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.”

wrong.” Joseph glanced at her and unhurriedly explained, “If you leave, Noah wouldn’t eat again tomorrow. He still

hearing it, Hayden could do

Sunday. I don’t need to go to school and nor do you need to work. Mommy, I promise. I

agree with her reluctantly.

forehead and said meaningfully, “You are so young and you want to accompany a

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

is enough. Are you done?

“Why shouldn’t I?”

Hayden with a smile. “Mommy, I always wish that I

her mentioning that, Hayden couldn’t help but furrow her

in a lower voice, “You have

that she had brought up her mother’s sadness, so

“Mommy, I’m sorry.”

rubbed her head helplessly. “Stop messing around. Stay in the bathtub

“OK.”

always hoped that she could meet him one day. As long as she could take a look at him from

guest room, Hayden slowly exhaled a suffocating breath, feeling a little

to find that Hayden was

a glimpse of it, he felt his

is the servant?” under his

his senses, looking

just now to throw the trash, I

“Stella was too restless when taking a bathe, getting water all over me. All the towels

-- the trash station was quite far from here. The servant on duty tonight had just left, so he

some in my room. Come to get

he spoke, he put down the water glass, walking towards

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

are you thinking about?’ she warned herself

a bath towel or a face towel? Come to take

bathroom door. She hurriedly walked up