Female Novel
Chapter 442
The air seemed to be still for a moment.
Quill batted his lashes, while Vera stared seriously at him.
She had confessed to him, yet he did not show any response.
Either way, she had expressed her feelings, or... Should she be a little bolder?
A thought came into her mind. Vera felt that her heart began to pound rapidly and the adrenalinewas rushing through her veins.
She took a deep breath and made a decision.
The next second, she suddenly stood on her toes and pecked Quill on the lips.
Quill merely wanted to return the phone to Vera. Out of his expectations, Vera confessed to him allof a sudden. He was taken aback and wanted to turn her down, but when he thought that she was agood friend of Minerva, would he hurt her feelings if he rejected her right away?
When he was still deep in thoughts, a dark shadow suddenly befell him, followed by a soft kiss onhis lips.
Vera brushed his lips with hers and then quickly stepped back; her lips felt like soft cotton.
Her face was flushed with embarrassment. After the kiss, she dared not meet Quill's gaze, thus sheturned around and ran away without a trace.
Quill, on the other hand, was glued to the spot. He was holding Vera's phone in a daze.
As time passed by, a figure suddenly appeared in front of Quill.
It was Minerva. She was about to look for Beanie, but unexpectedly bumped into Quill at the door.
Minerva felt a little guilty when she saw Quill. She had not returned for the whole night. She had noknowledge about Vera's explanation and had completely forgotten to ask her about it. When Quillasked about it later on, what was she supposed to say?
If she made a wrong step, would Quill...
As she struggled in her thoughts, she had already walked to Quill inattentively.
However, Quill looked a little strange, and he did not notice her.
"Quill?" Minerva called out. Only then did Quill come to his senses. His eyes sparkled for a secondbefore he finally saw Minerva.
"Minerva? You're back?"
"Yes," Minerva nodded her head. She remained silent as her gaze drifted away guiltily. After that,she saw the phone in Quill's hand.
"Isn't this Vera's phone? Why is it with you?"
Hearing Vera's name, the questions Quill had in mind for Minerva immediately disappeared. Thescene where Vera tiptoed and kissed him on the lips flashed through his mind instead.
For the first time, Quill looked away in a fluster and handed over the phone.
"Beanie gave it to me. Please hand it to her."
"Oh," Minerva did not suspect anything as she knew that Beanie often played with Vera's phone.She took the phone and took a few steps forward hesitantly, looking back at Quill.
"Quill?"
"Yes?" Quill was startled for a moment and turned back to look at her. "What's the matter?"
Minerva raised her brows, "It's nothing. I'll go in first."
"Alright."
When she reached the top floor, she glanced back at Quill.novelbin
What was going on with him? Why was he acting weird, looking as if he's off in a world of his own?
However, this was a good thing for Minerva. After all, she would be much at ease if Quill didn't giveher a lecture.
Minerva went to Vera's room as she thought Vera would be accompanying Beanie at this time. Butnever did she expect that Vera would let out a cry as soon as she pushed the door open.
"Who is it?"
Minerva said, "It's me."
"Minerva?" Upon seeing Minerva, Vera's gaze immediately changed.
Minerva noticed that she had turned crimson. "Why is your face so red? Are you not feeling well?"
After that, just as Minerva was about to walk towards her and take a closer look, Vera jumped upand rushed straight into the bathroom.
Minerva halted at the spot.
Why was everyone acting strange?
And why wasn't Beanie there?
"Vera, are you alright?" In the end, Minerva could only walk to the bathroom and ask outside. Veraremained silent for a while before she said, "I'm fine. I just felt a little hot and wanted to take a bath.Are you looking for Beanie? He isn't here. He probably returned to his room. Go and look for himquickly.'¹
When Minerva heard that Beanie had returned to his room, she left to look for him withouthesitation.
As she opened the door, she saw Beanie sitting at the desk, reading a textbook. Minerva's eyessoftened when she saw how well-behaved he was.
"Beanie."
"Mommy!" Beanie turned around and saw Minerva. He quickly threw away the textbook in his handand started running towards her at a fast pace. Minerva was dumbfounded.
She managed to squat down before Beanie rushed over.
Soon enough, Beanie jumped into her arms and hugged her neck tightly.
Minerva had not stabled herself, thus she was immediately pushed to the ground by Beanie.Fortunately, there was a soft carpet on the ground and both of them rolled on it.
"Mommy, where were you yesterday? Auntie Vera didn't tell me."
"I had something to attend to. I didn't tell you because I wanted you to sleep well. Beanie, you'resuch a good boy. You can't follow me everywhere."
"But..." Beanie lowered his head and poked his fingers. He raised his head and looked at Minervapitifully.
Minerva's heart melted at the sight of the cute Beanie. She couldn't hold it anymore and reach outto touch his head, pinch his nose, and finally his cheeks. "You're my precious one. When I'mworking outside, you should play at home. Wait till I earn enough money, then I'll have the time toaccompany you, alright?"
When Beanie heard that, he snorted, "Mommy, even if you don't go out to work, I can support you!"
Minerva laughed, "You're such a daring child. I'm poor, and I have to work hard to earn money.Beanie, you just have to study hard and be happy."
After listening to her, Beanie suddenly asked, "When will you find a father for me?"
Minerva was originally all smiles, but when she heard his sudden words, she was stupefied.
After a moment, she looked at Beanie seriously. "Beanie, do you want a father?"
She was lost in thought without noticing the sparkle in Beanie's eyes. Did Beanie want a father?Where could she get one now? Was it really true that the love of a single-parent family wasincomplete?