“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 Jacqueline and

were chatting on, the woman

 

thing that did disturb her was how Jacqueline was sitting at her

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

expect that Shane would ignore it this time around and

darkened as she watched the scene

Jacqueline frowned, and a glint of glee appeared in her eyes. However, she covered it up

conversing with Jacqueline and picked up his coffee mug to take a sip from it without sparing his wife nor children

Natalie’s chest tightened.

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

Shane would help Natalie pull out a chair to

he remain in his seat, he was

confirm that Shane

brought her children closer to the table.

was no reason for her to put up

out. It even occurred to her that the woman would keep mum, given how cold Shane was acting

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