Scrambling to Be the Father of His Ex-Wife's Kid novel Chapter 1684

I hurriedly answered the phone.

"Sorry for disturbing you. The two kids were so excited today that they didn’t have a proper lunch, so I brought them out of the park ahead of time because I was worried. I'm at Roses Manor now. I thought that since you're coming to pick Munchkin up, perhaps you could drop by earlier and have dinner with us?"

Theo came into the room while he was still talking. He was about to say something to me but remained silent when he saw I was on the phone.

A confused look appeared in his eyes as he walked over to me.

I did not know how I should hang up on Fred, so I put him on loudspeaker instead.'

It’s okay, you can take the kids to have their dinner. I still have several things to take care of here. I'll drop by when I'm done."

An impatient look immediately appeared on Theo's face when he saw Fred's name, and he would have walked right back out the door if I had not reached out to him.

In the end, he sat beside me and wrapped an arm around my shoulders.

"Don't worry, Wanda. We’re only having dinner. I won't do anything to you. Besides, I decided to invite you because the traffic will be bad during dinner hours. I don't mean anything else by it. Please don't take it personally."

The way Fred phrased his sentences made it sound like I was overthinking things.

I felt baffled all of a sudden.

I glanced at Theo, and he nodded, signaling that I could have dinner with him.

I thought about it for two seconds before answering, "Alright then. Theo and I will be there shortly. Send me the address."

Both of them were stunned when they heard me say that.

The other end of the line fell silent, and Theo turned his head around to look at me.

"Um, sorry, Wanda. I didn't think things through and only made a reservation for four people. It might pose a problem if Theo joins us.”

Fred turned down the suggestion before Theo and I even had the chance to talk to each other.