Chapter 139 Your Daddy Is Causing Us Too Much Of A Loss

“Did you live like that before as well?” Lyla frowned and asked Mark.

Mark gave her a sideways glance at her words, his deep eyes surging with strange feelings. The next second, he got up and once again pressed down on Lyla’s body underneath. “Why, does your heart ache for me?”

Lyla rolled her eyes at him. “You’re more likable when you act proper!”

His large hands began to roam her body. Lyla slapped him fiercely a few times. “Stop messing around, alright?”

“A proper man is right on top of you. How proper do you want me to be?”

Lyla. “...I want to eat dinner!” Then, she pushed him away to go out, but before she could even get up, she was once again caught by Mark.

Lyla turned to him and met Mark’s serious eyes. “Promise me that you won’t meet them alone next time!”

Seeing his worried look, Lyla nodded in a dazed manner. “Okay!”

The corners of Mark’s mouth lifted in a smile, elegant and gorgeous. “That’s better. Good girl!” Then, he even rubbed Lyla’s head.

Lyla did not like that action. “You…”

“Okay, let’s eat!” Then, he got up and pulled her outside.

“You…”

“Be good~”

Lyla. “...”

Looking at his back, Lyla finally gave up fighting with him and simply let him be.

Hansel finished cooking and was just about to call them when he saw them walking down hand-in-hand. The two little ones were staring fixedly on their connected hands.

“Daddy, Mummy, you guys…”

Seeing their staring eyes, Lyla unceremoniously shrugged Mark off. “What are you looking at? I’m walking a dog!”

Hansel, “...”

Gretel, “...”

Mark looked back at her. His eyes were slightly narrowed and dangerous. “Walking a dog, eh?”

Before he could get angry, Lyla could already tell that his mood was off, and she smiled at him. “Eat, eat!” Then, she went toward the dining table.

Hansel and Gretel exchanged a look and also hurriedly went to the table.

Mark stood where he was, smiled in exasperation, and also walked over.

“Mummy, after eating later, you have to accompany me to buy a toothbrush!” Gretel spoke as she ate.

“Buy a toothbrush? Why?”

“My toothbrush in school went missing. I don’t know where it went!”

At that, Mark froze and he frowned. Lyla did not think much about it, but she also frowned upon seeing Mark’s expression sink. “What’s wrong?”

Mark did not answer and instead looked at Gretel solemnly. “Was there anyone suspicious in your school today?!”

“Suspicious?” Hansel frowned and shook his head. “Nope!”

“There was!” He had just spoken when Gretel opened her mouth. “A new teacher came today, but he disappeared in the afternoon!”

As expected.

Mark’s expression sank.

Even Lyla had a bad feeling. “What are you thinking?” She asked Mark.

“This matter must have been done on purpose!”

“Justin Pattinson?”

“It’s either him or Eileen Dawson!” Mark said. He believed that this matter was definitely not as simple as a coincidence.

“Since they already know that Hansel and Gretel are your children, why are they still doing this?” Lyla asked.

“It’s probably due to the lack of evidence. They won’t believe it without seeing the results with their own eyes!” The corners of Mark’s mouth lifted in a cold smile.

“It’ll be good if all they wanted was evidence!”

“I’m just afraid that they want more than just that…”

Lyla’s gaze landed on Mark, who looked gloomy and unpleasant.

Although they did not know exactly what was going on, Hansel and Gretel vaguely felt a bad premonition. “Daddy, don’t worry. You can rest assured that we’ll protect ourselves!”

Mark was very worried about them, but he could not let them stop school because of this. After thinking about it, he said, “Starting today, I’ll pick you up from school every day. Even if I don’t go, I’ll send someone over. Wait at school after class and don’t wander, understand?”

If Mark gave such instructions, Hansel and Gretel knew that the matter was not that simple. They did not want him to worry and nodded.

……

After dinner, Mark originally wanted to sleep, but he was summoned away by a phone call.

Lyla also went back to her room. Too many things happened the past two days. She had to think about it.

Hansel was cleaning up the dishes when Gretel walked in and said mysteriously, “Hansel, Piers asked you to call back!”

Hansel’s little face became extremely serious upon hearing Piers’s name. “Okay!” Then, he washed his hands and stopped cleaning the plates, and went back to his room.

He went in to make the call and Gretel followed after him, quietly closing the door.

The call was answered very quickly. Hansel asked, “What happened?”

“Ruby Tears suddenly called for a negotiation!” Piers said.

Hansel frowned and pursed his lips. His brain turned rapidly. “I can’t go out now. Piers, I’m telling you, my Daddy is likely to be the person behind this matter. I don’t know if he will talk to you face-to-face, but you have to fight for the maximum rights and interests!”

“Is it really your dad?”

“I’m not sure yet, but I’m eighty percent sure it’s him!”

Piers was troubled. “Then this matter just got complicated. Your Daddy is a notorious rascal. Not many people can get through to him!”

Hansel. “...”