A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 485

It was a rare chance for James to be alone with Coy, so he cherished this opportunity to grow closer with him. After leaving the African prairie, he took the boy to a local tribe nearby, and bought some food and supplies for the children living in the slums.

They stayed there for the night, and watched an open-air movie night using only a piece of film cloth and a projector.

By the time Maria received a video call from James, it was already seven in the evening in H City, but it was only two in the afternoon in Africa.

Coy's brown head appeared on the screen. When he saw that it was Maria on the screen, he grinned at her. "Mommy! Bob!"

Upon seeing his son, Maria burst into laughter. "My dear, why are you so tanned?"

"That's because we've been staying at the African prairie all this time," James said.

Nestling into Maria's arms, Bob asked, "Coy, is it fun there?"

"It is!

I saw lions, tigers, and beautiful butterflies,"

Coy lisped.

"Wow! Next time, I'll go there, too. Will you go with me, Coy?" said Bob.

A smug look appeared on Coy's face. "Okay. We slept in a tent and ride planes and helicopters. I did have to eat grass, though."

"Those aren't grass! They're leaves from the monkey bread tree," James cut in again.

Bob contemplated for a moment before he said, "Daddy, eating leaves are terrible, too."

"There aren't any vegetables there, and we can only eat the leaves instead."

"I see!" replied Bob.

"Mommy," said Coy. "I think I'm becoming stinky. The water here is very precious because it's so dry!"

Maria raised her eyebrows. "Your father is a neat freak, but he hasn't complained yet."

"You just don't know that he's always grumpy every evening, and he doesn't even let me talk to him. And that's because he can't take a shower!" His father didn't have to tell him anything for him to figure out why he was being grumpy.

Maria was amused by her son's childish complaint.

James' face turned grim. "Let's go. I'll take you to the river to take a bath."

"Wait, no! I'm worried that there might be crocodiles. I don't want to go, Daddy!" Coy held the phone and shook his head repeatedly.

"I know a place where there aren't any beasts that could attack us." Before Coy could refuse, James carried him on his shoulder and turned off the video call.

After a few days of observation, he finally found a section of the river where there were no crocodiles around. They could take a quick bath there.

James put away his phone, carried his son with one hand, and picked up a dagger with the other to protect them. Slowly, they made their way towards the river.

Just as he mentioned before, they found a section of the river where they could take a quick bath. It was relatively safe, except for the appearance of a snake.

On their eighth day in Africa, Coy finally saw a real building, which even had a swimming pool inside.

"Daddy, you're finally willing to take me to a hotel," said Coy. He was dying to sleep in bed.

"Weren't you the one who wanted to stay in a tent?" This place was far from the prairie, and it would take several hours to go back and forth. Pitching a tent on the prairie was much more convenient.

Coy didn't know how to refute his father's solid reasoning. "Fine. I won't argue with you anymore."

James was left speechless.

At this point, he was starting to feel that this boy really needed to be punished.

"Just go to the bathroom and take a shower. Later this afternoon, we'll have tea."

"But, Daddy, I want to swim," Coy complained.

"I won't stop you even if you live in the pool after we have tea," said James.

After glancing at the large swimming pool, Coy reluctantly agreed. "Okay!"

Every year, the temperature in this continent was around twenty to thirty degrees Celsius. They didn't have to worry about catching a cold. While James was taking a quick shower, he allowed Coy to play. Afterwards, he began bathing the boy.