Nicole thought, 'How did he get in?'
She then remembered that she left the front gate wide open!
Clayton Sloan faintly glanced at Nicole. His slightly cool gaze finally settled on the little blonde boy behind her.
His voice was deep as he said, "Come here.”
The little boy jumped up and ran over to the man. He smiled and reached out to hug his thigh. "Daddy!”
The two of them together were quite a sight. Although their facial features were somewhat alike, the little boy had blonde hair and blue eyes, while his father had dark hair and brown eyes.
Nicole was amazed at the superb looks of this pair of father and son.
Clayton was used to this little rascal's tricks and picked him up with one hand.
"You little rascal! You think you're all grown up now that you can ditch people and run away by yourself?"
The little boy flung his legs and struggled to no avail.
"I saw the Pretty Lady and I wanna be with her! I like her! I don’t wanna be separated from her! Daddy, you can't separate lovebirds!”
Nicole was shocked by what Lil Michael said. Before she could say anything, Clayton let out a cold laugh.
"Didn't you always like Muse? Why'd you change all of a sudden?"
"She is Muse, my pretty lady..."
Clayton froze. He stared straight into Nicole's eyes and examined her with a complicated expression.
Nicole was baffled and did not understand what they meant by that.
She coughed slightly. "Um... Are you really his dad? I met him at the amusement park and there was no one around him, so..."
Clayton frowned slightly and lowered his eyes to look at Michael with tenderness and helplessness.
"I know."
Suddenly, Clayton’s phone rang. He looked at the number and frowned, then headed out the door while carrying Lil Michael with one arm.
"Goodbye, Ms. Stanton."
"No, no! I don't wanna leave my pretty lady! I like her! I’m in love with her..."
Nicole listened to the gradually fading voice and felt a little strange. On second thought, the man’s dressing did not look ordinary. If he could find this place so quickly and knew that this was the Stanton Mansion, he must have already done his investigation.
After they left, Nicole did not think too much about it. Tigger regrettably stood at the door wagging its tail because it already missed its new buddy.
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