The Promise Of Happiness

Chapter 3 Calling Mommy

Steven took Sophia home.

Ever since they had parted with the unfamiliar woman, the little girl had been sulking.

She was obviously in a bad mood as she even rejected her favorite ice cream, running back to her room with reddened eyes as soon as they reached the house.

Seeing her pitiful expression, Steven had a feeling that his brother was going to beat him to a pulp.

He quietly turned around and looked at the man sitting on the couch.

Samuel was wearing a black shirt and straight-fit pants. His attire perfectly accentuated his broad shoulders, narrow waist, and long legs.

Despite his chiseled facial features, the frosty look he gave his brother was chilling to the core.

“Tell me. What did you do to Sophia?”

“For heaven’s sake, Sam. I wouldn’t dare to do anything to her! I’ll praise the heavens for her to spare me instead!”

Even though Steven was the second son of the Bowers family, he felt as if he had been demoted to a nanny ever since Samuel returned with Franklin and Sophia five years ago. As long as one of them got into trouble, he would be the one taking all the blame in the end, no matter whatever reason was behind it.

However, Steven thought it wise to get straight to the point before shouldering the blame.

“Something astonishing happened, Sam. Sophia can speak now.”

gaze softened as the

effective when you took Sophia to see Professor James in

psychological intervention. Professor James merely applied a conventional treatment this time, which

the cause

woman around her twenties at the airport today, Sam. She liked her so much that she called her Mommy several times. You should’ve seen her sulky

events, Steven still

publicly announced the twins’ birth mother when Samuel came back with them back then, they were

mother, so why was she addressing

brother, Samuel was also puzzled. “Tell me about

face and was ordinary-looking,” Steven replied as he tried his best to recall her appearance. “Her facial features were very plain. There wasn’t anything distinctive about

wasn’t asking about her looks,

Steven was rendered speechless.

know the woman is special to Sophia, Steven, why didn’t you

ordinary-looking woman would be the key

soon as he

an important matter? I’ll

floor, Franklin Bowers was sharpening some colored

eldest grandchild of the Bowers family, he was placed on a higher pedestal compared to his sister. However, this was just an act for outsiders,

Franklin, Sophia

with a flat nose bridge, thick lips, and a face dotted with freckles. Oddly enough, the little

not all. She even drew yellow

the drawing with a word scribbled on