Sharon sat down, picked up her fork, and stuffed some cake into her mouth. She mumbled incoherently, “Mommy, just now when I came back with Connor, we met a strange man.”

“A strange man?” Natalie instantly became anxious. “Did he do anything to both of you, Connor?”

Although this was a high-end restaurant, there still might be some bad people here.

A few days ago, she had read news about how some human traffickers would especially go to high-end places and kidnap the children of the wealthy.

“No. But he kept blocking our path, staring at us and saying how we look so similar. Then, I stomped on his feet and quickly rushed back with Sharon.” Connor shook his head and relayed what happened earlier.

Natalie heaved a sigh of relief before a strange expression appeared on her face.

So similar?

Only their biological father would look similar to the kids. Could it be that the strange man knows their father?

In that case, is he here too?

At that thought, Natalie’s heart beat rapidly as her face turned pale.

 

Connor noticed something amiss with his mother and asked, “Mommy, what’s wrong?”

fine.” Natalie squeezed out a smile

here and that strange man informs him that he

tries to take them away from me? No…

more she thought about it, the more afraid she became. Hence, she

which did not quite belong to a child

at Natalie in confusion. “Why? But I haven’t even finished

okay. We’ll bring it home.” With that, Natalie beckoned the

lights in the restaurant

What’s going on?

confused

wearing a red velvet suit walked to

throat and announced, “Good evening, everyone. You’re welcome to participate in our restaurant’s anniversary event. We’ll be playing a game now! The spotlight will shine

the man yelled for them to stop, a bright beam

stunned that

What’s going on?

snuggled into Natalie’s arms, feeling

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