Suddenly There Are Three (Bailey and Artemis) novel Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Maxton's mouth watered, staring at the delicious spicy meat Bailey prepared.

It looks good. I'm famished.

He gazed at the food longingly and informed timidly, “Daddy has starved me for two days...”

Words eluded Bailey.

I thought he was from the Luther family. There's no way Artemis would let him go hungry. I didn't know they were broke.

“Mommy, I'm hungry...” Maxton continued pleading.

Bailey rolled her eyes at that boy. Why does he keep calling me “Mommy”? Don't tell me he's thinking about staying for long and asking to be my son. Please don't do that to me, boy. These two rascals at home are already enough to drive me crazy. I can't take another spoiled brat.

“Wow, Bailey, did you get together with another old man? Since when did you have another son of my age?” Zayron chimed in.

Bailey took off her indoor slipper and threw it at Zayron when she heard that.

“Get out of my sight.”

Zayron flashed a cheeky smile and walked toward Maxton before eyeing him from head to toe. “Aren't you Maxton Luther? You're worth hundreds of billions. What are you doing here? Who in the right mind would trade the Luther residence for a tiny house?”

“Enough, Zayron Jefferson,” Bailey interrupted harshly. “Can't you see he's dehydrated? Get him some water. He must be parched. I can't let him die in our house. We'll be held accountable for that.”

Zayron wanted to talk back, but his mischievous gaze darted around, and he stated, “Great timing. I need you to play an act with me.”

After getting some soup from the kitchen, Bailey sat down beside Maxton to check if the boy was fine.

Hm. He really looks a lot like Artemis. He doesn't take after Rhonda, though. To be honest, I feel like I've seen him somewhere before.

“Come on. Drink it yourself,” Bailey urged, but Maxton puffed his mouth and shook his head.

“I'm so tired. I haven't eaten for days, so I can't move.”

This boy is spoiled.

At first, Bailey thought the Luther family only intended to leave the boy under her care for a while. Yet after two days, no one came to pick him up, which puzzled her.

Mr. Luther, do you really want me to raise a prince as a pauper to be your heir?

But Bailey seemed to be the only person troubled by the situation, for Zayron and Maxton had been getting along exceptionally well. Zayron took Maxton for a clueless boy and even urged him to get money out of Artemis' account.

But of course, it was still too early to say who would turn out to be the clueless boy at the end of the day.

At night, Bailey left the two boys and the dog in the study and lay on the couch, catching up with the latest news on Twitter.

Breaking news: Artemis Luther's seven-year-old illegitimate child.

Photos of Artemis Luther's illegitimate child leaked.

Artemis' illegitimate child looks better than Maxton Luther.

Artemis Luther's seven-year-old son with his first love.

Artemis Luther admitted that the boy was his son.

These five trending topics dominated the whole social media platform.