My Dreamy Old Husband novel Chapter 1376

The fact that Anne had missed Cooper and couldn’t meet him made her blue all day. Just like yesterday, she didn’t speak much; even the food she consumed was less than usual.

After thinking about it, Louis made up his mind and pulled open the drawer of the bedside table. From inside, he took out a gracefully packed tiny gift box and said, “Cooper… told me to give this to you. I forgot about it yesterday.”

Cooper left this for me?

Instantly, Anne’s eyes were shining. Taking over the gift box, she opened it and saw a spoiled apricot.

It’s an apricot from Cooper!

Although she did not know the meaning behind this little apricot, it was still a gift from Cooper. Therefore, it had remarkable value.

Staring at Anne, who was extremely content, Louis was sad. That apricot was indeed a gift from Cooper. However, it was something Cooper gave on behalf of Carmen. It was a gift from Carmen, who wanted to thank Anne for hiding her inside the dressing room.

Forget it. It’s fine as long as she’s happy…

In the past two days, Michael had been running around. Jordan’s strike on Cooper this time was also an attack on him. Both of them had worked together to fight back. Furthermore, Jordan’s two sons had committed a serious crime. Even though the two bastards were dead and had dragged more than twenty people along with them, the incident still shook the people of Cethos.

The Fletcher Family knew who shot the plane down. Cethos and Jordan knew it too. Yet, there was no further investigation. Hence, the incident was considered solved.

Jordan did not have the courage to fight for his sons. The government had concluded that it was a serious terrorist attack. Now that it had crossed the limits of the higher-ups in Cethos, it was hard for Jordan to deny responsibility. However, he was influential and had connections. Therefore, even if his two sons and dozens of lives had been sacrificed, he managed to avoid culpability.

Nonetheless, he would not be able to escape for long because this incident had alerted the higher-ups.

He really did raise two ‘good’ sons!

Recently, Michael was extremely busy. The film set was located in the valley. Although it was convenient for him to commute to work and go home every day, he had to work with Cooper to deal with Jordan and worry about Carmen’s love life.

Carmen brought bags of local specialties from the farm, and Michael knew exactly who the local specialties were given to, including where each cherry had gone. However, the four apricots’ whereabouts remained unknown.

Before they went to visit Louis, Carmen wrapped one of the apricots. The packaging was so ugly, yet she insisted on giving it to Anne. Sophia had to repackage it and add some floral motif stickers before they could just about give it out.

But, where were the other three apricots?

He made an inquiry behind Carmen’s back, but there was no answer. When Sophia accidentally revealed that Bailey had a very unique bracelet that was strung with three apricot kernels, he finally knew where those apricots went. The reason Sophia initiated the conversation was to ask Michael to endorse a limited-edition bracelet with apricot kernel carvings she had decided to launch. After discovering the answer, Michael’s heart sank. Shit!

Sure enough; I knew that the old man had an ulterior motive. They even started exchanging tokens of love?!

Carmen gave him three apricot kernels. What did he give her, then?

Since then, Michael began to keep an eye on Carmen’s every action. He knew everything about her like the palm of his hand. If he saw something unfamiliar within the clothes and toys she had, he would inquire about the origin.

As expected, he found an unfamiliar pendant on Carmen’s bag one day. Alerted, Michael asked cautiously, “Who gave that to you? Was it Bailey?”

Unlike Michael, Sophia was extremely pleased. “Oh, did Bailey give it to you? Let Mommy take a look. Oh my god! How beautiful! Bailey really has good taste!”

Looking at his wife’s reaction, Michael was speechless.

“It’s a gift from the kindergarten teacher to the most disciplined kid!” said Carmen as she pouted.

Michael was once again dumbfounded.

Whenever he saw toys, bracelets, and shoes that he had never seen before around Carmen, he would interrogate carefully, fearing that Bailey would snatch his daughter away behind his back.

He even tried to find two spies that would check on Carmen on behalf of him.

“Poppy, come here. Come to Godfather.”

He lured Poppy to his side with a toy. Solemnly, he said, “Men are pigs. If Carmen falls in love with any boy in the kindergarten, you have to tell me, okay?”