“Really?” Sharon perked up.

Her mother nodded and added, “Of course! Daddy loves you. There is no way he can dislike you.”

Innocently, Sharon bought her lie and started giggling.

On the other hand, Connor kept his mouth shut, knowing better than to believe what his mother had said.

He could tell that Shane did not seem to like them at all; he could feel it in his bones.

From the corner of her eyes, Natalie spotted her son frowning and wondered what he was thinking.

She knew he had been a clever boy since a young age. Therefore, she did not doubt Connor’s seriousness when he told her that there was something off about Shane.

But, it also meant that Shane did show his displeasure to them.

“Alright, let’s go have dinner.” Natalie took her children’s hands in hers and walked towards the dining table.

No matter what happened, she wanted to talk to Shane about what made him upset.

 

the room, Natalie saw Jacqueline and her husband

the woman was laughing while Shane’s stoic expression seemed

 

thing that did disturb her was how Jacqueline was sitting

Shane would stand up for her when she did not budge and instruct her to return to her original

it this time around

she watched

in her eyes. However, she covered it up quickly and sweetly

stopped conversing with Jacqueline and picked up his coffee mug to take a sip

Natalie’s chest tightened.

to the tense atmosphere, Connor could tell that his father’s

pull out a chair to

did he remain in his seat, he was treating them like they

needed to confirm that Shane seemed to

breath, Natalie ignored her husband’s cold treatment and brought her children closer to the table. She then turned to Jacqueline and said coldly, “Ms. Graham, you are sitting on

behavior, but there was no reason for her to put up with

occurred to her that the woman would keep mum,

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