Chubby Mommy: Scheming Daddy, Surrender Now!-Chapter 151: Braised Pork Is Important

The third Uncle exchanged a glance with Naomi and sat in a row on the sofa, waiting for Aidan to explain. Without hesitation, Aidan laid out the impending competitive relationship between The Sinclair Group and The Sterling Group in clear terms, then put on a "what’s your situation" expression, waiting for their response.

The third Uncle, quite stubborn in front of his son, said, "I haven’t been involved in company affairs for a long time, and how would I know that Vivian is Ethan Sterling’s mom? The one hospitalized is his daughter, not him. Besides, I don’t even know him."

Aidan frowned, "Ethan Sterling is the real controlling shareholder of Mercy Hospital, it’s not surprising that he knows your identity."

The third Uncle shot a sideways glance at his son, raised his hand, and gave his head a smack. "Idiot." Then he stood up and said angrily, "I’m sleepy, going to bed."

Aidan looked a bit exasperated, quickly opened the front camera of his phone, checked his hairstyle for a while, and only after confirming his hairstyle remained intact, put away his phone and grimaced at his gloating sister.

Naomi didn’t want her father to know about her stock trading business secretly, fearing that the old man would hear and then no longer be able to say too much.

As the siblings headed out, Aidan reluctantly said, "Auntie dear, why did you help Ethan Sterling?"

Naomi patted her big brother’s shoulder, "Sorry, I didn’t know The Lawson Group’s partner was you, they’ve always publicly claimed it was The Sullivan Group."

"Dr. L simply appointed Rhonda Sullivan as the ambassador of the Celestian Region and never said anything about cooperating with The Sullivan Group, okay?"

Naomi waved her hand, "How many people know that the power in Rhonda Sullivan’s hand has already changed hands? The Sullivan Group wants to use this news to gain attention, won’t say it. The Sinclair Group and The Lawson Group can’t say it, so it’s normal I didn’t know."

Aidan frowned and asked directly, "Ethan Sterling surrendered?" He was unable to make his sister curb herself, but he had ways to take out his anger.

"Calm down." Naomi shot him a glance, "What do you mean ’surrendered’, you make it sound like I’m some female hooligan. I’m just not interested in him anymore, and his wife makes such good braised pork."

She got into her car as she finished speaking, "Nothing, I’m leaving now. I’ve been sleeping a lot lately, need to go back to sleep."

Aidan nodded, "Drive safely." He watched his sister’s departing figure with some pain in his heart; a loss of over ten million was because of a bowl of braised pork.

He didn’t ask again; asking more would only bring more heartache because even if Naomi knew the impact of this event on The Sinclair Group, she would still do it. After all, money can be earned again, but if they can’t keep Rhonda Sullivan as a friend, they can never have that braised pork again.

*

The Sterling Family finally quieted down, Leon Sterling was playing Lego with Seth Sterling in the room, and Ethan Sterling went to coax Honey, who needed to take a nap.

Ethan Sterling narrated stories for five minutes only to discover Honey wasn’t listening carefully and appeared to have something on her mind, glancing at him with flickering eyes from time to time.

He closed the book and gently asked, "Honey, do you have something you want to tell Daddy?"

Honey thought for a moment, nodded, but didn’t speak, still looking at him with an expression that said she had something to say.

Ethan Sterling already had one overly sensible son. He didn’t want Seth’s sensibility to rub off on his sweet and oblivious daughter.

Sometimes he thought Seth was like him in childhood, while Honey was like the young Ruby Sullivan. Now, Ruby Sullivan could no longer laugh easily and feel happy in a carefree way, so he increasingly hoped that Honey would never grow up; even if she did, she could continue being naive and sweet.

Ethan Sterling held his daughter in his arms, gently rocking her, "Honey, you can always just say anything to Daddy, no need to hesitate." While saying this, he deliberately tickled Honey’s neck with his stubble, making her giggle.

Satisfied with her laughter, he stopped, "Go ahead. Daddy will listen carefully."

But then, Honey suddenly frowned, "Daddy, why didn’t you come to pick me up from the hospital last night?"

"Daddy happened to have something that delayed him. It was Daddy’s fault, Daddy apologizes."

"I know Daddy’s job is very busy." Honey had always been understanding in this regard because, previously, when Mommy was with her, she was often busy too.

After a brief silence, she continued, "Yesterday, my brother and I saw Mrs. Sullivan at the hospital, she said she’d have you kick me and Seth out."

Ethan Sterling’s face froze. Remembering his son’s questioning last night, he knew that what Rhonda Sullivan said made both children uneasy, maybe more so for Honey.

"It was Daddy’s fault." He kissed the top of her head, "She was just trying to scare you; Daddy will never drive you and Seth away."

Honey was far easier to deceive than Seth. As soon as she heard this, she immediately held out her little finger, "Pinky promise."

Ethan Sterling, with a hint of bittersweet smile, wrapped his hand around her chubby little finger for a pinky promise. Only this seal with Daddy could truly ease Honey’s mind, more than any promise from anyone else.

She blinked her big eyes, then asked, "If she tries to bully me and brother again, can I bite her?"

Ethan was stunned for a moment, then chuckled, but soon looked at his daughter seriously, "Biting is not good behavior. Where did you learn that?" Thinking about it, he recalled Ruby Sullivan had this problem too.

"I learned martial arts with Mommy when I was small." Honey could never remember the difference between free combat and self-defense, "The teacher said that under necessary circumstances, you can bite."

Ethan Sterling thought about it, what the teacher said wasn’t wrong.

"If you run into her again next time, you just run with your brother and stay away from her, then call Daddy. Mrs. Sullivan is an adult, you might suffer a loss if you try to bite her. No matter what, you must protect yourself first. Understand?"

Honey thought Daddy made sense, answering seriously, "Understood."

After that, the father and daughter chatted a bit more, until Honey started to feel sleepy and soon fell asleep.

Although she looked fine, her body was still very weak, with a biological clock that was very precise every day.

Ethan Sterling returned to his bedroom. Ruby Sullivan was on the bed looking at electronic fashion magazines. Upon hearing the noise, she glanced at him, casually asked, "Is Honey asleep?" then continued with her activity, in a ’do not disturb’ state.

Ethan Sterling let out an almost inaudible sigh, changed into loungewear by himself, and sat beside her, "Last night, I went to Rhonda’s place; her fetus is unstable."

"Hmm." Ruby Sullivan didn’t look up, continuing to read a perfume introduction. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Unable to continue, Ethan Sterling took her iPad, "Accompany me for a nap, I’m tired."

Ever since the matter between him and Rhonda was laid bare in front of her, it seemed like the first time Ruby Sullivan seriously looked at Ethan Sterling, inspecting the fatigue in his eyes, the fine lines at the corners of his eyes, and the dullness of his complexion.

"Okay." Ruby Sullivan averted her gaze, laid down, "I’m a bit sleepy too." Last night, she also barely slept, thinking about many things, none of which had a way out.