President’s Twins: Buy One, Get One Free

“Stella.” Hayden’s voice became deeper. She gazed at the little girl motionlessly.

“Do you think it’s appropriate to do so?”

Stella pursed her lips, feeling a sense of guilty.

Usually if her mother spoke to her in this way, it meant she really got angry.

“Mommy.”

Stella tugged at her sleeve. “I just want to play with Noah for a bit longer.”

Hayden still stared at her solemnly.

“I know, but what time is it now? Haven’t I told you to mind your manners before coming here? You can play with Noah, but you can’t linger around or refuse to go home. This is the most basic courtesy.”

When she was scolding Stella, Noah suddenly crawled to her and held one of her legs, holding the drawing board in the other hand.

Hayden felt that her left leg was tightly gripped. Looking down, she saw the words written on the drawing board raised high in Noah’s hand: “I want Stella to stay.”

“Noah.” Hayden frowned and didn’t know what to say at the moment. It seemed that she could never refuse Noah’s requests.

“Noah, I have to go now. It’s really too late. Next time I’ll bring Stella over and play with you again when I have time, alright?”

Seeing that Hayden still insisted, Noah became anxious. He hurriedly wrote another line on the drawing board, and then dragged Joseph’s pants, asking his father to read his words.

“If you don’t make Stella and Aunt Hayden stay, I won’t eat.”

Joseph was taken aback, feeling a sudden fluctuation in his heart.

He hesitated, looked at Hayden, and said, “How about staying here tonight? We have a room for you and Stella.”

Hayden was startled. “Well, I don’t think it’s appropriate.”

“If you leave, Noah wouldn’t eat again tomorrow. He still has an injury, so he could only stay home instead of going out. He can barely meet

Hayden could do nothing

don’t need to go to school and nor do you need to

to agree

young and you want to accompany a boy already. Alas, you are grown up and I can’t keep you home

arranged a guest room for them. Hayden went to bathe Stella first. The little girl acted as if she was nuts -- she kept screaming, jumping up and down, and running around in the bathroom. All towels

done? Why are you

“Why shouldn’t I?”

smile. “Mommy, I

her mentioning that, Hayden couldn’t help but

a lower voice, “You have

brought up her mother’s sadness, so she regretted

“Mommy, I’m sorry.”

the bathtub to keep warm. I’ll go out to find you a new

“OK.”

be possible for her to bring him back if she could find him, she always hoped that she could meet him one day.

out of the guest room, Hayden slowly exhaled a suffocating breath, feeling a little

the living room. Hearing the footsteps coming downstairs, he turned around, only to find that Hayden was coming down from the stairs. Her light blue dress was

his lower abdomen

Where is the servant?” under his motionless

his senses, looking

the trash, I guess.

at the collar of her dress, smiling helplessly. “Stella was too restless when taking a bathe, getting water all over me. All the towels in the bathroom are wet. I just want to ask the servant if there’s

here. The servant on duty

in my room.

spoke, he put down the water

the master bedroom on the second floor. Clenching her fingers, she looked at Joseph’s back and shook off

about?’ she

or a face towel? Come to take a look,” Joseph

bathroom door. She hurriedly walked up