Chapter 343

I felt like I had to respond. But what came out of my mouth was something I might as well not have said at all. "Just because I'm not one now doesn't mean that I won't be in the future." Arthur laughed, and Tiffany, who was in his arms, laughed along with him. "Daddy, Madeline is nice. She played with me." This little girl sure knew how to flatter me. A dark cloud passed over Tiffany's mother's face as she regarded me with a wary eye. She probably thought that I was yet another conquest of Arthur's. "Alright then. You can play with her from now on," Arthur said as if I were someone close to him. I started to say something but thought better of it, as we were still in front of the child. So I just dismissed his comment as something he had said to pacify Tiffany. Arthur walked up to me with Tiffany in his arms. "Do you have time to play with my daughter? Name your price." Was he serious about having me babysit? Did he think everyone was as idle and bored as he was? But if I ref