Chapter 148 Because You Are My Dad
In the afternoon, Harper eavesdropped on Antonio and Sarah's chat, and it totally messed with her head. How was she supposed to catch any Z's?
She was dying for the fam to get back together, but if Antonio and Sarah split up, then...
Thinking about it, Harper pouted and felt totally bummed out.
Antonio noticed Harper looking all down. In the dead of night, she came to grill him about it.
'Does she really care that much about me and Sarah?' he wondered.
Seeing Harper's sad puppy eyes, Antonio felt a weird pang in his chest.
He frowned and said in a low voice, "You really love sticking your nose in grown-up stuff, huh?"
Hearing that, Harper snapped her head up, looking all fired up, and shot back, "It's always you adults making everything so messy!"
If Antonio could just win Sarah back, she wouldn't be losing sleep over it.
Antonio didn't see that coming, and a flicker of surprise crossed his face. "We..."
For a second, he was speechless.
Harper's words kinda made sense, so he didn't know how to clap back.
Antonio's eyes darkened, and he went quiet.
Seeing this, Harper crossed her arms, gave him a side-eye, and looked super ticked off.
He saved Ethan today, which was the perfect chance to change Ethan's mind, but he blew it again.
Harper sighed but didn't dwell on it. Instead, she asked seriously, "Do you really wanna win Mom back?"
Hearing this, Antonio looked at Harper, and then she said seriously, "I can help you."
Help him?
Antonio looked confused, his eyes searching Harper's face. 'She's dead serious. But why's she always helping me?' Antonio pondered.
Thinking of something, Antonio blurted out, "Don't you like Alex?"
"I like him!" Harper answered straight up. She really liked Alex!
Now Antonio was even more puzzled, frowning. "Then why are you helping me?"
He couldn't wrap his head around what Harper was thinking.
Since she liked Alex and was so tight with him, why was she now helping him win Sarah back?
What was in it for her?
Harper looked at Alex and screamed in her head, 'Because you're my dad!' But she couldn't spill the beans without asking Sarah, or she'd totally flip out.
It was really tough for her!
Harper felt all bottled up inside but held her head high. "It's none of your business. I'm doing it 'cause I want to!"
Antonio was amused by Harper's attitude, a smile creeping onto his face, making him look a bit softer.
With some space between them, Antonio looked down at Harper, finding her super cute at that moment.
A soft light flickered in his eyes, and his thin lips curled into a chill smile. "So, what's the game plan?"
Even Antonio didn't realize how unusually gentle he sounded right then.
And this was the first time in his life he'd been so soft with a girl.
Harper felt super satisfied at that moment, her eyes turning into little crescents.
She liked Antonio treating her this way.
She looked up at Antonio and flashed a cheeky grin.
The next morning, Lisa sat in front of her vanity, her heavy makeup doing nothing to hide the storm brewing on her face.
"Antonio promised me those two brats would come to apologize, but where are they? Was he lying to me?"
She'd waited all day yesterday, but Sarah didn't bring the kids to apologize.
Lisa was fuming, so she sent someone to snoop around and got some news that made her even more anxious.
Antonio had checked into a hotel, and he was staying right next to Sarah!
She couldn't wrap her head around why Antonio would do that, but her gut told her it wasn't to get Sarah to apologize.
This was definitely bad news for her!
Right then, Lisa wanted to storm over there, but she was scared of ticking Antonio off again, so she held back.
She hadn't slept a wink last night, going over it in her mind again and again, but she still felt she couldn't just sit around.
"If I just sit here like an idiot, wouldn't that give Sarah a chance?" Lisa clenched her hands tightly, her perfectly manicured nails digging into her skin. "No, I gotta do something."
Lisa stood up abruptly and headed to Ryan's room.
Meanwhile, Ryan was lying on his bed, his face still pale.
With a sudden bang, the door flew open, startling Ryan. He instinctively turned towards the noise and saw Lisa, her face dark with anger, coming at him.
"Get up and get dressed!" Lisa barked.
Ryan was terrified of seeing Lisa like this, and his tired eyes quickly filled with fear.
Why was Lisa suddenly mad again?
It was scary.
He couldn't resist, nor dare to ask, dragging his weary body to stand up, "I understand."
As soon as he changed his clothes, Lisa impatiently dragged him out.
Meanwhile, in the hotel, Antonio was getting dressed, buttoning his shirt when he suddenly heard a knock on the door.
His hand paused, and he frowned slightly. Who could it be so early?
Could it be Sarah?
Antonio remembered Harper saying last night that she would help him win Sarah back. Maybe Harper's plan had worked, and Sarah had come to find him.
Thinking this, Antonio's expression softened considerably, a faint smile appearing on his lips as he walked over to open the door.
However, when he saw the person outside, his face suddenly changed, and the light in his eyes instantly went out.
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