Chapter 181- Trista is my wife now
Janice watched as Shaun led little Callum up to the stage, instantly understanding the situation. Two powerful families united by marriage—such an arrangement was nothing unusual. But Callum was only five years old, and Trista had just turned one...
"Isn’t this a bit too early?" Janice asked Charles with a hint of surprise, watching the two children receive admiring gazes and congratulations from the crowd.
"Have you not noticed they’ve already taken a liking to each other?" Charles, dressed in a striking black suit that accentuated his tall, commanding figure, glanced down at Janice, who was nestled against him like a delicate bird.
"But your daughter is only one—how could she even know what it means to take a liking?" Janice rolled her eyes, feeling slightly overwhelmed. Trista was barely talking yet. If Callum showed interest in Trista, she could understand that—but the other way around?
"Look now—aren’t they facing each other?" Charles lifted Janice’s chin with a playful smirk, guiding her gaze toward the center of the hall where the two kids stood. Callum was impeccably dressed in a three-piece tailcoat and a smart bow tie, his hair neatly styled like a miniature groom. His small hand held Trista’s as she wobbled on unsteady legs, one hand grasped by Callum and the other by Shaun. The father and son duo clearly already treated Trista as one of their own.
"So, our daughter is practically betrothed already?" Janice stared at Trista in disbelief. Today was her birthday, but Janice, her mother, hadn’t even held her enough before others had started claiming her. As a mother, Janice couldn’t help but feel a pang of protectiveness.
She had just reclaimed her daughter—how could she already be ’someone else’s’?
"That was already decided before Trista was even born," Charles said reluctantly, though inside, he was secretly pleased. Years ago, when Callum was just born, Shaun had already reached an agreement with him.
Charles saw the displeasure cloud Janice’s face and teasingly stroked her chin, then whispered seductively in her ear, "Then how about we have another?"
"Get lost! Who wants another one!" Janice blushed in embarrassment, pushing him away as she caught sight of Angela and Samantha nearby, puffing up her cheeks in defiance.