina smiled bitterly, but didn’t say anything. No one knew what she was thinking.
I frowned, not satisfying with Leo.
No matter what had happened before, now that Karina was pregnant, he shouldn't be so reckless as to hurt her.
“Clariana, honey, let’s eat more.” I looked at Leo and clipped some food for him, “Leo, do you remember the dog you picked up from the field when I was 11 years old?”
The topic seemed a bit abrupt. He froze and said, “Yes. It’s been many years.”
“Do you remember what happened to that dog?” I asked.
Leo said, “I asked you to keep it. After a few months, you had to go to school in the county, so it had to be given away.”
I nodded and said, “At that time, I thought it was troublesome to take it with me and take care of it, so I gave it to someone else. But after that, it was lost when I wanted to see it again. Over the years, I would always think that maybe I wouldn't have to feel sorry for it now if I hadn't given it away but let it stay in the yard with grandmother.”
Leo kept silent for a moment. Then he clipped a piece of meat for me and said, “Time has passed by.”
“Mommy, you also had a dog before? Is it like Snowball?” asked Clariana.
I smiled and nodded.
She also nodded and said like an adlut, “I cannot lose Snowball. I will keep it. I don;t want any regrets.”
I looked at Leo and said, “Leo, you know what I mean.”
Leo pursed his lips and did not speak.
Karina doesn’t like to speak, so she barely did it.
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