Chapter 1157 - 1184

Chapter 1157: Chapter 1184

Louis Cox and Rosy Harris were both finding it hard to watch. They were just about to speak when they heard Caiden Ward’s soft laugh.

He didn’t feel at all that the two of them were being overly intimate; on the contrary, he thoroughly enjoyed this closeness. One hand fell into Maeve’s hair, gently rubbing it as he coaxed her in a low voice, "Did you miss Uncle Ward?"

"Missed you to death." Maeve’s tone was full of excitement, as always, utterly childish.

Caiden was completely satisfied and laughed again. "That’s more like it."

"Can I still go back with you?" Maeve stuck her head out from his arms, her big eyes staring at him. She puffed out her cheeks and muttered, "I want to go back with you, okay? Uncle and my brother are both so busy, at night there’s no one to play with me."

"Maeve!"

Louis Cox suddenly spoke up to stop her.

Seeing her fall silent, he let out a breath and turned to explain to Caiden Ward, "The kid’s sick, don’t take what she says to heart."

How could he not take it to heart?

Caiden lifted his hand to pinch Maeve’s cheek, his smile full of indulgence. "You can come back whenever you want, Uncle Ward will always welcome you." ℯ𝓵.

Louis Cox: "..."

Standing to the side, Rosy Harris’s expression also changed. She clenched her hand and stepped forward to say gently, "If you’re sick, you still need to stay in the hospital for proper checkups. The weather’s bad today too, it’s windy and rainy outside, Maeve is young and frail. If she gets caught in the rain, the illness will flare up again and she’ll have to get more shots."

Her voice was soft and smiling, but the meaning in her words was obvious.

Maeve’s two hands were wrapped around Caiden Ward’s neck. She pouted and looked at Rosy for two seconds, then rubbed her cheek against Caiden’s nose again, her voice soft and wheedling as she said, "I don’t want to stay in the hospital, and I don’t like hospitals. They smell so bad. Uncle Ward..."

Her voice was sweet to begin with; once she started acting spoiled, no one could resist, especially now that she was sick, looking like a little pitiful thing.

Caiden had no intention of worrying about anything else anymore.

With one arm around her, he turned his head and said to Louis Cox, "I’ll take Maeve back with me."

Louis was stunned. "That’s not appropriate."

"There’s nothing inappropriate about it." Caiden spoke with full confidence. "This girl stayed with me for more than two years without getting sick once, and now she’s been back a few days and ends up like this."

Caiden reached out and pinched Maeve’s face again, displeased. "Look at this little face, there’s not an ounce of flesh left. Clearly she’s not living well with the Myres Family."

Louis Cox: "..." ℯ𝕝.

Maeve had indeed lost quite a bit of weight lately.

He pressed his thin lips together, his expression still showing disapproval as he looked at Maeve, utterly helpless.

Maeve looked back at him and said in a small voice, "I’m just going to Uncle Ward’s house to play for a few days, okay? I’ll go back to school when I’m better. Little Uncle, just say yes, please!"

She even resorted to pleading. Louis pondered for a long time and could only agree.

After all—

The girl had said she was only going over to play for a few days, it’s not like she was saying she’d stay at the Ward Family forever. Thinking about it like that, it wasn’t a big deal.

The kid was sick, after all; it was only right to take better care of her feelings.

Since Louis and Caiden had already reached an agreement, Rosy naturally had nothing more to say. She stood by with a smile, but the hand hanging at her side couldn’t help clenching.

She felt it was rather ridiculous, her getting jealous over a nine-year-old child.

But—

She and Caiden had been dating for two months now and hadn’t even shared a kiss.

Was that normal?

For an average person, maybe it was perfectly normal.

But Caiden Ward wasn’t an average person, was he? He was Cloud Capital’s number one young master, famous for his romantic escapades, reputedly the most amorous of them all.