Married at First Sight [On-Going]


    While Romina was out shopping, she unexpectedly ran into her nemesis-River. River was out with his niece and nephew, apanied by two bodyguards and two nannies. None of them were familiar faces.


    Romina guessed they must havee with his sister-inw, who was probably in Eaglioncile too. River likely asked them to help watch the kids temporarily. With his current status and resources, it wouldn''t be hard for him to bring in some help on short notice.


    He had already washed off the lipstick from his face and changed into fresh clothes.


    As he stepped out of a toy store with the two kids, their paths crossed. They both stopped in surprise.


    Then River walked over, smiling, with Bethany in his arms. "Romina, what a coincidence. We meet again. Don''t you think fate keeps bringing us together?" Romina rolled her eyes inwardly. Fate, my foot.


    But out loud, she replied, "Eaglioncile isn''t that huge. Ourpanies are pretty close. We could run into each other several times a day. Don''t act like it''s been ages." They really did run into each other a lot.


    Eaglioncile wasn''t small, but it wasn''t massive either. Some people lived in the same city for years and never met, while others crossed paths daily.


    River smiled. "It''s just rare to see you out on a weekend."


    "Hello, Aunt Romina," Maverick greeted politely.


    Bethany, in River''s arms, reached out to Romina, calling sweetly, "Aunt, Aunt." She still remembered her.


    Romina''s heart melted. Bethany was her favorite.


    She immediately reached out and took Bethany from River''s arms.


    "Belle, I haven''t seen you in days. Auntie missed you so much." Romina kissed the little girl''s cheek.


    River felt a twinge of jealousy. Romina was always cold to him. A kiss?


    Unthinkable—unless she was drunk. Last night didn''t count. When sober, she was


    more likely to p him than kiss him.


    Bethany hugged Romina''s neck lovingly, then kissed her cheek softly.


    Romina''s heartpletely melted.


    "Did Serenitye with you?" Romina asked as she instinctively walked


    alongside River, still holding Bethany.


    River didn''t let his eagerness show. He answered casually, "She''s on a business


    call with her partner. Since I''m off today and they didn''t want to go out, I took the kids out for a walk. Baby wanted building blocks, so I got him a few big sets. Should keep him busy for a while."


    Maverick loved building blocks. He had an entire room at home dedicated to them, with shelves full of his creations.


    River didn''t have kids of his own, so when his brother and sister-inw came to visit, there weren''t many toys around. Since he had time, he took the kids out to shop for new ones.


    Bethany liked building blocks too, but she couldn''t handle theplicated ones yet. She was more into toddler toys, dolls, and toy cars.


    Romina asked the kids, "Did you get everything you wanted? Want Auntie to take you to a big toy store?"


    Maverick looked at River for permission. River gave a slight nod, and Maverick turned to Romina with a smile. "Thanks, Aunt Romina. Let''s go check it out."