Crashing into an Old Flame
Chapter 44: Hot Daddy

Chapter 44: Hot Daddy

Diana sat in the living room, feeding Angel who was back from her grocery shopping with Ivy.

Ivy was shocked to see the condition of the living room. A broken vase, blood, and Angel’s socks which she had stuffed in Ryle’s mouth.

She had explained the situation vaguely and Ivy went to her room to freshen up to prepare for the cleaning war, leaving Angel to her.

’’Open your mouth. Ahhh..’’ she quickly took the opportunity to slide the spoon in her mouth when Angel giggled.

The little girl made bubbles with the food in her mouth and everytime she did that, Diana poked her cheek gently.

And the girl obediently gulped the food as if there was some switch.

While the rounds were going on, Diana’s attention shifted towards the closed door of the study room where two friends were camping.

She wondered if she should offer them barbeque and fire or beer or something for their camp.

The corner of her lips twitched.

She took Angel to her room and freshened the girl up before changing her clothes and diapers. By the time she went back to the living room, she found Ryle walking down the stairs with a parrot sitting on his forearm.

While she watched him bickering with the parrot, it seemed funny at first but it made him look charming for sure. Except for the part where he pointed a gun at her and how scary he was in that particular moment, Ryle was like a breath of fresh air given his playful attitude and easygoing smile.

Unless he kept pointing the gun that he owned, his presence would make anyone smile. The matchmaker hidden within her soul was flipping over to set him up with her elder sister. That woman needed to smile more.

Ryle was handsome too.

At the thought of ’too’, she found herself looking towards the man who was stalking behind Ryle. He had no easygoing smile, no playful attitude, and there was even a disdainful look in his eyes as he glanced at the parrot on Ryle’s forearm, yet Diana had to exhale the breath she did not know when she started holding.

She blinked and blinked rapidly, shifting her attention to the legitimate house owner and his parrot.

’’Master, Master, ahh,’’ the parrot moaned in a slutty tone.

Diana hugged Angel, almost wanting to close her ears but the realization that she was too young to understand anything put her at ease though it did not help the blush that crept up her cheeks.

’’Oh my god, who has been teaching you these things? I raised you like a saint, baby. Who ruined your character in my absence?" Ryle glanced at Maxim pointedly as if the latter was at fault for his parrot’s atrocities.

Diana rolled her eyes, ’’Your bird barely stays at home. He wanders mostly around the forest in the back of your mansion and only comes back to eat. As far as I remember, he was like this since I met him,’’ it was hard to not give him the ’Don’t blame Warner when it’s all your fault’ look.

After all, the bra and panties she saw on her second day in this house... she finally understood whose possession it was.

Suddenly, the matchmaker in her crumbled like breadcrumbs.

Only then did Ryle notice her presence. But his attention shifted to the baby in her arms, ’’Oh my god!" he gasped dramatically, his mouth forming a huge ’o’ as he approached her.

Diana hugged Angel protectively when the man glanced at her and Angel as they came from Mars.

He turned to look at Maxim and without a single bit of restraint in his soul, he uttered the most embarrassing words that Diana had heard in the past 24 hours, ’’I know you both were cooking something. But I totally did not expect it to be this little bun,’’ he eyed Maxim in amazement.

While Maxim had a straight face like he did not care about Ryle’s nonsense, Diana’s face turned hot. What did he mean by cooking something?

’’Just how long were you both in this secret relationship?" Ryle touched Angel’s head of blonde hair curiously and cautiously.

It seemed like as shocked as he was by his assumptions, he was equally thrilled at the sight of the baby almost as much that it made him look like a baby looking at their new favorite toy.

And that made Diana hug Angel protectively.

But the little traitor giggled and leaned towards Ryle, immediately showing that she preferred ’hoes before bros’.

Diana felt an oncoming headache at the thought that this girl was going to prefer these hot uncles over her.

How tragic.

’’Gosh,’’ Ryle stretched his hands awkwardly, maybe not knowing how to hold Angel as in the end, he settled for a kiss on her forehead which then extended to her cheeks.

He tucked the babygirl into her arms, ’’I am not good at this,’’ he scratched the back of his neck before looking at Maxim and her, ’’How long were you going to hide it?"

’’She is not his,’’ Diana clarified, clearing her throat.

’’We are just friends,’’ Maxim added.

At other times, she should have felt relieved and thankful for him extending this olive branch to take her out of this super awkward situation but right now, she could not help but glance at him a little longer than necessary. Small knots formed in her stomach.

That was Ryle’s cue to shut up because he easily did that, without asking her further about anything knowing that he might cross a line.

He kissed Angel a few more times and the flying parrot came back to his forearm.

Ryle patted his back, ’’Be good till I come back,’’ he said.

’’Master~" The parrot’s voice was undeniably coy.

Ryle left soon after and Diana glanced at Maxim, ’’Going back to work?"

’’No. I took the day off. I won’t go there unless there is an emergency,’’ he said as he walked towards her and took Angel from her arms effortlessly.

It never ceased to amaze her how Angel got all whiny and naughty with her or Ivy but the moment she ended up anywhere near Maxim, she was all sweet and obedient.

Barely an infant yet she knew how to pick sides. Sigh.

’’Then, we need to talk.’’

Maxim was holding Angel effortlessly with one strong arm tucked under her bottom, the folded sleeves of his shirt gave her a decent glimpse of his muscular and veiny forearm.

Diana did not even know why she was noticing human anatomy after ages.

Angel looked at her from the corner of her eyes, her face buried in his neck as if she was enjoying the company.

Sigh... Diana had to admit that Maxim was going to own the ’Hot Daddy’ title in the future.

The thought of it made her shake her head again. She was, and she could not stress this enough, officially losing her mind.

Maxim was not meeting her gaze when he murmured a half-hearted, ’’Okay.’’

’’I will go take a shower first.’’

’’Okay.’’

She narrowed her eyes at the awkwardness on his face.

Good, at least he knew what discussion was cropping up.