Chapter 489: Rolling around in bed—or on the picnic mat—all afternoon
Neil smiled and went ahead to open the scroll. The painting was much more beautiful than he had expected, he knew that it would be valued in the tens of millions if she sold it. Money didn’t matter to him, but the fact that Li Yuming had sent him a gift made him smile so much that Ruby noticed it and giggled secretly.
"Dad, is that a gift? Who sent it to you?" She asked while feigning innocence, even though she had already set her eyes on the painting and knew from the pen name at the bottom left corner that it was Li Yuming’s.
She wondered how magical the lucky woman was, that she would know her dad’s favorite artist.
Neil turned around to find the best place to place it. "It’s not from anyone else. Li Yuming sent it to me."
Ruby had a strange feeling about his words. "Okay..."
Who did he go out for lunch with?
Neil placed the painting on the table and took her hand, leading her to the couch. "Ruby, daddy has something to talk to you about."
"What is it?" Her heart skipped a few beats as it raced in fear. The last time he used that kind of tone, he told her that she was not his daughter. What was he going to tell her this time?
Neil sighed as he started, "Would you mind..."
"Dad, what is it?" She probed when he hesitated, as though he was going to change his mind.
"Would you mind it if you had a stepmother?" He finally asked, then looked at her nervously as though waiting for a life or death verdict. He had a woman in mind, but he had to seek his daughter’s opinion. If she would be uncomfortable with the idea of him remarrying and having another wife who was not the mother she had grown up with, then he would stop now before it was too late and he was too deep to break it off.