“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

on, the woman was laughing while

 

bother Natalie. The thing that did disturb her was how Jacqueline was sitting at her

she made a mistake. Regardless, Shane would stand up for her when she did not budge and instruct her to return to her

did she expect that Shane would ignore it this time around and even be in

watched the

and a glint of glee appeared in her eyes. However,

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

Natalie’s chest tightened.

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

would help Natalie pull out a chair to sit and carry

he remain in his seat, he was treating them

to confirm that Shane seemed

ignored her husband’s cold treatment and brought her children closer to the table. She then turned to Jacqueline and said coldly,

could tolerate Shane’s behavior, but there was no reason for her to put

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

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