“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 her husband

on, the woman was laughing while Shane’s stoic expression seemed

 

thing that did disturb her was

the past, 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

Shane would ignore it this time around and

she watched the scene

a split second, Jacqueline frowned, and a glint of glee appeared in her eyes. However, she covered it up quickly and sweetly greeted Natalie instead, saying,

and picked up his coffee mug to take

Natalie’s chest tightened.

the tense atmosphere, Connor could

pull out a chair to sit and carry his sister and

remain in his seat, he was treating them like they

Connor needed to confirm that Shane seemed to

deep 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

but there was no reason

Natalie to point it out. It even occurred to her that the woman would keep mum, given how cold

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