choose me 3
Chapter 3 “What are you doing!” Alexander’s voice suddenly rang out behind her. Jennifer turned around and found him standing at the doorway, holding the hand of an unfamiliar child. Right now, he was staring at her with a furrowed brow. Alexander immediately fetched a bucket of water and poured it on the raging fire. But his scrutiny of Jennifer didn’t lessen one bit. “Uncle! Why is auntie burning stuff here?” The child beside him looked at Jennifer in surprise and asked. Alexander’s face darkened, “I just picked up Nicole this afternoon. Is that worth getting so mad? Burning everything?” “I’m not mad!” Jennifer replied flatly. “Is auntie mad at my mom? My mom said you’re my dad now, but a dad can only have one mom, so 0226 Chapter 3 auntie’s mad?” Jennifer’s heart clenched. She hadn’t realized this kid was Nicole’s child. And Alexander had actually brought him home. “This is Nicole’s kid Edward. His father ran off, but I like him, so I brought him home.” Jennifer couldn’t help but chuckle softly. After all these years with Alexander, he’d never wanted a child with her. Yet today, because it was Nicole, he could bring home her child with another man and treat him as his own. She felt like a knife had sliced her heart open, bleeding nonstop. Alexander raised an eyebrow, bent down, lifted Edward overhead. “If uncle takes you out to play, what should you call uncle?” Edward giggled on his shoulder, “Mom taught me to call you dad.” Numbness shot from head to toe through her heart, leaving Jennifer speechless. That doting smile felt completely alien to her. She studied the child for a long time, sensing an odd familiarity….