Chapter 709
The girl was afraid that something had happened to her mother.
Odell somehow choked on his emotions after seeing the girl’s teary eyes. A sense of disgust rose from
the bottom of his heart.
It had almost been a month and yet the woman did not even give the kids a call, not even once.
Aside from that, both she and Aunt Tonya switched off their phones as if they were afraid that he could
track them through phone signals. He pursed his lips and hugged the girl into his arms.
The girl stared at him with teary eyes, looking adorable yet pitiful.
He carried the girl to the bathroom and wiped her dirty face with a wet towel.
After that, he said, “Mommy and Daddy had an argument. She’s fine, but she doesn’t want to come
back because of me.”
Isabel pouted and punched his chest. “Why can’t you be patient with her?!”
Odell let the girl punch his chest as much as she liked. She
got tired after a while and started to weep.
He hugged the girl and comforted her, “Don’t cry. I’ll think of a way to bring Mommy back.” The girl
snorted and said with a sobbing tone, “Big baddie, if you don’t bring Mommy home, I won’t talk to you
anymore!”
The girl then curled her tiny arms around his neck and buried her sobbing face into his chest.
Odell hummed a reply and headed out of the bathroom.
As soon as he stepped out of the bathroom, a tiny yet upright figure entered his sight.
Odell turned to the boy and the boy did the same. Liam stared at him with his googly eyes and puffy
face. He was not afraid to stare at his father.
He was trying to spot clues in his father’s expression.
Odell raised his hand and patted the boy’s head. “Go do your homework for tomorrow.”
“I’ve finished my homework for tomorrow,” the boy answered.
“Then go do the one for the day after tomorrow.” “Isabel hasn’t done her homework for yesterday and
the day before yesterday.”
Isabel’s sobbing expression froze before she buried her
face into Odell’s neck.
Odell shot a glance at his son and said, “Help her finish them.”
Liam was speechless.
Odell carried Isabel back to the desk and sat down on the chair.
Liam went over to a toddler’s table by the window and sat down.
He took Isabel’s homework and started to write down hints and tips for the questions to let her
understand them better.
He refused to do her homework for her but he must teach her how to do them.
Isabel decided to cling to Odell since she did not want to do her homework. Odell carried her with one
hand and continued flipping through the documents with his other hand.
Cliff came in a while later and said, “Sir, Ms. Lily Springsteen at the reception, asking for a meeting
about a collaboration.”
Odell had a glance at the girl dozing off in his arm and said, “Bring her to the meeting room. I’ll be there
in a minute.”
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