Chapter 614: 14.10

"Mom, please let us play with Uncle Reed, okay?" 

"W—What kind of play?" Gaius asked vigilantly. Somehow he had a bad feeling about Reed. Everything about him made Gaius feel guarded, especially with that smirk and gaze. Gaius saw a different light about Reed Ville. 

Maybe it was just his paranoia and anxiety, or maybe it was really his gut feeling. Nevertheless, he just needed to stay vigilant from all possibilities. 

"Hmm…." Hermes was considering his options for the moment, and then he said, "I want to go to the water park!" 

"Water park! Water park!" Artemis agreed to her big brother's request. 

"I want to swim, ride the slide, float with tub! My friends have gone to that water park in the city! I want to go too!" Hermes begged. Gaius felt pity for his son because Hermes had been a good boy. He studied hard for his school, picked up his sister every day, and even prepared breakfast when Gaius was recovering from his internal wound.

So it was difficult for Gaius to reject Hermes' plea. 

Gaius glanced at Reed, who kept his magnanimous smile in front of the kids, "What a coincidence, that water park is owned by Uncle Reed. I can always empty the park for a day, and you guys can have fun! You don't need to queue for the slides!" 

"Whoa! Really?!" Hermes's eyes glimmered with excitement. He dated his eyes at his Mom, Gaius and begged, "Please, Mom, let's go to Uncle Reed's Water park, pleaseeee…."

Gaius hesitated, but when facing Hermes and Artemis' begging eyes, he just couldn't reject them. 

Gaius sighed and nodded, "Let's go on the weekend. I think I'll be fully healed when the weekend comes. At least enough to watch over you kids."

"Yayyyy!" Hermes hugged his little sister as they rejoiced together. 

"But we still need to talk with your Dad. Only if he can come," Gaius said. 

Hermes' excitement died down in less than a second. He looked upset, "But Dad is always busy. What if he's too busy to come with us? Will the trip get cancelled?"

"Nonsense, it's weekend. Your dad will have his free time," Gaius said. He looked at Reed and said, "Reed, if you don't mind, I still have to ask for Clarke's agreement. Because they are HIS kids. So he needs to know first."

Gaius put an emphasis on that 'his' just to make sure that Reed understood his boundary. He didn't want the kids to ignore the presence of their father. 

"Sure," Reed shrugged. He looked down at the kids and said, "When your dad allows it, I'll bring you two to the water park! There are tons of fun, and I'll allow you to eat anything from the food stands as well!"

"Whoaaa! Uncle Reed is amazing!" Hermes gawked in awe, something that he rarely showed in front of his parents. 

Reed glanced at Gaius, who was still vigilant at him and scoffed lightly. 

"Well, I'm here to make my family happy. We're a family, right, Gaius?" 

…

"Yes."

**

Reed couldn't stay for dinner. He just left right after lunch because he said he had other things to do outside. So Gaius was left alone again. 

Gaius sighed as he did the dishes alone. He kept thinking about Reed and how he felt he was planning on something. 

Gaius glanced at the bouquet of flowers that Reed brought. Gaius snapped his fingers, and the flowers overgrew and bloomed beautifully. 

Pupa materialized in front of Yunyu and examined the flower, "There's nothing wrong with it. Your thought this thing has a hidden camera or something, huh?"

"Bro, I know what kind of man he is, and the rest of the male leads. I've transmigrated into so many worlds! Reed Ville must have a hidden agenda!" Yunyu yelled. 

He checked the flower by himself and found nothing wrong with it. It was just a simple flower with a somehow strange smell. 

"Can you scan this, Pupa?"

Pupa went to scan mode and checked the content inside that flower bouquet, "There is nothing wrong with it. Aside from the strange smell, it's really just a regular flower bouquet. You're overthinking."

Yunyu bit his lower lip. He knew that Reed Ville wasn't a good person. Even though Reed was the master of this world, Yunyu didn't want to be kept in the dark with all Reed's devious plans. 

His anxiety continued until the evening when Hermes and Artemis had returned. Then Clarke returned about two hours later when the clock already showed 7 P.M.

He looked exhausted, and he was spacing out when Gaius opened the front door for him. 

"Clarke? Are you okay?" Gaius asked. "You look so tired…." 

Clarke snapped out of his daze and smiled thin at his beloved wife, "I'm fine, Wife. I'm just… exhausted." 

Gaius took the briefcase in his husband's hand and put it on his lap, "Do you want to eat with the kids now? Or you want to take a bath first?"

"I'll take a bath first…." Clarke replied. He didn't even have his usual spirit. Gaius was concerned, and he said to his children, "Kids, go eat first, okay? Your Dad is exhausted today. He might sleep right after taking a bath."

"Yes, Mom…"

Gaius rolled his wheelchair to the bathroom and then prepared the warm bath for his husband. He wanted to give him a special treatment today to relax his muscle. 

Clarke went in after he stripped his clothes and was surprised when he saw Gaius in his wheelchair beside the bathtub, "Wife? Why are you here?"

"Just sit in the bathtub, husband. I'll give you a back and head rub," Gaius said. 

Clarke's mood improved immediately. Gaius always knew how to make his day better with his services. He obediently rinsed himself before going inside the bathtub. 

Gaius poured shampoo on Clarke's shining blonde hair. He gently massaged Clarke's head to relieve the stress that had been building up for days. 

Clarke closed his eyes, relaxing with his wife's service.

"Clarke…"

"Yes, Wife?" Clarke responded, still with his eyes closed. 

…

"How was your day?" Gaius asked with a soft voice. 

"It's more tiring than usual, Wife. Those supervillains keep sending new monsters and enemies to fight daily. We also have our breaking points. At least our allies are. Many of them got injured as well, so they're recovering from their injuries."

"We lack in manpower, while those supervillains seem to have an endless amount of underlings," Clarke sighed. 

"I'll come and join you after I've fully recovered, maybe next month," Gaius suggested. 

Clarke frowned in displeasure, "You shouldn't go. The enemies are getting stronger these days. I don't want you to get hurt."

"Are you planning to make me an obedient housewife locked inside this house forever?" Gaius asked. 

"You can always come to work with me in the office. I need a new secretary after all," Clarke suggested, much to Gaius' dismay. He wanted to argue, but he realized that Clarke wasn't in his best state right now, so it was best to just stay silent. 

After the head rub, Gaius tried down to do a shoulder rub to Clarke, then he mentioned that man, "Clarke, it's about your brother…."