Chapter 63

“Mommy!” Millie greeted me with a hug as soon as she saw me outside her school. “What are you doing here?”

After my meeting with Engineer Lucas, I drove straight here to pick her up, just as I planned. “I promised to cook for you and Reid today, right? So I clocked out earlier today than usual.”

“Hello, Mrs. Andrius,” Reid greeted me with a smile.

I laughed. “You are still too formal, Reid. You can just call me Aunty, okay?”

His cheeks blushed and turned away his glance but nodded in response.

“Anyway, aside from picking the two of you up, I intended to meet Reid’s parents.”

They suddenly turned their heads on me and stared at me. There was a hint of worry in their eyes, then they looked at each other.

“What is it, kids?” I asked.

“Mom…” Millie held my hand. “Reid’s mother is very mean. Especially to the people she doesn’t like.”

“And you are saying that because?”

Reid sighed and looked at me. “My mom doesn’t want me to ass