“…”
One was big and tall while the other was small and short. The two stared at each other for a full two or three seconds before the shocked Cherry subconsciously tried to close the door.
Pete had told her that they mustn’t acknowledge each other before Mommy and Daddy fell in love with each other. Otherwise, it would trigger a terrible battle for custody!
However, the man reached out and held the door open. He asked in surprise, “Why are you here, Pete?”
Cherry was terribly alarmed.
Justin’s expression was dark and overcast.
He bent over, picked up Cherry, and ordered, “Come upstairs with me!”
But Daddy will discover what’s going on when we go up and run into Pete!
Cherry struggled and shouted, “Let me go! Mommy, help!”
Mrs. Lewis, who heard her cries, rushed out of the kitchen to see Justin entering the elevator with Cherry in his arms.
Shocked, she ran over to the bedroom in a panic and woke Nora who was in a deep sleep. “Nora! Wake up! Something has happened! Mr. Hunt took Cherry!”
Nora was in a deep sleep, but she instantly woke up when Mrs. Lewis shook her awake.
She got up and went straight out after putting on her slippers. She didn’t even have the time to change.
At this point, Cherry had already been brought upstairs.
After they entered the presidential suite, as she watched her angry and handsome father walk toward the study with her in his arms, she thought to herself, We’re finished! We’re finished!
Because her father was holding her tightly, she couldn’t even inform Pete about what was going on.
They would definitely be exposed now.
Creak!
Justin stopped in his tracks as he opened the door to the study.
To prevent her father from scolding and disciplining her, the quick-witted Cherry decided to take the initiative to admit her mistake first. She said weakly, “I’m sorry, Daddy. Cherr—”
Before she could say “Cherry didn’t mean to keep it from you”, she saw that… The study was actually empty?
After a short pause, the words at the tip of her tongue turned into “—y Pit didn’t mean it.”
Her large eyes were full of confusion.
Where was Pete? Where had he gone?
His son’s soft and tender voice made Justin’s anger slowly fade away, and he couldn’t bring himself to lecture him anymore.
He gently put Cherry down and held her shoulders tightly as he said, “Don’t leave the top floor so casually, no matter what happens, Pete.”
He was trembling.
As the heir to the number one family in the States, a lot of people had their eyes on the Hunts.
Justin had been kidnapped before when he was a child and had only managed to return alive after going through hell. The events had almost traumatized him. That was why he had worked so hard all these years to protect and hide his son from the public eye.
But how few many times had Pete met Nora Smith? Yet he had sneaked downstairs! And, the most frightening thing was that he didn’t even notice it!
What if she had ill intentions, or what if someone were to kidnap him on the way downstairs? The consequences… He didn’t even dare to think about it!
Sensing her father’s inexplicable fear, Cherry suddenly hugged him and patted him comfortingly on the shoulder. “I won’t do it anymore, Daddy.”
The soft and tiny figure in his arms made Justin stiffen again.
This was the first time in all these years that his son had been so affectionate to him.
Justin’s turbulent emotions gradually calmed down as he took in the faint milk-like scent on her. He sighed deeply and, as a compromise, said, “If you really like Miss Smith that much, we can let her come up here to spend some time with you.”
Cherry was at a loss for words.
Seeing that she had successfully glossed over the issue with her dad, Cherry looked at the half-completed workbook on the desk and wondered, where’s Pete?
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