My Dreamy Old Husband
Chapter 1172

Quinton was locked up inside, but a gap had been left underneath so food could be given to himeasily. Earlier, Carmen had gone down to the basement and asked him to stick his feet out of thegap so she could paint his nails.

Pulling his feet in, he asked, “Why are you here? Are you inviting me to eat dinner with you guys?”“Nice try,” Michael answered.

If he were to show up now, Cooper would tear him into pieces right away. Moreover, Sophia wasnot too keen to see him either. But Quinton was not expecting to receive her forgiveness; his mainpriority in returning this time was to check up on Celine.

The people who had used those stimulants at the same time were all exhibiting side effects, buteach person had different symptoms, and he wanted to see the state that Celine was in. Anotherreason he had returned was that he wanted to give Cooper the thing he had on hand. For somereason, he was very interested in Cooper even though the latter was not his own father. It's probablybecause he's her father.

On the other hand, Michael also had conflicting feelings toward Quinton. Looking at the carboncopy of Theo, he realized that even the lines and edges on Quinton’s face were exactly the same asthe Theo in Michael's memories. Michael's eyes filled with pain as he let out yet another sigh. Howgreat would things have been if Quinton had been born into the Fletcher Family?

After taking a good, long look at Quinton, Michael eventually got up to leave. Before he left, heasserted, “In two days, I will send you to Michel Town in Africa.”

Once Michael was gone, the small space returned to being dead silent. Looking down at his feetwhile still in his seat, Quinton stared blankly at the pink on his toes.

Meanwhile, the whole family had dinner together in the dining room. They were having salamandersoup again tonight. Celine was excitedly scooping out some soup to give to Quinton. Carmen alsohanded Justin some jelly and chocolate to give to him.

On the other hand, Sophia kept acting as though she did not know Quinton was locked up in theirbasement. After dinner, she simply went to pet the new dog.

Once Michael was done with his meal, he saw that Sophia was still in the living room with the dogand went to join her. While petting the dog, he also petted her. Even though she did not talk, heknew that she was not happy. In fact, she had not been happy ever since Quinton returned.Grasping her shoulder, he murmured, “What's wrong? You don't look happy.”

She shook her head. Ever since Quinton returned, she kept having this premonition that somethinghad gone wrong, but she did not know what.

Michael continued, “Why don’t we go to the spa on the weekend?”

She nodded. The spa sounded pleasant. Her period had also ended just in time. Looking up, shekissed the corner of his mouth while her arms were wrapped around him tightly. Although she didnot know what was going to happen, she just wanted to hold him tightly in her arms now and in thefuture.

In the basement, the moment Justin left after giving Quinton his food, Carmen came in. WhileQuinton was eating inside that confined space, Carmen sat outside and drank her milk. Watchingher drinking her milk made Quinton feel like he could easily eat two more bowls of rice.

When she was halfway through her milk bottle, she asked, “Uncle Quinton, why did Daddy lock youup in here?”

Quinton drank every last drop of the salamander soup. As the thought of how delicious the foodwas crossed his mind, he answered, “Because I didn't listen to him and did something bad. That'swhy I got locked up in here. You can't be like me, Carmen. You have to listen to your dad, mom, andgrandpa.”

Carmen nodded as if she understood his words. After that, she asked him to watch “Where Are WeGoing, Dad?" with her again. Before they reached the end of one episode, however, Sophia camedown to look for Carmen.

“That's enough. You can continue tomorrow. It's time for bed now. You still have to go to schooltomorrow.” Taking Carmen's small hand in hers, Sophia walked out of the basement as though shedid not see Quinton locked up right next to her.

Carmen waved at him. “Bye, Uncle Quinton.” She left the tablet behind and said, “I want to leave thisfor Uncle Quinton to watch.”

Sophia did not say no. Besides, the tablet was not connected to the internet, and it only containedsome of Carmen's films.

From the moment Sophia stepped in until she brought Carmen out with her, she did not utter asingle word to Quinton. There was nothing left to be said between them. She got a divorce becauseof him, and she also lost her sight because of him. Any animosity between them had been settled,so they were better off as strangers.

Quinton did not speak to her either. Indeed, there was nothing more they could say to each other.They were practically strangers now. He knew that she was not his and that he was always just beingforceful. The fruit that he attained by force was not only tasteless, but it was also bitter—so bitterthat it was hard to swallow and even filled him with regret.

He could not face her anymore. Even though Sophia was oblivious, the truth would come out oneday, and she was going to replace out about everything. When the time comes, she might just kill me.In the living room, Michael was playing with the new dog while Cooper and Linus were watchingtelevision on the couch. The second season of “Where Are We Going, Dad?’ concluded last week.From this week onward, they would not get to see their adorable Carmen on television anymore.Cooper, in particular, was a bit disappointed.

Linus picked up the dog that looked like a loaf of bread from Michael's embrace and commented,“This dog looks rather familiar...”

Suddenly, Maria rushed in. “Mrs. Yard is at the gate. She says her dog is here and has come to pick itup. She also wanted to drop in to pay her greetings to Mr. Cooper.”

Dog? They all turned to look at the corgi.

Sophia had just placed Carmen down to sleep when she heard that Anna had come to their frontgate. In a fit of anger, she called Callum right away. “Wow, you ratted on me just because I stoleyour dog?”

Callum retorted, “Sophia, maybe look before you steal next time? That was my mom's dog! It was agift from the Queen of the United Kingdom.”

Sophia hung up the phone. She looked at the surveillance footage and saw Anna's car parked attheir entrance. Her bodyguard was currently having a talk with their security guard.

When Cooper heard about Anna's arrival, he started heading up the stairs. “I'm going to sleep.”Sophia did not want Cooper to have any more to do with Anna, either. Turning to Maria, sheinstructed, “I didn't see a dog. Tell her to go look somewhere else.”

After the security guard passed on the message, the surveillance camera showed Anna's car drivingaway. Once Anna was gone, Sophia let out a sigh of relief but she also felt rather guilty. Thinkingabout it, however, Callum had stolen all their pets while she only took one of their dogs. It's giveand take. Yes, that's how it's gonna be.

Anna left in low spirits. As the car drove off, she kept looking back in the direction of The Imperial'sVilla No. 8. There were two reasons she came by today. The first was to get her dog, and the secondwas to see Cooper.

She did not know why she wanted to see him. Was it because of his influence? If she got to workwith him, he could help her get out from under Jordan's control sooner. For some reason, his imagekept surfacing in her mind.

On the third floor of the villa, Cooper only closed the curtains after watching Anna's car leave.Sitting back down at this table, he tried his best to erase Anna's shadow in his mind before turningon his computer. His mailbox showed that he had received a new email. It was from Linus and read,“Dad, this is very important. You have to look through all of it."