Will You Marry Me, My Ex-Wife? novel Chapter 6

In the rented apartment.

Luna leaned back on the sofa with a cold smile on her face as she looked at the man who busied himself in the kitchen.

Back then when they were together, whenever Joshua said he was hungry, she would get up to cook for him n o matter the time, even if it was at two o'clock in the middle of the night.

He never cooked before. He never even walked into the kitchen, yet all of a sudden, he was cooking very seriously, all for Nellie whom he had met less than a day ago.

She closed her eyes. 1

It seemed that he could cook all along, yet it was because she was not worth the effort to him that he did not.

Thankfully, his attitude toward Nellie was pretty good.

He was not as cold-blooded and ruthless as he was to her back then, at least.

Blue Bay Villa.

As she sat on the children’s chair, Nellie eyed the sorry -looking dishes in front of her and silently dragged the cookies Luna made in front of her. "I'm not very hungry anymore, Daddy, so I’ll just eat this."

Joshua frowned as he looked at the cookies that were only slightly bigger than peanuts. "Is this enough?"

Nellie pursed her lips, worried he would make her eat his terrible cooking, and hurriedly covered her plate. " I'm just a kid and I don't eat much, so this is more than enough!"

With that, she involuntarily looked at the black lumps on the table as a flash of terror passed through her eyes.

Joshua read her every subtle movement and expression, and a trace of irritation appeared on his face.

A few minutes later, the little girl finished all the biscuits.

She put the plate down, smiled, and looked up at the tall man. "Daddy, I'm going upstairs for a nap!"

Joshua got up, picked her up, and carried her upstairs.

"I want to listen to the story of the little mermaid." As she laid on the little pink bed, Nellie's large, dewy eyes blinked at the man by her bedside. "Daddy, are you good at telling stories?"

Joshua flipped through the fairy tale book. "Maybe.

After a while, the man frowned and began, "A long, long time ago, there was a sea, and a group of beautiful mermaids lived in the sea..."

"Daddy." The little girl raised her head to look at him." You sound so fierce!"

Joshua was slightly taken aback.

He tried to soften his usual cold and deep voice, so he slowed down again, "One day, a little mermaid..."

"Daddy, don't you know how to tell stories?"

The little girl flattened her lips as she muttered, aggrieved, "Nellie’s Daddy is so powerful, but he can't tell stories..."

Joshua fell silent as he sucked in a deep breath. “Let’s not listen to stories. Just go to sleep, okay?"

"Not okay..."

Tears started to roll down the Little Princess's cheeks. "If I don’t listen to a story, I’ll get nightmares..."

Joshua's heart melted into a puddle as he gazed at the little girl’s teary-eyed face.

He ruffled the girl's hair lovingly. "I remember your mother doesn't like to cry. This bad habit of yours, crying so easily, who did you get it from, hmm?"

Nellie pouted. "Mommy likes to cry too. When I was younger, every time I woke up in the middle of the night, I’d see Mommy secretly wiping her tears."

The girl’s childish voice hit him as if something punched him in the gut.

He stared at her in a daze, voice slightly husky, "Your

Mommy... Does she cry often?" "Yeah."

Nellie pursed her lips. "But since Daddy said Mommy doesn’t like to cry, maybe you’re right. Maybe my bad habit of crying so easily is inherited from you, Daddy!"

Joshua did not know whether to laugh or to cry.

She just moved in yesterday. Who would visit her? Did Neil forget something?

She sighed helplessly and opened the door as she

complained, "When will you be able to..."

The words died on her throat the moment the door opened-a tall man stood outside.

Joshua wore a gray windbreaker. He seemed aloof and indifferent.

"Hello."

Different from the domineering attitude he displayed i n Blue Bay Villa, he was surprisingly calm. "Ms. Luna, I'd like to have a chat with you."

Luna crossed her arms at her chest and leaned against the door as her eyes swept across his face calmly. "What about?"

The corridors of the rental apartment were cramped and dark, and the wet smell mixed in the air made Joshua very uncomfortable.

The man scrunched his eyebrows slightly. "Can we talk inside?"

"No." Luna changed her posture, blocking him. "Mr. Lynch, whatever you have to say, just say it here.

"I'm a single woman, and I think it's better for you not t o come in, just in case you try to say that I'm plotting against you." i

Joshua screwed his eyebrows tightly together at her words.

She was the first woman who dared to talk to him like that, and this woman was a maid who applied to help him take care of his daughter!

Under normal circumstances, he would turn around and walk away directly, warning her who she was dealing with.

The circumstances were different, alas.

He still remembered that the woman in front of him was Nellie's favorite, thus he said again indifferently," Luna, you've been hired. From now on, you’ll continue taking care of Nellie's daily life."