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Once she closed her eyes, the scene of Ryan kissing her would appear. She felt like a mess and got more irritated as she thought about it. However, when she met Ryan in the dining hall that morning, he was calm as if nothing had happened.
It was… exasperating.
Mireya was in a bad mood. She did not have much of an appetite either.
In the afternoon, she kept poking her fodd at the canteen.
Cate, who was sitting opposite her, frowned when she saw this. “Although you want to lose weight, you should still eat something in the afternoon. You can just eat less at night.”
“Who said I’m on a diet?” Mireya pouted. “I just…”
“Just what?” Cate held her glass and drank some apple juice.
“Nothing. Maybe I’m just overthinking.” Mireya lowered her head and ate in silence.
“…”
Two days later, Mireya returned home after getting off work. When she arrived at the dining hall’s door while pushing Dani in her stroller, she heard pleasant laughter ringing inside.
“Summer, you’re so adorable.” Heidi was grinning from ear to ear.
Mireya’s footsteps halted. In that split second, Heidi saw her and waved her hand. “Mireya, you’ve gotten off work. Come over quickly. Let me introduce you.”
Under the bright chandelier, a sweet-looking woman was sitting beside Heidi. She looked like she was in her 2os. She was graceful, and her smile was bright when she smiled at Mireya. At first glance, she was a woman who would be adored by elders. One could tell she was a polite person.
“This is Summer. I’ve mentioned her to you before. She’s also your godfather’s closest friend’s daughter. ” Heidi’s voice was filled with delight. “I asked Ryan to bring Summer over for a meal.”
“Hello, Mireya. Nice to meet you.” Summer showed Mireya an elegant and sincere smile. Then, she pouted her pink lips and said playfully to Ryan, who was sitting on the sofa, “Ryan, your sister is so pretty.”
“Who said she’s my sister?” Ryan looked as if someone had stepped on his tail. He quickly glared at Summer. “She’s almost the same age as me, okay?”
“She’s still older even though it’s just by a few months.” Summer covered her mouth and chuckled.
“That’s right. I’m two years older than you, so shouldn’t you address me as ¡®Brother’?” Ryan winked and made Summer blush in embarrassment.
Heidi was pleased as she watched from the side. She was worried that her son would refuse to come to his senses, but she finally saw hope. “When you guys were younger and our families gathered for meals, you would always call Ryan ¡®Brother’ when you saw him. You would call out to him so sweetly back then. However, you didn’t address him that way as much after growing up. Whenever I chatted with your mom after that, we’d even joke about when we could become in-laws.”
“Mom, you’re talking about this when Summer’s only here for the first time. Aren’t you afraid that you’ll scare her away?” Ryan teased.
“I won’t be scared away. My parents often said Aunt Heidi is friendly. She’s the role model for the women in Australia. I’m here to learn plenty of things from her today.”
Summer circled Heidi’s arm, and that made Heidi very happy.
Mireya found a place to sit down. She listened to them chat and suddenly felt like an extra, especially when she saw Ryan and Summer talking to each other. Sometimes when they exchanged gazes or smiled upon meeting each other’s eyes, the intimacy between them made Mireya’s heart feel stuffy.
She was really annoyed at Ryan.
It turned out that he was getting along well with Summer. It did not seem like he disliked women at all.
If so, why did he have to kiss her as an experiment that day?
Never mind if it was an experiment, but why did he say those strange words and make her imagine things? After that, he simply brought his blind date back home in an instant.
What did he… take her for?
“Mireya, let’s eat. Are you daydreaming?” Heidi called Mireya.
Mireya quickly sat at the dining table while carrying Dani.
Summer glanced at Dani, who was in Mireya’s hands. She said lovingly, “Mireya, your child is so cute. I like kids quite a lot.”
“I’ll carry her over and let you watch all you want if you like, ” Ryan said all of a sudden.
Mireya’s body stiffened. For some reason, a wave of fury spread from her chest.
Mireya was not a petty person. Usually, when guests wanted to carry Dani, she would agree to let them hold her. Not only that, she was happy as a mother when others liked her daughter for being so adorable.
However, she felt like Ryan was trying to please another woman at that moment and was using her daughter to do so. She did not like that at all.
If she were to refuse him, the atmosphere would become awkward. It would make her look childish as well. Therefore, she could only bite the bullet and hand her child to Ryan.
After Ryan carried Dani, he immediately moved closer to Summer’s side. They were looking at the child together with their heads lowered. Ryan even made Dani laugh from time to time. When Dani giggled, Summer would smile happily as well.
“Ryan, look. She has two little dimples when she smiles. That’s so adorable.”
Mireya could not continue looking at this scene.
She averted her gaze and took two sips of water from her glass.
Heidi had a mysterious smile on as she inched closer to Mireya’s ear. She said, “Mireya, look at both of them. Are there sparks between them? I rarely see Ryan being so friendly with a woman. I think there’s hope.”
“…Mm.”
Upon seeing Heidi’s happy expression, Mireya could only force a smile. “Summer seems nice. She’s pretty and composed.”
“Yes. I see that she likes children quite a lot too. If she were to have kids with Ryan, she’d be a good mother.” Heidi kept praising Summer.
Ryan’s children…
Mireya felt like her heart was pricked by a needle.
If she could, she really wanted to leave this place and stop eating. However, she was at the official residence. It was not a place where she could do as she wished.
When all the food was served, Nathan returned as well.
Summer did not fear Nathan’s identity at all. She even started conversing with Nathan openly, making him and Heidi laugh a few times.
Mireya noticed during the meal that Ryan kept putting dishes in front of Summer without anyone else knowing. Summer glanced at Ryan shyly. ” Ryan, how did you know that I like to eat sweet potatoes?”
“I noticed it after eating a few times with you.” Ryan glanced at her with a warm smile. His gaze was undoubtedly gentle.
Mireya lowered her gaze. She had imagined what Ryan would look like after he started dating. It seemed like he would look just like this.
In the past, he would always put her favorite dishes on her side of the dining table. However, since another woman was present, he did not do that anymore.
When the mantis shrimps were served, Ryan even helped Summer to remove the shells.
On the other hand, Mireya bled a few times from getting pricked by the sharp spikes of the mantis shrimps.
However, Ryan would not help her shell shrimps anymore. She could only wipe her hands with tissue in silence.
That was the most aggrieved that Mireya had felt during a meal. After the meal, Ryan even invited Summer to visit the place he stayed.
In the dark of the night, she saw Ryan and Summer’s silhouettes disappearing into the building in front together.
Mireya lowered her head and went back to her place.
In the past, she would feel like everything was fine after coming back and looking at her daughter’s smile. However, even though Dani was by her side that night, she still felt annoyed. She was so irritated that it was as if a stone was pressing on her chest. She wanted to find someone to drink with her. She was annoyed to the point her gaze would shift to the building that Ryan stayed in from time to time.
What was he doing with Summer?
They were a man and a woman alone together. They could not possibly be sitting under the lights, reading books and chatting. They would at least be holding each other’s hands and kissing…
Mireya sat up straight. She did not want to think nonsense anymore. She was a mother. Her responsibility was to accompany her daughter well. She had to bathe Dani and play with her.
At 9:00 p.m., she heard the nanny’s voice at the door while feeding Dani milk in the living room.
“Good evening, Young Master. Have you come to visit Dani?”
“Mm.”
Ryan changed his shoes. The curved corners of his mouth showed that he was in a good mood.
