Baby, I Found for You an Awesome Daddy

Shane didn’t answer. Braden gritted his teeth and said, “Forget it. Just think of it as me returning you a favour. Where are we meeting up? I’ll invite some drinking buddies.”

“Okay.”

The crowd was dancing wildly in the bar.

Some women barely wore any clothes. Braden used to like this kind of place but ever since he was with Anne… he had lost interest in these women…

Although they were only engaged he had already thought of Anne as the woman he wanted to spend the rest of his life with.

Braden found a quiet room and called over some people to drink with them. These were all honest people who weren’t involved in shady activities.

The drinking buddies really knew how to liven up the mood. In no time, they had managed to get Shane drunk.

Braden instantly thought of calling Charlotte when he saw Shane drunk.  However, on second thought, he knew it wouldn’t word as Charlotte might not come over.

As a result.

He came up with a better idea.

“What! You actually went to a bar? Didn’t you promise me that you would stop?” Anne asked in a rage.

“I’m sorry but Shane was in a bad mood. He’s already drunk. I have no choice but to ask you to drive us home.” Braden said softly. “I didn’t even touch another man. Don’t be mad, okay?”

“Shane is there too? That’s fine. He won’t let you mess around.”

“My dear wife, why do you trust him so much? He’s already drunk. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have asked you to come over. Bring Charlotte as well,” Braden said in a tearful tone.

Anne was disgusted by him.

But it wasn’t even a big deal for Braden to go to a bar. He used to be such a playboy, she would have to go all over the world to track down the women he had been with.

She rolled her eyes. “Alright, I got it. I’ll give Charlotte a call now. Get the designated driver to send back the two cars first.”

“I love you.”

“Don’t be disgusting.”© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

The call ended.

Braden looked at the photo of himself and Anne on the phone and giggled to himself. He had thought he might never find true love but he got lucky…

Soon, Charlotte and Anne arrived together.

Braden was still sober. Although there were two girls sitting next to him, he maintained a distance between them.

Shane had already passed out. He lowered his head with a glass in his hand like a statue. There was no one around him.

The others had formed groups and were having fun on their own.

“You guys have fun. I’ve already paid the bill. It’s until five o’clock,” Braden said to them.

“Okay, thank you.” One of the younger men stood up and smiled sweetly. “Ladies, you can always call me if you’re organizing a party. We are all hard working people.”

Anne immediately exchanged phone numbers with him.

The younger man smiled and gave her a wink. “Miss, if you ever wanted to know why Braden is at, you can also give me a call. It’s quite cheap, around a hundred dollars for the information.”

“You brat!” Braden smiled and chided in.

The way he promoted himself wasn’t repelling at all. He managed to please Braden and Anne at the same time. He also avoided a quarrel between the couple at the same time.

What a joke.

They may be fun people now but they were going to be informants in the future. If Anne was angry, she would’ve been fuming.

Anne was well protected by Rick but she wasn’t stupid. She knew what the young man wanted so she handed him 200 dollars. “Treat yourself to something nice. Thank you for taking good care of Braden.”

“Hahaha. Thank you.”

They left the bar.

Braden held onto Anne’s arm tightly. “Dear, you are too generous and  gentle. I love you so…”

“Stop flattering me. Tell me, what’s going on?”

“Well, he’s in a bad mood, isn’t he?” Braden replied with embarassment.

“Tell me about these things beforehand next time. What if… Hey, isn’t that my brother’s car? Does my brother come to such a place?”

Rick?

Charlotte instinctively turned her head.

Rick was surrounded by men, one of them had his arms around a pretty girl. They looked very intimate. As for Rick, he was wearing a suit with a sullen face. He looked very inapproachable.

Anne licked her lips. “I didn’t expect my brother to be so imposing in front of outsiders. He’s quite similar to Shane.”

Braden nodded in agreement. “I’ve always thought your brother pretended to be meek but he was actually a wolf.”

At this time, Charlotte was still holding onto Shane. She felt it wasn’t appropriate for her to meet Rick this way so she suggested, “We don’t have to go over and greet him. It’s weird enough that I came here to pick Shane up.”

“You are here to help me pick Braden up. What does it have to do with Shane?”

Even though that was the case.

Rick happened to turn around when everyone had dispersed and happened to catch a glimpse of the people staring at him.

As he turned, his gaze fell on Charlotte.

She supported Shane while she leaned against Anne. Braden was on the other side of Shane.

They looked like two pairs of couples leaving the nightclub after a wild night.

“Brother!” Anne waved to Rick.

Rick’s fingertips tightened. He put the keys back into his pocket and walked up to the crowd. “You guys having fun here?”

“No. We came because Braden said Mr. Fuller was in a bad mood. They got drunk together so they asked me to pick them up. But it was late and Lottie’s school happened to be on the way so I asked her to come with me.”

They didn’t have fun together?

Rick nodded and said, “I’ll send Mr. Fuller home. You can take Braden and Lottie home.”

“Alright.”

Rick walked to Charlotte’s side and took Shane from her. He lowered his eyes and looked at her with a slight curl on his lips. “Have a good rest.”

Charlotte nodded.

Rick helped Shane to leave.

“Well, Charlotte, are you going home or back to school?”

“Let’s go home. I don’t think I’ll be able to enter the university at this hour,” Charlotte answered.

“It’s a pity that Sheryl’s asleep. Otherwise, she would be so happy to see you.”

“There’s still tomorrow morning.”

“You’re right,” Anne said as she wrapped her arms around Charlotte. “Let’s go have some chicken tomorrow. I’ll treat you to a panini.”

Panini?

She had no idea what that was.

Charlotte looked very confused.

…

Rick helped Shane to the back seat and he took a bottle of mineral water from the trunk.

Shane, who looked passed out earlier, had returned to his usual state when he took the water.

“Mr. Fuller always had a high alcohol tolerance.” Rick sat down in the driver seat.

“It’s fine.”

“I heard Avery say you’ve already found out how much Charlotte had suffered for you. You were right beside her when I made that call, weren’t you?”

“Why do you think so?”

Rick replied with a smile, “I could tell when she breathed, her breathing weakened a few times which means she was looking up. So, who was she looking at? Why did you suddenly get drunk?”

“You’ve put a lot of thought into this.”

“Business is just a game to me. I’m different from you. I don’t hate my family.”

Shane took a sip of water and closed his eyes. “Hypocrite.”

Rick started the car. “Too bad you won’t be able to achieve such hypocrisy in your entire lifetime. You can only hope your child won’t take the same path you did.”

“If you don’t want to stay in River City, you can speak out.”

“Shane, I thought we could get along with each other peacefully. But I didn’t expect my presence to trigger some jealousy in you. Since that’s the case, let’s settle this like men.”

Shane was already breathing steadily, as if he was asleep.

As the traffic light turned green, Rick stepped on the gas pedal and dashed off down the road.

‘Let’s see who would be the last man standing,’ Shane thought.

Neon lights shone on his face.

He opened his eyes.

It was late, the clouds were dark and the road was cold.

There were only street lamps along the cold street.

He slowly opened his mouth…