A Sugar-Coated Marriage of Poison
Noticing my glare toward Suzanne, he quickly added, "Claire, don't misunderstand. I just found out that Suz already brought Marcus back from abroad. We happened to run into them and decided to register them at the kindergarten. You…"
"I understand," I interrupted, taking Nolan's hand and turning to leave.
However, Suzanne called after me brightly, "Claire, long time no see."
She pulled the young boy sitting nearby forward and introduced him to Nolan. "Nolan, this is Marcus. Say hi. You two seem to have a connection."
Marcus leaned closer, staring at Nolan's eyes with obvious disgust. "Mommy, his eye is fake. That's so gross."
Nolan's face instantly paled, and he hid behind me in shame.
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