Diana rubbed her head and stayed silent.

When he got there, Simon was sitting on the sofa, clearly in a mood.

"Why did you call me?" Brian asked impatiently.

Simon banged his fist on the table and stood up angrily.

"Do you forget that I am your father?"

Brian replied in his heart that he wished he didn't remember that fact. He waited for his father to continue with whatever was bothering him.

"You can't let the girl stay with Diana," Simon stated bluntly.

Brian knew he was talking about Abby. He was stunned. "Who told you about that?"

"If someone else hadn't told me, would you?" Simon shouted at Brian angrily.

"She is my daughter, not yours. I will decide with whom she should stay. It's none of your business."

With that, Brian walked straight out of the room.

Simon stared at the space where Brian had been standing. He was so angry that he felt a bit dizzy. He sat down on the couch, breathing heavily.

"Fiona? Fiona?" Simon shouted, but nobody answered him, which made him even angrier.

His phone rang, and Simon answered aggressively, "What?"

"Mr. William, what did Brian say? Is the girl his daughter?" Antonette asked over the phone.

"Leave me alone! Mind your own business!" Simon shouted and ended the call.

Antonette was shocked. She had thought that by telling Simon, Diana would suffer the pain of being separated from her daughter. But Simon still didn't care!

Nonetheless, Antonette stayed calm and took out her phone to call Carl.

"Carl? It is time." Antonette's eyes were burning with hatred.

At Diana's apartment, Diana was lying down on the bed when she heard the doorbell. Thinking it was Brian, with whom she was still annoyed, Diana ignored it. But it kept ringing.

"Mummy, why don't you open the door?" Abby asked.

Eventually, Diana sighed loudly and went to open the door.

"Ja…" She was about to curse Brian, but it wasn't him, it was Chaney.

"Diana, what were you saying?" Chaney asked confusedly.

"Nothing, sorry, I thought you were someone else."

"Uncle Chaney!" Hearing his voice, Abby ran out of the bedroom.

Chaney hugged her and stroked her face.

"Abby, did you miss me?"

"Yes!" Abby nodded her head.

Chaney gave Abby a loving smile. He took out something from his suitcase and showed it to her.

"Look! What is it?"

"Wow! It is a Barbie Princess!" Abby was very excited. She hugged the doll in her arms and went to play with it.

"Chaney, she has so many toys and dolls already. You don't need to buy her any more presents," Diana complained. Chaney had sent Abby many gifts since she was born. Her room was full of toys and dolls.

"But she likes them," Chaney replied cheerfully.

"Abby, have you said thank you?"

"Thank you, Uncle Chaney!" Abby said.

"You're welcome," Chaney answered.

All of a sudden, he noticed that there was a pair of male slippers on the floor.

"Diana, did you have a guest?" Chaney asked with a frown.

"Well…" Diana didn't know how to explain what had happened.

"Dad Brian lived with us!" Abby answered.

"Dad Brian?" Chaney felt the warmth drain from his body like he was sinking into the icy water. The man came into this house and lived here. Moreover, Abby called him "Dad"!

"Diana, do you have a boyfriend?" Chaney asked.

"No, I…" She thought for a while and added, "I will explain it to you another time." It was too complicated. She couldn't tell him what had happened in such a short time.

Hearing that, Chaney felt even sadder.

Then they both heard someone open the door, it was Brian.

Diana felt exhausted. Why did he come back now? What could she say?

"Dad!" Abby ran to Brian. "Dad, is my Barbie Princess beautiful?" Abby showed Brian the doll.

"Yes!" Brian smiled at her. But his eyes were focused on Chaney.

Chaney also gazed at Brian. The room fell into an awkward silence.

"Well…" Brian looked at Chaney.

"Hello, I am Chaney Fox," Chaney reached out his hand and smiled.

Brian nodded and shook his hand. "Brian William."

****

The two men gripped each other's hands firmly, both sizing up their opposite number.

Getting bored with the a.d.u.l.ts, Abby asked to go back to her bedroom.

"Sorry, Abby." Brian quickly released his hand and took Abby to her room.

Diana noticed the bright red marks on the guys' hands from their aggressive handshake. She felt rather tired of these two childish men.

"Diana, why haven't you mentioned this, Mr. Fox, before? Is he just some nobody?" Brian said with clearly intended malice.

But now Diana was really tired of his juvenile ways.

"Brian! Can you stop it? Chaney is one of my best friends," she shouted.

Watching Diana behave like that, Chaney felt sad. Diana was always polite and calm when she spoke with him; he had almost never seen her yell. But she did it with Brian quite easily, was that because there were more feelings there, more emotion?

Brian sensed Chaney's burning jealousy. He smiled and put his arm around Diana's shoulder.

"What are you doing?" Diana frowned at him and pulled his hand down.

"Diana, why are you so shy? We do it all day at home…"

Brian was trying to wind Chaney up. And he succeeded.

"What are you talking about? Who do you think you are? You are nothing but a roommate!" Diana stared at Brian.

"Roommate? Do you two live together?" Chaney gawped at them.

"Yes. Do you want to move in?" Brian laughed.

Chaney knew that Brian was trying to irritate him. He clenched his fists firmly.

Sensing the escalating tension, Diana went and stood between them.

"Can you be quiet?" Diana shouted at Brian.

Brian shrugged his shoulders but ultimately fell silent.

"Chaney, it's late. You must be tired after the long journey," Diana said in a gentle voice.