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Mommy, Daddy. Are you two like… a couple?” Ariel asked the next day during breakfast. Throughout the night, her parents had refused to leave each other’s sight. They were glued at the hip that she felt abandoned and slept without anyone’s kisses for the first time in her life. She was beyond pissed when she woke up but her anger soon disappeared when she got out of her new room and saw her parents cooking together, holding hands lovingly.

“Wh…who told you that?” Bree stuttered, trying to remove her hand from Spencer’s hold. He held her throughout the night and even refused to let her go now that they were having breakfast.

“What? I’m not stupid.” Ariel leaned closer. “I know that Mommy and Daddy are dating.”

“And how do you even know what dating means?”

“I do know what it means. After all, I have a boyfriend.”

“What?”

Spencer spat out his food at the child’s words. His eyes snapped to her, glaring daggers at her. “What did you just say, Ariel?”

“I have a boyfriend.”

He felt his blood