After that night five years ago, he had never had such a dream. In the dream just now, the face of the woman who was in the bed with him was actually Adina’s. He had a dream that he and Adina were making love in a hotel bed. Duke got up and went into the bathroom to wash his face with cold water. Once he felt his mind clearing up, he suddenly recalled the familiar scent on Adina’s body. Five years ago, the woman he had spent a passionate night with had the same scent on her. Adina and Dew were sisters, but they were not sisters of the same mother. Their body scents should be different. Could it be…? A ridiculous thought emerged in Duke’s mind. Once that thought had emerged, it could not be suppressed. When did Adina have her coming-of-age ceremony five years ago? If he remembered correctly, it was that same summer night. Duke immediately took out his phone to search for news. The internet was full of news about the most beautiful woman of Sea City. Her illicit p
Adina glanced at the caller ID. It was a number from Central City. She stared at the number for a few seconds before answering the call. “Is this Adina Daugherty? Ms. Daugherty?” An elderly voice came from the other end of the phone. Adina frowned and answered indifferently, “This is me. May I know who this is?” “I’m Tyson’s father,” Mr. Samuel Osborne said slowly. “Can we have a chat?” Adina’s heart sank a little. Her worst fears after the exposure of her children had come true. Tyson was willing to compromise for the sake of the company, but how could the older generation, who cared a lot about bloodline inheritance, allow their offspring to live outside? Adina pursed her lips and said, “What would you like to talk about, Mr. Osborne?” “You raised the children alone. It would be unkind and unjust of our family to take custody away from you so abruptly. The matter of custody shall be discussed later.” Mr. Samuel Osborne said, enunciating each word. “However, we mus
“Mrs. Osborne, nothing you say will change my mind. I will never let my children go back to the Osborne family. I will never give up custody of my children!” Adina hung up the phone after finishing her sentence coldly. As she put the phone down and slowly turned back, she immediately met a pair of dark and thoughtful eyes. “Al…” Adina winced internally. Al could not have heard everything she just said to Mrs. Osborne, could he? Alden raised his cold eyes and said slowly, “Mommy, who is approaching you for custody of me and my sister?” “Al, you misheard me.” Adina’s tongue was dry. “I was just talking to an employee about a case.” “Mommy, I was in the kitchen since the moment you answered that call,” Alden said slowly. “Mommy, I’m old enough to help you share the burden of many, many things, so stop keeping it from me.” Adina heaved a deep sigh. Regarding the children’s father, she really hoped she could hide it from them for the rest of their lives. But… He was
Alden’s finger continued to scroll down. The more he read, the colder his expression became. So, something big happened a few days ago. He could not believe he missed such an important thing. It’s a good thing that Mommy hired Brenden as their defense lawyer, otherwise, he and his sister’s custody might really be taken away by Tyson. However… Didn’t Tyson do a paternity test before he filed the lawsuit? He and his sister were not the Osborne family’s offsprings. However, the Osborne family did not know that, and neither did Mommy. Alden turned around and looked at Adina, who was cooking. Mommy’s brows were knitted so firmly that there were three vertical lines between her brows. Mommy must not be able to get a good sleep because of this. The Osborne family came on strong, and Mommy did not know the truth. She would pay a great price, in order to protect him and his sister. Alden clenched his fingers. His thin lips were tightly pursed. A meal was quickly prepared.
“Tyson is not our father. You don’t need to fight the lawsuit with the Osborne family, Mommy.” Alden lowered his eyes and said, “I’m sorry. Mommy. I should have told you sooner.” “You knew all along?” Adina's throat was dry. She forced out a few words with difficulty. Alden nodded. “I’ve suspected it a long, long time ago. I just hadn’t done the paternity test.” Adina recalled that Melody had called Duke “Daddy” twice. Her heart trembled a little. “Does Mel also know Duke is your father?” “Mel doesn’t know.” Alden pursed her lips and said, “But she likes Duke. She has always wanted Duke to be our father, but I don’t think Duke would’ve guessed that we are the children of the Winters family.” Adina closed her eyes. Her head was in turmoil as all sorts of thoughts surfaced in her mind. Tyson was not her children’s father, so that meant she did not have to fight the lawsuit anymore. However, if Duke found out about Alden and Melody, would he also do everything he could t
Eight o’clock in the morning. After Adina dropped the children off at the preschool, she drove directly to the Winters family’s house. She sat in the car. After making sure that Duke’s car was not in the courtyard of the villa, she opened the door and got out. The courtyard was empty in the early morning, not even a single servant could be seen. Adina stood outside the fence and rang the doorbell. “Ms. Daugherty, what brings you by? Please come in.” Mr. Brown came to open the door for her. He was very surprised to see her standing outside. The two young masters had a big fight last night. The atmosphere in the house was extremely depressing. Now that Ms. Daugherty had come over, Young Master Harold would be overjoyed. Mr. Brown ordered the maid to serve tea to Adina. He said with a smile, “Young Master Harold is still in bed. I will wake him up and tell him to come downstairs.” Adina did not say anything. She sat quietly in the living room and drank the tea. “What
She should be grateful that her sons were still alive. They were still alive. She was glad that they were still alive. This had to be a blessing from God. “Auntie Adina, what’s wrong?” Adina held Harold so tightly that he felt that he could not breathe, though he did not dare to say anything. He was afraid that an embrace like this was fleeting. But the next second, he felt warm tears fall on his cheeks. He looked up and saw Adina’s watery eyes. Her tears were falling down uncontrollably. He was so panicked that he did not know what to do. “Auntie Adina, what’s wrong? Did I do something wrong again? I’m sorry, Auntie Adina. I won’t be so impudent again.” He hurriedly withdrew from Adina’s embrace. Adina felt a twinge of pain in her heart. Over the past few days, she chose not to come to the Winters family’s residence and ignored Harold on purpose. This boy must have been very heartbroken. He was her son, not Dew’s son! How could she punish her own precious son?
Adina’s cold heart gradually melted.She held Harold’s chubby hand and softly said, “I also like you very much.”Harold’s eyes brightened, as if a galaxy was shining brightly in his eyes.Adina could not bear the sight anymore, or she would not be able to hold herself from crying again.She flipped open the album, gently smiled, and said, “Harold, tell me some interesting things from the time when you and George were even younger.”Harold leaned on Adina’s knees and supported his chin with his arms. “George is very old-fashioned. He acts like an adult. Nothing interesting ever happened to us when we were even younger. Auntie Adina, my brother is boring, but he isn’t a bad person to anyone. Besides, he likes Mel very much. He will never hurt you, since you’re Mel’s mom. Even if he has hurt you, there must be a misunderstanding.”Adin stroked his hair. “I know George is not a bad boy.”Harold sat up straight and said solemnly, “Auntie Adina, I apologize on behalf of my brother. I