Larissa did not expect him to ask that, so she was a little panicked. Avoiding his gaze, she tried to dodge the question. "Well, I'm just asking, that's all."

Dylan was really affected by her strange reaction. He suddenly had a ridiculous thought. "You can't possibly not know who Aster's dad is, right?!"

Seeing that he had hit the nail on the head, Larissa was so scared that she was at a loss. She quickly dashed up to clap her hand over his mouth. "Don't fucking say shit like that!"

"Mommy, Uncle Dylan, what are you doing?" Aster's sweet voice sounded from a distance not far away.

Jolting hard, Larissa turned to look.

Aster and Kevan were standing side by side at the foot of the stairs about six and a half feet away from them. Their similar eyes showed the same amount of confusion.

Larissa let go of Dylan at once. Smiling sheepishly, she explained, "Uncle Dylan said a bad word. I'm criticizing him for that."

Aster thought it was true—whenever Wendy accidentally said bad words at