Hellbound With You novel Chapter 75

Chapter 75 A cat and a mouse

Meanwhile in the living room on the ground floor, Little Betty was still wide awake. She was lying there, waiting patiently for Uncle Zeke to start reading to her.

Not only did Ezekiel not start reading the book to the little girl, he also ignored her as if she wasn't there. He just kept scanning the book that Alex gave him without a word. He didn't know why this girl had picked him to read her a bedtime story when the other two were obviously more willing. He didn't understand why this little girl wasn't scared of him when children always hid behind their mothers at the sight of him. Was this kid the same as that fearless Abigail girl?

"Uncle, uncle, why are you not talking to me?"

"Uncle, you don't like talking don't you?"

"Can you read the story out loud so I can hear?"

"Uncle, please?"

Little Betty continued talking until Ezekiel Qin's hand that was flipping the pages finally halted.

"Stop calling me, uncle. I'm not your uncle," he told her, his voice a little chilly.

"Then, what should I call you?" she innocently asked. "Big brother?"

"I'm not your brother."

"Then, shall I call you Zeke, too?" she smiled and the man silently let out a sigh. He didn't have any tolerance for this kind of thing. He knew that Alex did this on purpose. That man just wanted to torture him.

"Sleep, kid. You're not a baby to still be lulled to sleep by a bedtime story," he said blankly and Little Betty's face became gloomy.

She didn't speak anymore as she laid there next to him.

Zeke glanced at her again when the girl didn't move or make sound, thinking that she finally fell asleep but to his surprise, the girl's eyes were still wide open.

She was staring at the ceiling and blinking occasionally.

Seeing that there was no sign of her going to sleep, Ezekiel pressed his temples and opened the book again.

"I will only read this once, kid. Listen carefully and sleep," he suddenly said and the girl looked up at him with big round, excited eyes.