Chapter 88 A Harmonious Relationship
Chapter 88 A Harmonious Relationship
Chapter 88 A Harmonious Relationship
He did not need to get used to it in advance because he had been calling Raymond Daddy for years.
However, it was funny to pretend to be someone else's son in front of his father.
Shayla rubbed her belly and asked, "Daddy, can you take us to have a delicious meal?"
A meal?
Raymond looked at the time and said, "But it's not dinner time yet."
Shayla looked at him with puppy eyes and said, "We will have afternoon tea. I want to eat desserts."
This girl was a little foodie. He had not expected her to know about afternoon tea.
"Okay, I will take you to have desserts."
Raymond picked her up, took Damion's hand, and led them into the car.
Although Damion pretended to be calm, he had been feeling guilty. After all, Raymond was his father.
But he must bite the bullet and try to hide the truth from him.
Raymond took the kids to a fancy Masstonese restaurant and ordered a lot of desserts.
When Shayla enjoyed the food in satisfaction, Damion obediently sat on the chair because Raymond
had been looking at him all the time.
Raymond had not fully recovered from the shock, suspecting the boy was his son Damion.
Feeling his gaze, Damion felt increasingly guilty. Suddenly, he saw a dessert on the menu.
Durian Cake?
He hated durian the most because he could stand the smell. If he ate durian in front of his daddy,
maybe the latter would stop suspecting him. He decided to give it a shot to avoid being exposed.
So, he said, "I would like a piece of durian cake!"
Raymond curiously asked, "Do you like durian?"
He knew Damion hated durian the most.
"Yes, durian is my favorite! It smells sweet and tastes good."
Shayla asked in shock, "Really? When did you start to like durian? I did not notice it at all!"
After getting along with Shayla for so long, Damion had never seen her eat durian. So, he guessed she
disliked it too. Therefore, he said, "That's because I always care about your feelings. You don't like the
smell, so I have never eaten it in front of you."
Shayla immediately said, "Why don't you care about my feelings now? If you eat it here, I will also feel
disgusted."
"So, you disagree?"
Damion prayed in his heart that Shayla would insist on preventing him from ordering durian cake.
"If you want to eat it very much, I can plug my nose up."
"Forget it! I won't eat it."
Damion secretly felt happy, thinking Shayla was awesome.
"It's okay, Tyrone. We can go to eat durian alone some other day."
Damion felt helpless, thinking his father was making things difficult for him.
"Okay! Thank you, Daddy."
He had deliberately called him Daddy in a tone different from his usual one.
Seeing the kids happily eating, Raymond felt satisfied as if he were their father.
After a while, Shayla impatiently said, "By the way, when will you marry Beth? Hurry up!"
"Shayla, why are you always urging me to marry her?"
"Because I feel sorry for her. I don't want her to suffer the hardships alone. I want her to marry a man
who loves her. If you protect and take care of her, she will no longer be so tired."
Shayla's words instantly touched Raymond. And he thought she was a loving and caring daughter.
"I have a question." She suddenly stared at him and seriously asked, "Do you love Beth?"
Damion also wanted the answer to this question, so he intently looked at him while waiting for him to
reply.
"Yes."
Facing the children, he could only give such an answer.
"Will you protect her no matter what happens in the future?"
"Yes."
"I won't believe it unless you pinky swear on it!"
When Shayla stretched out her little finger, Raymond also stretched out his and hooked hers.
She grinned, "Okay! You can't go back on your word."
Damion threateningly said, "If you treat Beth badly, I won't forgive you."
"I see."
As soon as Raymond finished speaking, Tyrone's cell phone rang. And the call was from Bethany.
"Hello, Beth."
"Tyrone, I saw in the chat group that you can leave school early after the activity. Do you need me to
pick you up now?"
Before Damion could reply, Raymond took the phone over and said, "I have already picked the kids
up."
Bethany asked in surprise, "Raymond? Why did you pick up my children?"
"Shayla called me and told me they could leave school early."
Raymond came up with a plan and said, "I'll ask my driver to pick you up. We'll wait for you here."
Raymond hung up the phone before Bethany could ask why she needed to go there. She had not
expected the kids to be with Raymond now. They were too heartless! Neither of them had informed her
in advance! They did not care about her feelings at all!
"Why did you ask Beth to come?" Damion asked.
"If she comes, we can have dinner together. Isn't it great?"
"Yeah!"
Before Damion could reply, Shayla cheered, "We do need to have a meal together before you get
married. Daddy, you have a son, right? Why don't you ask him to join us?"
"No!" Damion immediately said.
After finishing speaking, he was afraid Raymond would suspect him. So, he quickly smiled to conceal
his guilt and said, "I don't want to have dinner with an outsider." NôvelDrama.Org exclusive content.
"But after Daddy and Beth get married, his son will become our brother. You can't call him an outsider.
We are family."
Then, Shayla looked at Raymond and earnestly said, "Don't worry, Daddy. I promise to treat your son
as my biological brother. I will be a good sister."
Raymond lovingly smiled, "Thank you."
Damion was dripping with sweat, but he could only struggle to object. So, he murmured, "But they have
not gotten married yet. I don't want to see him so soon."
Tyrone had begged him not to tell Bethany the truth for now, so Raymond said, " If you don't want to
see him today, I will ask him to have dinner with you next time. Only the four of us will participate in the
dinner tonight."
Shayla said, "Fine! Anyway, we will often have meals together after becoming a family."
Hearing Raymond would not ask Tyrone to come, Damion felt relieved. Then, he obediently drank juice
in silence until Bethany walked in.
Seeing her, Shayla immediately shouted, "Beth!"
Hearing this, Bethany walked to them.
Raymond had long said he wanted to meet Tyrone. This time, he had finally had his wish fulfilled.
"Tyrone and Shayla are well-behaved. I like them very much."
When he spoke, the fondness in his eyes was obvious.