Ella Morgan took a breath and glanced toward the restroom, "No one. I only invited you and Miss Sumrs today, so how could there be anyone else?"
"Then why is there noise?"
Damien Lancaster’s dark eyes were filled with suspicion. He stood up and was about to walk to the restroom.
"Wait a minute."
Ella Morgan stood up, exchanged a tense glance with Ivy Sumrs, and quickly walked forward, "Mr. Lancaster, you are my guest today. Let the waiter check on these trivial matters."
Ivy Sumrs imdiately signaled the waiter next to her, who then went into the restroom.
Shortly after, the waiter ca back out and said, "It’s the rack that fell over. Sorry for disturbing you all, I’ll clean it up right away."
Damien Lancaster glanced at the rack in the waiter’s hand, and the suspicion on his face faded away.
"Mr. Lancaster, please sit down and eat." Ella Morgan gestured invitingly for him to sit.
Damien Lancaster nodded slightly, sat down, picked up the glass of water on the table, and took a sip.
His gaze fell on Ivy Sumrs, and he asked, "Did you look for this morning?"
"Yes."
"What is it?"
Ivy Sumrs looked at Sophie, who was eating with her cheeks puffed, and also thought about... the two little ones hiding pitifully under the table.
It wasn’t a convenient ti to discuss divorce.
"Let’s eat first. We’ll talk later."
"Uncle, hurry and eat. Sophie has already tried it for you, and it’s really delicious," Sophie said to Damien Lancaster.
Damien Lancaster raised an eyebrow, slightly distracted by Sophie’s words, and didn’t ask Ivy Sumrs further.
They ordered a few more dishes, which soon arrived.
Ivy Sumrs picked up her chopsticks, but thinking about the two little ones under the table, her nerves were tightly wound, and even the most delicious food tasted like wax in her mouth.
Under the table, the two little ones sat cross-legged, resting their little chins on their hands. The sll of the food made their mouths water.
So fragrant, so fragrant.
Leo smacked his lips, rubbed his belly, and was happily eating when Damien Lancaster’s entrance interrupted him. He was still craving more.
Leo was puffed up angrily, like a little pufferfish.
Wasn’t bad Daddy supposedly not coming?
Why did he suddenly launch a surprise attack?
Leo placed his hands on his hips, looked at the legs wrapped in Damien Lancaster’s black suit pants, and swung his little fists in the air.
Hmph.
Angry, angry!
The next second, without controlling his strength, his little fist really hit Damien Lancaster’s leg.
Leo was so startled that his eyes widened, and he quickly withdrew his hand. Watching this, Nathan hurriedly pulled him back.
Leo nervously looked at Nathan. Nathan’s little face was tightly set, serious and calm as he held Leo close.
Eating, Damien Lancaster felt sothing hit his leg. He looked up at a nervously glancing Ivy Sumrs, and asked, "Why are you kicking ?"
Ivy Sumrs was tense and, suddenly being questioned, retorted without hesitation, "Who kicked..." Her words broke off as she realized sothing was wrong, her lips pulling tight as her bluster weakened instantly.
"Yes, I kicked you, but I didn’t... do it on purpose, sorry..."
Damien Lancaster withdrew his gaze, saying nothing more.
Ivy Sumrs breathed a sigh of relief.
She bit her chopsticks, stealing glances at Damien Lancaster out of the corner of her eye. The man ate gracefully and leisurely.
The atmosphere in the private room was awkward, with only Damien Lancaster and carefree Sophie eating. Ivy Sumrs and Ella Morgan had lost their appetites.
Ti passed quietly, and Damien Lancaster put down his chopsticks and picked up the glass of water beside him for a drink.
Ivy Sumrs looked at him, seemingly checking if he had finished his al.
Damien Lancaster sensed Ivy Sumrs’ gaze, lifted his eyes, and looked her up and down, "Thirty minutes, you’ve looked at six tis. Do you have sothing to say?"
Ivy Sumrs certainly had sothing to say.
But this guy was too weird. While appearing focused on eating, he was actually counting how many tis she glanced at him!
Ivy Sumrs’ eyes flickered, and she put on a fake smile, asking, "Have you finished eating?"
"Yes."
"If you’ve finished, could you co out with ? I have sothing to discuss."
Damien Lancaster’s brow furrowed almost imperceptibly.
He knew what Ivy Sumrs wanted to discuss.
When it ca to this matter, she was truly impatient, unwilling to wait a second longer.
Damien Lancaster’s expression darkened. He stood up and walked outside.
Ivy Sumrs quickly stood up, gave Ella Morgan a look, followed Damien Lancaster out, and made sure to close the door behind her.
Once they left, Ella Morgan and Sophie imdiately leaned down.
Sophie called out softly, "Brothers, co out quickly. Bad Daddy’s gone."
The two little ones crawled out from under the table, dusty and looking pitiful.
"Big Brother, Little Brother, here you go."
Sophie struggled to lift her small hands, took her bowl from the table, and handed it to the two brothers.
Sophie’s bowl held two big chicken legs.
She had grabbed them early to keep Damien Lancaster from getting them, saving them especially for her two brothers.
Sophie pushed the bowl into her brothers’ arms, "Big Brother, Little Brother, eat quickly. It’s so fragrant, so fragrant."
Leo and Nathan were deeply moved by Sophie’s action, and their previously bitter faces imdiately brightened with joy.
Whimper whimper, little sister is the best～
...
Ivy Sumrs and Damien Lancaster asked the waiter to find a quiet spot for them. They sat face to face.
Ivy Sumrs got straight to the point, taking a prepared divorce agreent from her bag and placing it in front of Damien Lancaster, looking up at him.
"Take a look. If there are no objections, sign it."
Damien Lancaster looked at the divorce agreent in front of him, his face darkening.
Ivy Sumrs continued, "Rest assured, when I married into the Lancaster Family, I didn’t bring much dowry, and I won’t ask for much during the divorce. I consulted a lawyer for the property division, and what’s written is fair."
"I never thought of getting a divorce."
Damien Lancaster finally spoke in a deep voice.
"What?"
Ivy Sumrs didn’t catch it.
Damien Lancaster raised his deep eyes to look at her, speaking again, "Ivy Sumrs, I never said I wanted a divorce from you."
This ti Ivy Sumrs understood.
So?
"Because of Grandpa?"
Back then, he married her because of the old master. Now he was afraid to hurt the old master’s feelings, so he didn’t want a divorce. In Ivy Sumrs’ view, this was the only reasonable explanation.
Damien Lancaster calmly replied, "It’s not because of anyone. From the mont I married you, I never thought of getting a divorce."
Ivy Sumrs was slightly stunned.
His words, at a glance, seed affectionate and responsible.
But recalling past events, Ivy Sumrs remained very clear-headed.
If he never thought of divorce, why didn’t he treat her well? Why did he care for another woman during their marriage?
So saying he never thought of divorce was nonsense.
He didn’t want a divorce.
Fine.
That was his choice.
But... she wanted it.
After her mother’s death, those seven days consud all of Ivy Sumrs’ love for Damien Lancaster.
From the mont she sought a lawyer, she had resolved never to want him again.
If he loves Rachel Shaw, then he can go ahead and love her.
If he likes to protect Rachel Shaw, then let him protect her.
Ivy Sumrs didn’t need Damien Lancaster as a man.
Damien Lancaster might have money, power, and looks.
But she considered herself not lacking in qualifications and believed she deserved soone better.
So this divorce was certain.
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