My Dreamy Old Husband novel Chapter 144

Stanley was operating the claw machine while Sophia was very nervous beside him. “Stan, hold on… hold on. Take a deep breath!”

Nathan was still indifferent just now, but at the moment, he also pressed his tiny face against the claw machine nervously as he widened his eyes to look inside while Stanley operated the machine.

Their nervousness also affected Stanley, causing him to be anxious too, but luckily, he still managed to grab a pink bunny in the end with his trembling hands.

“Hehe, I was a top sniper back in my days. My vision is perfect, so this is just a piece of cake!”

The moment Richard came in, he immediately saw Sophia with her non-mainstream punk boyfriend. His eyes were full of contempt as he glared at the current boyfriend of his ex-girlfriend with the gaze of an ex-lover.

Stanley was still dressed in his usual non-mainstream way with his round earrings and skull necklace dangling around his neck. His hairstyle, outfit, and the way he talked revealed his obvious non-mainstream punk style.

Richard shook his head sarcastically after looking at him thoroughly from top to bottom.

The difference between me and this man is enormous.

He subconsciously wanted to show himself in front of Sophia and Stanley so that she could see how dashing he was. Also, he wanted to prove his talents and nobility in front of a non-mainstream person like Stanley.

Even though he constantly told Sophia to forget about him and start over, he still subconsciously wanted to appear in front of her whenever he saw her so that she would forever have a special place for him in her heart—a place where she would unswervingly want to get back together with him again at any time.

However, with Xyla beside him, he couldn’t reveal this urge of his. That was why he was surprised when Xyla pulled him over to Sophia the moment she saw her.

“Richard, it’s Sophia and her new boyfriend. Let’s go over to greet them!”

After that, she pulled him to Sophia on purpose.

She wasn’t satisfied with just driving Sophia away because she wanted to let her know clearly that she could only be with a second-rated non-mainstream boyfriend while she got to be with Richard.

“Sophia! What a coincidence to run into you here!”

As soon as Sophia turned her head around, she could see the dashing Richard and adorable Xyla standing behind her. The two of them really were a match made in heaven.

Then, she nodded calmly. “Hello.”

After that, she picked up the doll and held Nathan’s hand as she was prepared to leave.

However, the other party wasn’t keen on letting them go, so Richard blocked Stanley’s path and extended his hand to him in a friendly way. “Hello. I’m Richard.”

Stanley also knew about the love-hate relationship between Sophia and Richard, so he shook his hand. “Hello. I’m Stanley. I specialize in game development.”

Richard’s eyes were filled with mockery, but on the surface, he seemed very friendly. “So you develop games. It is quite a promising career. And—dare I ask—is your family’s enterprise also in the same field?”

Sophia laughed when she heard his question.

Is he comparing himself to Stanley? Did he come here to make fun of his ex-girlfriend’s current boyfriend?

In fact, Stanley got into Bayside University because of his academic achievements, and his family didn’t donate a penny to the university. Therefore, he was clever enough to understand the meaning behind his words.

In this outfit, I sure don’t look like someone who has an enterprise at all, so he is obviously making fun of me! Tsk, Sophie’s ex-boyfriend is so f*cking despicable!

However, he remained composed as he answered, “My parents are teachers, and my brother is in the army. My family isn’t involved in game development, so that makes me the peculiar one.”

Meanwhile, Sophia pressed her lips instinctively to cover the smile at the corner of her lips.

His parents are teachers? They are the first-class lecturers of Bayside University! His brother is in the army? He is now an officer in the army! Why do the Fletchers always like to fool others?

Naturally, Richard understood his words as his parents being substitute teachers in a small town and his brother serving a two-year conscript. He clearly knew that Stanley was just an ordinary citizen, but he still chose to ask him purposely. When he got the answer he wanted, he laughed condescendingly. “I genuinely thought that you were studying architecture. My family is the Harper Family, and we specialize in real estate. I was thinking of offering you an internship if you were an architect. This is my name card.”

Sophia was still pressing her lips to prevent her laughter from coming out.

She also felt that Stanley really looked like someone who worked at a construction site.

In the meantime, Stanley chuckled as he received his name card. At first glance, he saw the title on the card—Richard Harper, Vice President of Harper Real Estates.

That explains his damned smugness.

Then, he waved the name card and smiled. “If I can’t make it in the future, I’ll go over to your place and move bricks. Remember to let me be the construction supervisor then!”

After showing off their superiority, Xyla was still reluctant to let Sophia off the hook, so she said to her purposely, “Sophia, have you been looking for a part-time job lately? Through Richard’s connections, I’m now a supporting actress of a film. The studio is not far away from the university, so if you are looking for a part-time job, I can introduce you to a role as a maid. But if you don’t like being a maid, you can also be my assistant. I’m about to enter the entertainment industry, so I need an assistant beside me.”

Sophia replied to her, “Haha, thank you, but I’m now working as a nanny, so I’m not looking for a part-time job.”

Xyla lowered her head and glanced at Nathan, who was holding Sophia’s hand, before revealing a sorry face. “That’s too bad.”

The movie was about to begin, so Sophia went over to get her ticket checked. Stanley followed her closely from behind while carrying Nathan on his back. The ‘family of three’ looked very harmonious together.

At the moment, Stanley was laughing his heart out. “Hahaha. Sophie, is that your ex-boyfriend? Hahahaha… hahaha…” He even tried to mimic Richard’s tone just now. “This is my name card. You can come over to my company if you want to move some bricks. Hahahaha!”

Sophia’s face darkened. “We’ve all fallen in love with a sc*mbag when we were young.”

This is so damn embarrassing. How dare he show off his superiority as my ex-boyfriend in front of someone from the Fletcher Family! Even I am embarrassed.

After they had their tickets checked, Stanley brought Nathan to the toilet as they tried to enter the hall a minute before the movie started. It was a movie starring Taylor Murray, and it was recently released, so the hall was almost fully packed. The lights in the hall were turned off, and it was pitch black, so Sophia turned on her flashlight to find their seats carefully. Stanley got them the best seats, which were seats 6, 7 and 8.

“Stan, you sit on seat 8. I’ll sit on seat 6, and Nate will sit on seat 7.”

“Why should I sit on seat 8? The 8th seat on row 4 sounds weird.”

“Just sit where I tell you to sit.”

“What has Nate been eating? He’s just 5 years old, but he’s already 4 feet tall. Luckily, I’m smart enough to buy us three tickets; otherwise, you wouldn’t have been able to enter.”

“I’ve been eating rice!”

The three of them bickered as they sat down. Surprisingly, the moment Sophia sat down on seat 6, a voice rang beside her. “Sophia, what a coincidence,” Richard, who was sitting on seat 5, said to her coldly.

“Heh.” She twitched the corners of her lips.