hooklinebooks Chapter 1137: Very Willing to Become a Member of Your Family
Chapter 1137: Very Willing to Become a Member of Your Family
"...Misunderstanding?" Janelle Tollman seemed puzzled.Arthur Sutton: "This afternoon at the school entrance, Noah said you told her not to be in contact with me."
Janelle explained, "Children are very young and easily influenced, so we educate them to be wary of strangers. It’s not aimed at Mr. Sutton, it’s just the fear of the child being deceived."
On the other end, Arthur Sutton understood, but felt uneasy. After all, he was the child’s father, not someone who needed the child’s wariness.
"...Is there anything else, Mr. Sutton? It’s almost time for me to rest."
Arthur Sutton remained silent, clearly not intending to end the call yet.
Janelle seemed to be waiting for him to say something more, but seeing that Arthur was silent for a long time, she made a motion to hang up.
At this moment, a voice suddenly came through the receiver, "Please believe that I won’t hurt you, so... can you not deliberately distance yourself from me?"
"Mr. Sutton, I just feel like your concern for my child exceeds the bounds of an ordinary friendship, and neither of us can really be considered friends, right? Mr. Sutton is just a customer at my shop, but because Mr. Sutton has been coming to the shop often recently, there have been some rumors. So to avoid causing Mr. Sutton any trouble, it’s better to keep some distance in the future." Janelle said her thoughts in one breath, but did not feel relieved, instead she waited for Arthur Sutton’s reaction.
"What if those so-called rumors are true?" Arthur Sutton took a deep breath, his tone becoming much more serious, "Because I didn’t know how to properly make contact with Miss Tollman, I kept using visiting the child as an excuse to go to your shop. In reality, I just wanted to see you."
Arthur Sutton’s sudden frankness left Janelle Tollman a bit at a loss, unsure of how to react.
"But I really do quite like those two kids. If Miss Tollman is willing, I would love to become a part of your family."
Arthur Sutton’s words were already very direct, but Janelle didn’t hear what she wanted to hear.
However, by being in more contact with Arthur, perhaps she could find out some things related to her past from him.
Hence, Janelle didn’t explicitly refuse, just replied, "This is a decision that requires serious consideration for both me and the children, so..."
Arthur also hurriedly explained, "I understand. I just wanted to express my intentions to you so you don’t think I have any bad motives in approaching you and the children. As for any decisions, you can get to know me better before making a choice. Saying this is just to hope you won’t deliberately distance yourself from me; I have no ill intentions."
"...Alright."
This phone call did indeed alleviate a lot of Janelle’s suspicion towards Arthur Sutton, though this man still had many strange aspects.
More interaction might not be a bad thing; she might discover some secrets about her past from him.
In the following days, Arthur Sutton almost went to the shop daily, but sometimes not at the children’s dismissal time, but rather during the shop’s midday closing.
The purpose of going, naturally, was to see Janelle Tollman.
Janelle did not avoid him and would accept his invitation to go to the café opposite the shop for afternoon tea and chat.
Of course, Janelle’s purpose in accepting the invitation was not to deepen her relationship with Arthur Sutton, but to uncover the things she was curious about.