Scrambling to Be the Father of His Ex-Wife's Kid novel Chapter 1651

"Where's Theo? I don't see him."

She immediately began inquiring about Theo's whereabouts when she realized I would not be alone.

I understood that.

I chuckled awkwardly as I said, “Where else could he be? Wouldn’t he be hard at work in the city?"

I was unsure how much Shannon knew about what was happening between us and Jordan.

However, I could tell that Jordan had protected her all this while. He had shouldered everything going on by himself.

My guess was that he also found taking on everything by himself to be easier as it was not something to be proud of.

Of course, if I studied the issue from a practical standpoint, I hated the way Jordan was dealing with things. At times, I even found the way he squirmed about keeping secrets extremely unmanly.

Yet, if I switched to viewing the issue as one of Shannon's friends, I found it delightful that she could live without any worries and focus on raising her children after everything she had gone through.

No matter what, it would still be better than needing to worry about your husband's career while you were pregnant.

Shannon was still gazing at me expectantly when I finished answering her questions. I realized something was amiss, so I came up with an excuse to leave the swimming pool.

The server from the manor chose that very moment to walk up to the pool with the carrot juice I had ordered.

"Madam, here's the juice you ordered,” he said as he lowered his head. There was an uncomfortable look in his eyes, but he turned and walked off the minute he put my drink down. It seemed like he did not want to disrupt our conversation.

Only God knew just how much I needed someone to butt in and disrupt our conversation at that very moment.

"I never expected to meet you here."

I could tell she was extremely excited, but I moved to sit on another deck chair because it made me uncomfortable.