A Husband For Killer Mom

42 Ch. 42 Is She Acting Or Sincere?

Anxia couldn’t help but remember yesterday when the man took her shopping. Richard wasn’t mad at her, no matter how much she wasted the man’s fortune.

The man even rubbed her head, making her want to be a child that yearned for affection. Richard also put shoes on her feet without disgust making her feel like a royal princess.

For the umpteenth time, Anxia looked at her reflection in the mirror. This time she did not find a sharp eye there in her reflection. She began to feel doubtful and no longer knew what her heart wanted.

‘Qiao Anxia, ??what exactly do you want?’

Realizing she wouldn’t find the answer that day, Anxia decided to return. She didn’t want Richard to be suspicious of her and decided to act casually.

After wiping her face with a tissue, Anxia got out and walked toward where her daughter was waiting for her.

Before stepping out of the bathroom, someone entered the bathroom in a hurry and accidentally bumped into Anxia.

Anxia felt a foreign object in her hand and immediately knew the person who bumped into her must be one of Master Yu’s men. Anxia was just about to find out what it was when she saw Richard approaching her with Lori in his arms.

With a smooth motion, Anxia put her hand in her shirt pocket. Today she wore a sleeveless dress, but there were two pockets on the skirt. Once inside the pocket, Anxia fumbled for the thing that looked like a piece of paper and then took out her hand without carrying the ‘paper.’

.....

“Hey, why are you guys here?”

“You’ve been in there for a long time.” Anxia was about to answer Richard’s complaint with sarcasm but swallowed her sentence again when she heard the continuation. “I miss you.”

“...”

“Ahem... ahem... ‘whistle’... ‘whistle’... cough... cough....” Lori tried to imitate people to tease her parents by whistling... but ended up coughing for real.

Richard patted his daughter’s back, laughing amusedly. “Baby girl, where did you learn to clear your throat like that?”

“It’s a secret,” Lori played her eyebrows up and down mischievously. Lori’s mischievous expression at this time was exactly the same as Richard’s when he carried out prank ideas on his family members.

Richard was about to ask his wife when he felt his phone vibrate. He casually reached for his phone with one hand while the other hand was still holding his daughter firmly.

Anxia decided to keep quiet and just patted her daughter’s arm awkwardly. Lori leaned on Richard’s shoulder, ignoring what Anxia was doing as if she didn’t want to interact with Anxia.

The two were acting as two individuals who met for the first time, and Anxia was trying to get close to Lori.

Richard already knew what role the two princesses were playing, so he didn’t feel confused and just let it go.

But now, after reading the notification from his smartphone, his brow furrowed in disapproval.

“We have to go back right now.”

As usual, Richard held Lori in his arms as they climbed onto the boat and sat in the driver’s seat. Richard and Lori seemed to enjoy their company as if they had been close. On the other hand, Anxia sat in the back seat and just watched the father-daughter duo.

Anxia glanced around on both sides as the boat made its way back home. She was worried that someone would follow them. Only then could Anxia sigh of relief when the boat reentered the rice fields where there were only weeds and trees on both sides.

Surprisingly, Richard accelerated the speed and suddenly stopped in the middle of the intersection where the canal’s waters broke into four parts. Without turning off the engine, Richard picked up Lori and put her on Anxia’s lap.

“Alright, sexy, where is it?”

Anxia frowned at this. What did Richard call her? Sexy? And what is ‘it?’

Before Anxia could express her voice of protest, a sexy, hoarse voice rang out from the front.

“There’s one on the back and one on the right.”

Anxia and Lori both gaped at the sound from the boat speakers and looked at each other questioningly.

Seeing the funny expressions of the two girls he loved, Richard wanted to laugh, but not now. The most important thing now was to find the foreign device attached to his boat.

Richard climbed into the back of the boat and looked down, groping for the side of the boat. As soon as he sensed a foreign object, Richard pulled it out and showed it to Anxia.

Anxia immediately knew what black object Richard had pulled out; she hugged Lori tightly as if she feared that Richard would take her daughter from her.

