“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.

 

room, Natalie saw

hear what they were chatting on, the woman was laughing while Shane’s stoic

 

The thing that did disturb her was how Jacqueline was

the woman had done the same thing, claiming that she made a mistake. Regardless, Shane would stand up for her when she did not budge and instruct her to return to

ignore it this time around and

as she watched the

in her eyes. However,

to take a

Natalie’s chest tightened.

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

a chair to sit

in his seat, he was

was all Connor needed to confirm that Shane seemed

the table. She then turned to Jacqueline

but there was no reason

taken aback as she was not expecting Natalie to point it out. It even occurred to her that the

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