"I remember when I was younger, there were a lot of women who liked Daddy, but I liked Mommy. Later
on, Daddy also began to like her, but Mommy doesn't like him back." It had been a few years already.
Bobby couldn’t help but be disappointed with the slow progress of their parents’ relationship.
"I think Mommy likes Daddy. Otherwise, how could Mommy have babies with Daddy? You and me..."
Speaking of this, Nadia giggled.
The melancholy on Bobby’s face disappeared when he laughed along with her.
The two innocent kids sneaked out of the yard while talking.
By this time, Charles had already woken up.
Rubbing his eyes, Charles stood up and shouted at the door of the bathroom, "Nadia, have you
finished the shower?"
Seconds had passed but he didn’t get any response from Nadia.
Because he couldn’t just go in when his daughter was taking a bath, Charles knocked on the door
instead. "Nadia... Are you inside?"
However, Nadia still didn't answer.
In a hurry, Charles pushed the bathroom door open and found that Nadia was not there anymore.
"Nadia..." Out of instinct, he went straight to Nadia’s bedroom, but she was not there.
Then he ran to Bobby's bedroom, and found no one. Both of them were gone!
Where were the two kids?
Anxious, Charles ran downstairs to find them. There he found the door opened, which meant that
someone had just gone out.
The moment Charles went out was the moment Bobby and Nadia got into a taxi.
It was too late! He couldn’t help but curse in his head as he thought that the two kids were really bold.
At first, Charles wanted to stop them. But on a second thought, he decided to hail a taxi and follow
them.
"Follow the taxi in front."
Soon they arrived at the apartment building where Nancy was.
From where he was, Charles watched the two kids get out of car and pay the driver. Then they entered
the apartment building hand in hand.
On the contrary, Charles remained unmoving inside the taxi.
The taxi driver couldn’t help but ask, "Sir, your destination is here. Won't you get out of the car?"
Without looking at him, Charles replied weakly, "Not yet. Please stop here for a while. I will pay you the
corresponding fare."
Charles knew that the two children would choose to be with Nancy. But Charles also wanted to stay
with Nancy, didn't he?
It was only Nancy who decided to abandon them.
Uncertain whether he should get out or not, Charles just sat in the taxi. If he appeared in Nancy's
apartment now... Would Nancy kick him out?
This had been his thought for the whole night he was in the taxi. The taxi driver couldn't stand it
anymore and fell asleep in the driver's seat.
All he did was stare at the window of Nancy's apartment until the lights were off.
Did Nancy sleep with the kids?
How could she just sleep like this without calling Charles?
Didn't she think he would be worried when the kids were not at home?
Wasn't Nancy afraid that he would look for the children all over the world?
'Nancy, when did you become so heartless?'
Finally, Charles took out a few one-hundred-dollar bills and left them on his seat before he got out of
the car. With a cold face, Charles entered the building and went upstairs.
What he didn’t know was, Nancy was beyond shocked when the kids suddenly appeared at her door.
She thought it was Charles who sent the kids here, but she didn't see Charles behind them.
Frowning, Nancy asked, "Where is your daddy?"
"Our Daddy didn't come," Bobby answered as he slipped inside the apartment.
"Yes, our Daddy is at home." Then, Nadia ran to where Bobby went.
Looking at the two children who were now sitting on the sofa, Nancy felt helpless.
"Then tell me, why didn't your Daddy come? Why are the two of you here?" It was not hard to guess
that these two kids sneaked out.
But didn't Charles notice that the two of them missing?
How could Charles not notice that the two children were not at home? How careless could Charles be?
How could she entrust her two children to a careless man?
However, if these two children really wanted to be with her, could she handle them?
"Mommy, we sneaked out because we miss you," Nadia said timidly.
Nodding his head, Bobby added, "And Mommy, we are hungry. Daddy's food is terrible..."
"What?" What Bobby said was strange. These two kids used to say that the food she cooked was bad.
But now, why did the food Charles cooked tasted worse? "Isn't your Daddy good at cooking? What's
going on with you?"
"Mommy, we are fine. Something’s just wrong with Daddy. Daddy... We don't know what's wrong with
him. The food he cooked was really terrible!" Bobby complained.
Nancy looked at them in disbelief. "Haven't you had dinner yet?"
There were servants at home. What was wrong with Charles? Why didn't he cook well for the children?
The two kids shook their heads.
With a sigh, Nancy asked, "What do you want to eat? I'll make it for you."
"We will eat whatever Mommy cooks."
The two kids were not really picky when it came to food. It just happened that Charles really messed up
with the food he prepared for them.
It was a good thing that she bought some food from the market earlier after work. Otherwise, the kids
wouldn't have something to eat now, because she didn't really have a stock of food in this apartment.
Now that the kids were here, it was her responsibility as a mother to feed them.
So, Nancy went into the kitchen and cooked steamed fish, egg cakes and shredded pork for the
children.
It didn’t take long for the kids to eat them all up. It was obvious that they were really hungry.
At last, Bobby’s stomach was full, so he licked his lips happily. "Mommy, we are done. Are you going
home with us now?"
"I..." After thinking for a while, Nancy said with a smile, "No. This is Mommy's home, so Mommy won't
go anywhere."
"What about Daddy?" Hesitation could be seen in Nadia’s eyes.
"Your daddy is not a kid anymore. If you are worried about him, you can go back to him. I won't stop
you." The smile on Nancy’s face didn’t fade.
"No, we have to be with Mommy." After saying that, Nadia ran to Nancy. "Mommy, I don't want to leave.
I want to stay with Mommy."
"Yes, Mommy. We don't need to look for Daddy anymore. We have to stay with mommy," Bobby
echoed.
When Nancy looked at her watch, she realized that it was very late. It was not appropriate to let the
children leave at this time.
But she had to admit that she felt dejected that Charles didn't notice that the two kids had left home.
"Okay. You take a shower and have a good sleep. Mommy will drive you to the kindergarten tomorrow."
"Okay." The two kids clapped their hands triumphantly and went to take a shower.
As the two kids took a shower, Nancy kept looking at her phone, wondering if she should call Charles
or not.
'No. He should be calling me instead.' Nancy waited for a long time, but Charles didn't call her.
Until the kids fell asleep, there was still no phone call from Charles.
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