Richard threw the object, drowned in the canal water, and then looked for the same thing on the side of his boat. After finding it, Richard also threw it into the canal water.

“Is it all sexy?”

“It’s all. System settings have been activated normally again.” a similar voice came back from the boat’s speakers.

“Qiao Anxia, it ?looks like we should talk after this.” Richard continued in a firm tone, unwilling to accept the refusal. Then he sat back in the driver’s seat and drove the boat again.

As Richard was in a hurry to get home, he accelerated, so they arrived behind the yard in less than half an hour. Richard helped Anxia and her daughter jump out of the boat as soon as he parked.

Perhaps because Anxia felt guilty for hiding the fact that someone was stalking them, Anxia wanted to reduce Richard’s anger by accepting the outstretched hand.

Of course, this sudden change in Anxia’s attitude took Richard by surprise. In fact, he wasn’t angry at all. He just wanted to talk to her regarding the stalker. He wished to discuss their handling in the future if this were to happen again.

But considering Anxia’s sudden change towards sweetness, it couldn’t help but make Richard think that Anxia had found a way to escape him.

Is it when the girl goes to the bathroom to meet someone? Had the girl now planned with that person to get away from him?

Thinking of this made Richard feel moody, and he didn’t show Anxia a friendly smile.

Anxia didn’t know what Richard was currently thinking. Richard’s expression at the moment was just straightforward, which made her the least comfortable. She thought Richard was angry with her, and she prepared herself to revolt in case Richard was to separate her from her daughter.

As soon as Lori saw her grandma coming out of the house to welcome them home, Lori ran happily to her grandma.

“Oma!”

“Hey, little angel. Did you have fun today?” Meisya opened her arms wide and carried her granddaughter while kissing her face.

“Yes. The view of the city is gorgeous, and we stopped by for some delicious ice cream. Dad and mom like to eat bitter ice cream. Blah.” Lori stuck out her tongue with a frown and a shudder as she recalled the bitter taste on her tongue.

Meisya laughed, amused at her granddaughter’s cute expression, and brought her into the house.

Richard let his mother take Lori so he could talk freely with his wife. Richard took Anxia to the second floor, where his room was.

As soon as the bedroom door closed, Richard turned to his wife suspiciously.

“Someone met you.” Richard’s guess made Anxia gulp nervously.

Step by step, Anxia walked backward each time Richard walked towards her.

“That... is not entirely true. I didn’t call them. I don’t know how they found me here. That’s the truth.”

“They? Who are they?”

“You already know who they are. Why ask?” It was unfortunate for Anxia ??because now her back had hit the wall, so there was no way to escape.

“I don’t know. Why don’t you tell me?” Richard leaned his arm against the wall next to Anxia’s head and closed the distance between them.

Richard secretly inhaled the delicious aroma from the top of his wife’s head, and suddenly his hands were itching to get to the nape of her neck so that he could devour her lips over and over again.

“Look. I will not go. Whatever happens, I will not go. Trust me.” Anxia wanted to curse herself for saying her sentence in a pleading tone.

As long as she could remember, from the time he became an assassin, she had never pleaded like this. Let alone begging to get the trust of the other party. She must be crazy!

“What are you afraid of? Did I say something?”

“Didn’t you say you were going to hide Lori from me? That’s what I’m afraid of. Now you know my weakness. Are you satisfied? People out there will do whatever it takes to find my weakness to control me. But you easily found it, and now I’m under your control. I even humbled myself to beg you to trust me so that you wouldn’t separate me from Lori.”

For a moment, neither spoke, and they just looked at each other as if to investigate each other. Anxia wanted to know if Richard believed her and let her go, while Richard wanted to know if Anxia was acting or if she was indeed sincere about her words.

Richard raised his other hand to touch his wife’s cheek. At first, Anxia wanted to dodge but decided to remain silent.

Richard’s eyebrow rose to see the rejection reaction that his wife had shown.

So Qiao Anxia was playing with him?