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?”

out

their father is really here and that strange man informs him that he just met the kids, he might just look for

he tries to take them away from me? No… I won’t

Hence, she stood up abruptly and asked, “Connor, Sharon,

a suspicious look, which did not quite belong to a child of his age,

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

it home.” With that, Natalie beckoned

the lights in the restaurant

What’s going on?

confused

velvet suit walked to the center of the restaurant with a microphone

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 on a random table, who will be invited to play with us. The lighting crew – please prepare yourselves. Three!

man yelled for them to stop, a bright beam of light

stunned

What’s going on?

snuggled into Natalie’s arms, feeling

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