Because Emily kept talking, the whole dinner was delayed for another hour.
I was listening to her most of the time. However, fearing that Glenn would eat too much, I had to take care of him.
As I was looking at Glenn, I took a look at Shelton out of the corner of my eyes.
With a glance at him, I was stunned.
By this time, Shelton had finished his meal. Putting down his chopsticks, he stared at Emily attentively as she spoke.
Although the look in his eyes was as gentle as ever, there was a kind of attentiveness that was unfamiliar to me in his clear eyes.
Shelton looked at Emily so intently.
However, he was looking at others through Emily.
At this time, I turned to look at Emily, only to find that she was looking at Shelton closely as well.
However, as she looked at Shelton attentively, she wasn't the same as Shelton.
It was exactly Shelton who she was looking at.
And Shelton was all over her eyes.
I felt that my heart thumped all of a sudden. And intuition that something bad was about to happen was slowly rising in my heart.
At that moment, I gave up on the idea of asking Emily to help me take care of Glenn.
Frankly speaking, Emily, who was speaking energetically, did so for Shelton. I, who wasn't in the mood to listen to her anymore, asked, "Have you finished eating? Mom will have fun with you upstairs, okay?"
"All right."
Glenn nodded and wiped his mouth with the handkerchief in front of him.
I helped him get off the baby chair.
Emily interrupted herself immediately, asking, "Madam, shall I help you?"
"No." I smiled, "You guys can talk. I haven't seen Glenn for a long time. And I'll accompany him."
At this time, Shelton stood up, caught up with me, and said softly, "I'll accompany you. You won't find me an eyesore, right?"
"Of course not," I said with a smile.
When I finished speaking, I glanced at Emily intentionally or unintentionally, only to see that she stood there without moving at all.
Looking at Shelton, she couldn't help but look disappointed.
Without saying anything, I took Glenn upstairs.
Shelton accompanied us as well.
Glenn's small bedroom looked exactly like a toy house.
This time, Shelton bought him another big racing track on which he could play toy racing.
Each time, he could put a few cars there and start a competition.
The three of us had fun together for hours. At 10 p.m., Glenn refused to go to bed. In the end, per my repeated persuasion, he fell asleep after hearing seven stories from me.
As soon as Glenn fell asleep, I walked out of the room. Before I could go downstairs, I heard Emily's voice.
I stood quietly at the corner of the stairs. And there was only a lamp in the living room.
The light was dim.
With Shelton sitting on a single-person sofa in the living room, Emily stood on the side and talked about her affairs non-stop.
Women all got sinking feelings. Standing there, I suddenly realized that the relationship between Shelton and Emily suddenly changed. But what was the reason for this change?
I didn't know.
If it got down to the fact that Emily's past had aroused Shelton's interest, I surely wouldn't believe it.
After all, Shelton had so many hospitals at his disposal.
Emily's experience was probably similar to those of Shelton's nurses.
So, how was Emily different?
Even so, I didn't care about this.
If Shelton could divert his attention from me, it would be a wonderful thing for me.
Instead of going downstairs, I went to the bedroom with my cell phone.
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