Violet turned her head and gave the man a blank look, "You scared me to death."
The man grunted cheekily and lowered his head to nibble on the back of her neck.
He didn't nibble too hard, so Violet didn't feel any pain, just an itch.
She couldn't help but scowl, "Okay, get off me, I'm still in the shower."
Stanley released her neck and approached her ear, saying in a hoarse voice, "Go ahead."
There was no conflict between washing and kissing.
Violet rolled her eyes, "How can I concentrate on washing when you're sticky here?"
Hearing that, Stanley paused, dropping his eyelids as if he was thinking about her words.
After a couple of seconds, he removed the showerhead from her head, "I'll wash you so you don't have
to worry about distractions."
"......" Violet was speechless, good-natured and amused, "So you don't want to go out?"
Stanley was noncommittal, "It’s been a long time and I miss you."
Violet looked at him and actually saw a bit of eager in his eyes.
She rubbed her forehead with a smile, "I'd love to spend some time with you, but I'm pregnant now, so I
can't, or ...... Why don't you work it out for yourself?"
She'd just have to let him work it out for himself, for she could not let him find aother woman.
Stanley's eyes flashed slightly, "You help me."
"......" When Violet was just about to refuse, she saw the anticipation in his eyes.
At once, she couldn't say anything else.
She did owe him a bit, for she could not have sex with him now.
So never mind, she would help.
Having worked through her thoughts, Violet took a deep breath, reached out her hand, and pulled the
strap around the man's waist.
The man's eyes lit up instantly.
After an unknown amount of time, Violet shook her sore, aching wrists and looked at the man sulkily,
"I'm exhausted, and you took a long time."
The man laughed softly, "Don't you like it?"
Violet choked for a moment, having no more words to say.
Well, she kind of liked it during sex.
She couldn't help but blush at the thought, then coughed lightly and nudged the man, "Alright, you're
done, get out, I have to take a shower."
"I'll wash with you." Stanley was clingy and still refused to go out.
The corners of Violet's mouth twitched and she didn't bother to care anymore, letting him go.
The bath that could originally be finished in half an hour, after having him in there, it took two hours
before they went out.
Violet laid down on the bed tiredly, not wanting to move again.
In the end, her hair was dried by Stanley.
And she had gradually fallen asleep during his hair blow-drying.
Stanley looked at her sleeping face, his eyes so gentle.
Afterwards, he turned off the hair dryer and bent down, kissed Violet on her forehead and covered her
with the blanket, "Good night."
Violet's mouth twitched as if in response.
Stanley chuckled, put the blow dryer aside, turned off the light, and took her into his arms.
The next day, after breakfast, the family of four headed out for a day of fun outside.
Since Violet didn't have to compete today, Stanley didn't have to be busy with work, and the two kids
didn't have to go to school, so time was available.
The two kids were overjoyed and were excitedly chattering in the car about where and what they were
going to do.
Finally the two kids decided on the first stop, which was the square, to feed the pigeons.
Stanley's brow even furrowed, clearly he did not want to be there.
It seemed to him that those pigeons were dirty, pooping everywhere, excrement all over the ground,
and maybe when they flew in the sky, they pooped down from the air and landed on their bodies.
Still, seeing the expectant looks of his two children, he did not refuse.
Luckily, after feeding the pigeons, it wasn't as bad as he thought, he didn't step on their excrement, and
they didn't poop on him. Other than the air was stinky, everything else was fine, so Stanley's face, after
leaving the square, soon looked better
"Let's eat lunch first, the kids are hungry." Violet took a tissue, wiped the sweat on Stanley's forehead,
saying.
Stanley nodded, "Ok."
Violet nodded her head.
Half an hour later, the family of four arrived at a cozy restaurant.
This restaurant wasn't very big, so there were no private rooms and they all had to sit in the lobby.
Stanley chose a table by the window, from which he could see the old medieval buildings outside with a
very nice view.
"What do you want to eat?" Stanley handed Violet the menu.
Violet gave the menu to the two kids, "Let the kids order first, I'm going to the bathroom."
"OK." Stanley said as he looked at her.
Violet smiled and got up to leave.
After using the bathroom, she headed back to the restaurant.
Just as she walked into the restaurant, she suddenly glanced out of the corner of her eye and saw a
familiar figure at a table not far away.
Pennie!
She could not believe Pennie was there too.
And there was someone else with her, a woman with a wide hat and a long black cape dress, whose
face could not be seen.
Who was that woman?
Violet wrinkled her eyebrows and stared in the direction of Pennie and the woman.
After watching for about ten seconds or so, the woman and Pennie checked out and got up to leave.
From start to finish, Violet never saw the woman's face.
But didn't think much of it, just assumed she was Pennie's friend and withdrew her gaze back to
Stanley and the two children.
"Here." Just as she sat down, Stanley handed over a cup of hot milk.
Violet smiled and took it, "Thank you, honey."
Stanley gave her the menu, "Okay, order."
Violet nodded and took a sip of milk before starting to order.
In the afternoon, the family of four went back to the villa after a stroll through the old medieval streets
and a shopping trip to the mall until it was almost dark.
Linda came back in the afternoon and had been waiting for Violet.
When she saw Violet return, she hurriedly got up, "Violet, Mr. Murphy, you're back."
Stanley nodded slightly in response.
Violet looked at Linda, "Is your head better?"
"It's better, the swelling is half gone, I'm sure I will get well soon." Linda answered, touching the
bandage on her head.
Violet nodded, "That's good."
"By the way, Violet, I have something to tell you." Linda suddenly said.
Stanley took the two children's hands, "I'll take them upstairs."
Violet knew that he wanted to leave the room to them, so she responded with a smile, "Okay, I'll go up
to you guys when we're done."
Stanley nodded, and then took the two children upstairs.
Linda opened her mouth, "Violet, Mr. Murphy is so considerate."
Violet laughed out loud, "Well, get down to business."
"Here's the thing, I took a magazine shoot yesterday, it's a very prestigious magazine in the music
industry, and recently it is going to undertake a daring project, which is to gather the top twenty popular
singers in the world and create an unprecedented issue out of it."
Violet nodded.
So the magazine intended to aggregate the top 20 artists in the world into one magazine.
"This magazine is ambitious enough." Violet raised her eyebrows.
With the top 20 artists rounded up, the magazine would be sold out soon.
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