Theo nodded and pulled me into his arms. He buried his face in the crook of my neck. "Good night and sweet dreams."
He let me go after saying that.
I covered my neck and looked at him with a reddened face. "Don’t do that again."
Theo raised his eyebrows. "Am I not allowed to hug you or am I not allowed to kiss your neck?"
"Neither!" I replied in shame and indignation.
Theo’s eyes were deep and profound. "I may not be able to do it. Every time I look at you, I would become unlike myself. I can't help but want to hold you, kis-"
"That’s enough!" Not waiting for him to finish his sentence, I hastily interrupted.
Even without looking into the mirror, I knew that my face was already fully red.
This man was still so shameless no matter how much time had passed.
Perhaps afraid that I would actually get angry and drive him away, he did not do anything that overstepped the boundaries and maintained a gentlemanly demeanor. Another day went by in this
uneventful life.
On the weekend, I finally had a day's rest. Munchkin wanted to go to the amusement park, but there was only one amusement park in Zenon and it was not very large either. As it was the weekend, we realized that there were too many people after we went, hence we needed to queue for a long time before we could take the rides.
I discussed it with Munchkin and suggested bringing him to a mall downtown to buy him some toys. It was only then did he agree to leave.
After walking around the mall, Theo bought Munchkin a lot of toys, which left me a little displeased. "You can’t spoil him like that."
Indulging a child was not the way to show that one loved the child. On the contrary, this would only be destructive for the child.
Theo knew what I was thinking about and apologized. "I'm sorry. I just haven't been beside him to take care o f him all these years and want to compensate him for i t as much as I can. That's why I didn’t think too much about it."
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