Unexpected Encounter: A Second Chance at Love

"Dada…dada—" The little one hugged Andrew's legs and stretched his arms towards him. "HUG—"

Keeping the bags on the floor, Andrew frowned. "What are you doing here?"

Rachael widened her eyes in shock and looked at the kid and Andrew simultaneously. At first when the kid came running towards them and hugged Andrew's leg calling him 'Dada', she thought it was some lost kid.

He squatted down and lifted him in his arms. "Where is your babysitter?"

The little one pointed to the opposite direction with his cute little chubby fingers.

Just then two men came rushing towards them.

"Oh thank God you are here—" one of them breathed a sigh of relief. "I thought you were lost."

"Is this how you take care of a kid?"

"Mr.Collins—" the two men quickly greeted him.

"Two of you can't even handle a small kid? Is Justin paying you for nothing?"

"Master was with the babysitter. W-We stepped away for five minutes to use the washroom."

"When we came back, the sitter was talking over the phone with someone and master was nowhere to be seen," the other one tried to explain the situation.

"Leave," Andrew coldly snapped at them.

The little one hugged Andrew's neck. "Dada…hungry."

"You haven't eaten yet?" The little one shook his head. "Alright, let's go eat something."

Looking at Rachael with his big round eyes, the little one asked, "Mama?"

"Hmm, that's your second dada's wife, Rachael."

"Second mama?"

Andrew looked at Rachael. "He is Edward, Justin's son."

"Will…mama…give me hug?" He asked Andrew.

"Of course—" she kept the bags down. "Come here."

Edward let go of Andrew's neck and crawled into Rachael's arm.

Rachael smiled and lightly pinched his cheeks. "You are so handsome and so cute."

The little one imitated her actions. "You are cute."

Picking up all the shopping bags from the floor, Andrew said, "Lets go eat, you both must be very hungry."

"Wait—shouldn't you tell Justin that he is with us? Wouldn't he be worried?"

"Don't worry about that, he will find out."

…..

[Collins Mansion]

As soon as they entered the mansion, Edward started running around.

"Careful, if you fall I'll spank you," Andrew warned him.

Rachael frowned and smacked his arm. "Don't scare a little child like that."

"Don't get deceived by his cute innocent face, he is a very dangerous kid."

Looking at the little one jumping around, Rachael's expression softened.

"Do you want one?"

"Huh?"

"We can make one whenever you want."

Understanding what he meant, she glared at him and smacked his arm. "Shameless."

"What? If you don't wanna make one… we can always steal this one," he firmly stated.

Rachael was once again speechless. How could he talk about stealing someone else's child so casually?

"How old is he?"

"He will turn three next month."

Wrapping her hand around his arm, she smiled, "He is really very cute."

"If we ever have one, our baby will be cuter."

Rachael: " "

….

[Kitchen]

"You don't have to—" Andrew grabbed her hands to stop her from wearing the apron. "Let the helpers do it this time."

"Aunt Maria is not feeling well today—"

"There are others too."

"It's fine, it's just dinner for three and a half people. Everything will be ready in an hour." When Rachael heard that Andrew's friend Justin was coming over to fetch Edward and would also stay for dinner, she decided to cook for everyone but her husband didn't like the idea.

When he did not let go of her hands, she frowned, "Are you worried I'll burn down the house?"

"Worse, I am worried you'll burn yourself."

"For your information, I am an excellent cook. I have taken both cooking and baking classes." She finally managed to free her hands from her grasp. "You worry too much."

"Alright, let me help you."

She slapped his hand away which was trying to reach the apron. "There is no need for that. Go and play with Edward, I'll manage everything here."

"But—"

"Get out of my kitchen before I throw you out."

...

[Living room]

Andrew was building blocks with Edward when someone entered the mansion.

"Dada—" Edward abandoned the block building he was making and rushed towards the door.

When the little one hugged his legs, Justin quickly lifted him up. He then gently spanked his a*ss. "Why were you running around in the mall?"

"Don't scold him, fire the babysitter and the guards around him," Andrew remarked without looking at him. He was fully focused on finishing his block building.

Holding Edward in his arms, Justin walked towards the couch. "This is the fifteenth babysitter I will be firing in six months."

"Yeah, you clearly suck at finding a good one."

Justin: " "

When Edward started struggling in his arms, he let him go.

Edward rushed towards Andrew and climbed on his back. "Dada…ride."

Without complaining, Andrew piggybacked him and started walking across the hall.

Helplessly shaking his head, Justin sighed, "You and Owen have really spoiled him alot. He refuses to listen to anyone these days." Pinching the bridge of his nose, he frowned, "I don't know what to do with him."

"He is still small, don't stress over it."

"Easy for you to say," Justin grumpy grunted.

"When did you come back?"

"This morning," he answered. "I messaged you, didn't you see?"

"I haven't checked my messages since morning."

"Now that you found yourself a wife, you will ignore your brother's messages?"

Justin Carter, was Andrew and Owen's very close friend. In fact, they were like brothers…a family.

Andrew met Justin through Owen after he went to Russia. And they had been best friends ever since.

Looking around, he asked, "Where is she?"

"She is in the kitchen, making dinner for you."

"Really?" Justin widened his eyes in shock. When he heard that Rachael, Andrew's wife, was the only daughter of the Watson family, he expected her to be a pampered missy of a rich family and someone who couldn't even boil a cup of water.

"Rach, Justin is here," Andrew called her out.

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