As she thought about how she might no longer be able to do these things for her husband and daughter in the future, Karen felt like she had just been stabbed in the heart. Her tears came rolling down her face.
She wiped her tears and took a deep breath to reset. Instead of overthinking, she needed to enjoy all the time she had with them.
"Karen, what's going on?" Kevin said from the back.
"I'm fine." Karen's back stiffened, but she did not have the courage to turn around.
Didn't he go to the study already?
Why did he come to the kitchen again?
"You're fine?" Obviously, Kevin would not believe that Karen was fine.
"What can ever happen to me?"
"Karen!" Kevin clenched his hands and muttered, "Are you trying to hide something from me?"
"Kevin, what do you want to hear? Tell me, then I'll tell you." Karen was also angry and shouted back.
"You..." If he continued to talk to her like that, the two of them would end up fighting.
And Kevin did not want to argue with her. He turned around and returned to his study again.
He sat in front of the desk, lit a cigarette, and took a few puffs.
He had been smoking all this while, but he rarely smoked in front of Little Karen and Karen. He prioritized their health and safety first.
But today, he was really angry.
He was angry that Karen was keeping something to herself and didn't want to tell him.
He had repeated many times that she shouldn't keep anything to herself if something came up. He was her husband and someone she could rely on for the rest of her life.
But what about her?
She seemed to have not paid attention to his words.
She never listened and just followed her own way.
What should he do to change her? He would be satisfied even with just the slightest bit of change.
But now, she didn't even want to talk to him.
Kevin took a few puffs on the cigarette. Then he picked up the phone and made a call, "Have you found George yet?"
When he called Karen today, he had just received some news on George. He wanted to update her, but from her tone, he decided to not say anything.
Since she acted weirdly during the call, he left work and rushed to the kindergarten. And thankfully he was there, otherwise, those guys would've been more arrogant and done something crazier.
He was saddened because of Little Karen's injury, but the fact that Karen was keeping everything to herself made him even sadder.
He had a deep urge to just aggressively teach Karen a lesson, so she would really acknowledge him as her husband.
However, there was no way for him to get angry at her.
Nick Black responded through the phone. "Director Kevin, George has returned home safely. In fact, it wasn't someone who kidnapped him this time. He was manipulated by someone to create the illusion that he was kidnapped. His purpose was to convince Karen to believe the evidence he has and get her to leave you."
After hearing what he said, Kevin's face darkened and remained silent. George was usually a smart guy, but he was a fool on this matter. Someone was manipulating him but he didn't even know it.
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