Chapter 97 You Think I’m Making Advances At You

The meeting that was supposed to end at six was only adjourned past seven at night.

Hansel’s call came in just as the meeting ended. Mark was feeling weary in the beginning but his lips perked up at the sight of the call from Hansel.

He quickly picked up the call.

“Hello!”

“Mr. Pattinson, are you still busy?”

“I was just done with work!”

“Are you at home or somewhere else!”

“The office!”

“Oh, oh, oh!”

Mark sensed something was going on. “What’s wrong?” He asked.

“I guess you haven’t seen the news!”

“News?” With a frown, Mark turned to the computer before him and clicked on the browser.

“Mr. Pattinson, congratulations, you’re trending on the number one spot on Twitter!” Hansel answered. No emotions were discernible from his statement.

Twitter?

Mark turned to the page. Indeed, he went viral but it was not just him, there was Kathleen too.

He clicked on the post and it was a photo of Kathleen entering the Pattinsons’ residence. They were not pictured together.

It appeared that Hansel had seen it.

“Actually this...”

“Mommy said that you’re searching for a stepmother for us!” Mark was about to explain when Hansel interrupted. He was dumbstruck to hear this. “She said that?”

“Yes!”

“And? What else did she say?” Mark ensued with another question.

“Nothing else!”

Mark. “...” That woman.

He was furious yet could do nothing about it.

“Don’t listen to your mommy’s nonsense. I’m heading over now!”

“Are you coming now?”

“Yes!”

“Alright!”

Mark immediately hung up after the brief exchange.

Seeing that there was nothing more to do, he picked up the documents on his desk and got up to leave.

He was not going to bother with the trending news on Twitter because he had other plans in mind.

Lyla came out of the ward just as Hansel terminated the call. “Who did you call?” Lyla casually enquired. With the injury on her shoulder still hurting, she dared not make any sudden movements.

“Huh, no one!”

Lyla would believe him if he made up any excuse at all. Yet, he said it was no one when she clearly heard the call.

She darted Hansel a doubtful stare. “No one?”

Hansel resolutely and firmly shook his head. “No one!”

Just then, Lyla turned her gaze towards Gretel. The latter was playing on her iPad. “Gretel, you tell me!”

“Huh?” Gretel lifted her eyes and looked back at them in a daze.

“Don’t lie, who did he call?”

“I...” Gretel took a glance at Hansel and paused for a while before answering, “I was playing on my tablet so I didn’t catch anything!”

She did not catch anything?

Did they take Lyla to be a three-year-old!

Gretel was capable of multitasking since she was a tiny tot. The girl went as far to say that she was oblivious because she was on the tablet.

Nevertheless, Lyla was aware that the siblings shared a great relationship. Surely, they covered for each other.

Who would it be apart from Mark if Hansel had no guts to mention who was on the other line?

Raising a brow, Lyla sat in bed. “Okay!”

Hansel was smart. Although Mommy had admitted that they were Daddy’s children, she had not fully accepted him. She was still afraid that Mark would steal them away from her.

Hence, he did not have the courage to bring it up.

Hansel had only one way to go about this.

It was the plan before which was to get Mommy and Daddy happily together. It would be easier for them should it happen.

“If I ever find out Mark Pattinson and you...”

“And me what?”

The door was suddenly pushed open before Lyla could finish. Mark took steady strides into the room.

Oh, the natural commanding presence of his. Lyla was dumbstruck by his appearance.

F*ck.

Speaking of the devil!

Bringing along a document and a bag of food, Mark happened to overhear Lyla talking about him when he reached the door.

He knew that this woman would not have anything nice to say about him.

“Daddy!” Gretel gleefully cried.

The word “Daddy” left Mark’s heart exploding with happiness.

As Gretel bolted over, Mark stared at her. “Are you hungry?”

“A little bit!”

“I bought some snacks. Have some now and I’ll take you to dinner later!”

“Okay!” Gretel replied with a smile before going to one side with the snacks.

Trying to act invisible, Hansel followed Gretel to the side for a munch.

Mark then turned over and fixated his eyes on Lyla.

Lyla quickly averted her gaze, pretending that she did not see him.

With his lips curling into a cold smirk, Mark approached her.

“Ms. Lowe, did you say something about me earlier?”

“What what?” Lyla played dumb.

Constant denial was the main trait of this woman.

Mark abruptly cut the distance between them. “Don’t drive a wedge between me and the kids!”

“I never!”

“You know well whether it’s true or not!” Mark retorted.

“I did not!”