The corners of his lips twitched, and his expression softened. "How many young girls do you think I have?"
"How am I supposed to know how many young girls you have, and how many God has sent you?" She asked in a mocking way.
Mark’s lips curled up even higher now. The next moment, his expression became indifferent again. "I will leave you to it."
The man had not left yet, as he was interested in Summer. He kept on telling jokes, and she could not stand it, finding an excuse to reject him.
In the corner by the window, the girl was smiling, and Mark's expression was soft. The two looked like a perfect match. When she walked past the two of them, she overheard their conversation. He did not look up a t her, not even sparing a glance. It even made her feel that the conversation outside the ladies' room just now was just her fantasy, an illusion; he was still indifferent toward her. She sank her fingernails into the tender skin of her palms.
Daisy got up immediately and secretly sighed when she compared the two men.
After the two left, Mark looked up and saw her
disappear from his sight.
Charlotte was still crying, afraid that her dad would abandon her. She had been crying all this time, her eyes red and swollen. She looked so pitiful.
Daisy remained silent, sighing and shaking her head a s she went to settle the medical bills. Summer had not told her about the medical bills. When she got there, the nurse told her that Mark had settled the bill in the afternoon when she slashed her arm. She recalled it now. On the day she forced Summer to make her choice, Summer met Mark in the coffee shop at noon t o break up with him. Yet he still came back to the hospital to settle her medical bill and upgrade her ward. She could not deny that Mark was a good man.
During this period, she also noticed that Summer had become unusually silent compared to the past and did whatever she was told without questions. Charlotte’s crying eyes were red and swollen, and she kept asking for her dad.
What upset her the most was that young girl who always clung to Mark and talked to him so sweetly. It was an eyesore to Daisy. Unlike Summer, that young girl stuck to Mark like glue, as if she had nothing better to do. So should Summer get Mark back?
Daisy shook her head when this thought came to mind. But it stuck to her mind and became clearer and clearer. Mark was also a good man and was top-notch in terms of looks and character.
"How about you getting Mark back, Summer?" Daisy breathed a sigh of relief at last.
Summer lowered her eyes, a light flashing inside. She knew she had made a good move. Since she let Daisy watch the news on TV that night, she could sense that Daisy had started to soften her stance. "What did you say, Mom?” She looked up and pretended to be confused. "What made you say this all of a sudden?"
"After thinking about it, he is not so bad after all." Daisy had an awkward look on her face. "When you were away from home, for a few weeks, he came and stood outside the door to apologize. He was the one who fixed the lights in the corridor and unclogged the water pipe."
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