Finally, at the restaurant, she was reunited with her children after being separated for a long time.
Kneeling down, Carla spread her arms and called out to them, "Randy! Josh! Venus!"
"Miss…"
Before Mrs. Borah could continue, her words were buried by the incessant cries of "Mommy".
Venus scrambled desperately forward and threw herself into Carla's embrace. The momentum caused Carla to fall onto the ground.
With her bum hurting, Carla's eyes were filled with tears. She declared with a gleeful laugh, "Venus, I love you!"
"Mommy, I love you too." Muacks!
Venus pouted her lips and planted a sloppy kiss on Carla's cheeks.
"Mommy, Mommy, I've missed you too." Josh threw himself into Carla's arms and hugged her neck tightly with one arm. He then waved his fist with the other arm to show how strong he was, "Mommy, I have been practicing martial arts every day so that I can protect you in the future."
"Mommy…" In spite of his usual maturity, even Randy had the urge to get a hug. When he couldn't squeeze himself in, he was visibly disappointed.
"Randy, come over here!"
Carla reached out to pull Randy in and hugged all three of them together. She also gave each of them a kiss on their forehead.
"Randy, Josh, Venus, I want to say sorry for not being there for you recently. From now on, all of us will be able to stay together again."
"That's awesome! Yeah!"
Cheering in delight, the children hugged Carla and refused to let go.
Mrs. Borah wiped the tears off her face as she watched.
In the midst of the heart-warming reunion, Carla forgot that there was someone else there.
Mrs. Borah softly reminded her. "Miss, Miss, Mr. Chroma is still here."
After regaining her senses, Carla looked up at Brad.
He was standing quietly by the door, smiling warmly at her with a gentleness in his eyes.
"Randy, Josh, Venus, go to the private room to have some lunch. I need to speak to Mr. Chroma first before joining you."
Carla patted the children on their backs.
The three of them nodded obediently and took their leave from Brad.
"Mr. Chroma, thanks for taking care of us for the last few days."
"Mr. Chroma, we're going to eat first. See you later."
"See you later!"
Brad waved at them with an extremely warm expression.
The whole restaurant had been booked for them. Therefore, other than a few crucial wait staff, only Carla and Brad were left.
"You don't look too good."
Brad reached out to touch Carla's face.
Carla avoided his hand by reflex. It was as if her body had been cursed by Zayn. It would naturally be repelled by the advances of another man.
Brad's hand froze in the air, causing him to feel both awkward and disappointed at the same time.
"I'm sorry, Brad, " Carla apologized sincerely. "I've caused you a lot of trouble. Did Zayn make things difficult for you and your family?"
"No." Brad's expression turned grim. "The Chroma family doesn't have any business dealings with him. Hence, he can't do anything to us. Besides, I didn't offend him."
Carla opened her mouth but decided against speaking.
She didn't know how to explain her lie to Brad. She felt as if she had pulled him into a trap and was feeling guilty about it.
"Let's sit down and talk, " Brad pulled Carla along to have a seat. "What's going on between you and Zayn?"
"I don't know how to even tell you…" Carla struggled to explain.
"Who is the children's father?" Brad asked softly.
Carla stayed silent for a moment before taking a deep breath and looked him in the eye. "Brad, I've done you wrong…"
"You have to tell me what's going on." Brad grew anxious.
"It's better you don't know too much." Carla frowned before exclaiming, "I don't want to burden you any further!"
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