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
Duke indifferently said, “Today is the third review meeting of Project A-F. You’re the primary person-in-charge, yet you’re absent from such an important meeting. Don’t you owe me an explanation?”“Mr. Winters, I’ve passed all the documents of the third review meeting to my assistant, Serene. She has been involved in every session, so she won’t let you down.”Her voice in the call was very indifferent and aloof. Duke could imagine the expression on her face as she spoke.He paused for a while before he indifferently said, “I’ve given the review a read. It’s pretty good. It does not disappoint. I’d like to invite you for dinner tonight. What time are you free?”As soon as he said that, everyone in the room was shocked.All of them looked at the stack of documents in front of Serene.The meeting had not yet even started. The documents related to the review meeting were not even flipped through. When did Mr. Winters read them?Besides, Mr. Winters said that the information had achi
George knew that there would be the third review meeting of Project A-F in Winters Corporation, and he was very interested in the original technical core, so he purposely came over to spectate the meeting. “The meeting ended earlier,” Duke indifferently said, “If you have any question, you can ask Adina personally later.”George pursed his lips. “Doesn’t Auntie Adina refuse to go to the Winters family?”Because he attacked LaStar Technology Corporation, the woman refused to cook for Harold again, and she also did not want to step into the Winters family again.He could not see Adina privately, so he had to come over in the name of work.Unexpectedly, he still could not meet her.Duke indifferently replied, “Adina is now in the Winters family. She is about to make dinner for Harold.”George was slightly surprised. “Really?”Duke nodded.He curled his lips coldly. “If you don’t like Adina, you cannot go back home.”George remained silent for a while before he said softly, “Aun
Duke did not expect her to agree so easily. He smiled faintly. “Okay/”From the passenger seat at the back, George asked, “Dad, are we going to the preschool and pick up Mel?”“Yeah. We’ll go and pick up Mel and Alden.” Duke turned sideways. “If you don’t want to go, you can get out of the car now.”George found himself speechless.Did he look like he did not want to go?“I’ve finished work already. I’m coming along,” George gloomily said.The car was slowly driven out. George turned sideways and looked out the windows at the scenery that passed quickly, while he felt more and more gloomy.He did not know what feeling he was experiencing. It irked him to no end. Twenty minutes later, the car stopped in front of the preschool.There were still five minutes before the preschool was dismissed.After Ava hung up on a call, she walked to Alden, smiled, and said, “Alden, your mom just called me. She said she has something to do tonight, so she is not free to come and pick you and
The group of four got into the car.Duke was driving at the front, while the three kids sat in the back.George’s cold and serious gaze was tinged with some uncharacteristic tenderness. He took out some colorful candies from his pocket. “Mel, which flavor do you like?”“Mel doesn’t like candies.”Alden indifferently stopped him.George’s hand paused for a while before he stretched out his hand further. “Since Mel doesn’t eat, then you eat them.”The bunch of colorful candies were forcefully stuffed into Alden’s hand by George, which left him no chance to say no.“Harold likes the strawberry one. You can try,” George indifferently said.Alden pursed his lips and softly said, “Thanks.”He usually did not like to eat candies, but he unwrapped a pink strawberry-flavored candy and put it into his mouth now.The sweetness spread across his mouth.The strawberry-flavored candy actually tasted good.When Duke saw the kids’ interaction from the rearview mirror, his indifferent lips
Adina was cleaning up the broken pieces on the floor of the kitchen. When she heard George’s voice, she immediately turned around and looked over.That cold and indifferent small face slowly overlapped with the small, bruised infant face from four years ago.He was her eldest son, the son who was supposedly stillborn.Adina’s tears fell.“Mom, what happened?”Alden immediately rushed into the kitchen. He quickly wiped the tears off Adina.“No… I’m okay!” Adina lowered her head and wiped her tears away. “I rubbed my eyes with my hands after I cut the chilies…” “Auntie Adina, I’ll help blow your eyes.”Harold also walked inside. He leaned close to Adina, pouted, and gently blew.After Melody walked into the kitchen, she held Adina’s arm and also blew.Adina’s heart melted. She held the three kids who surrounded her with her arms, and she softly said, “Mommy is fine. I’m okay…” The scene in the kitchen made George feel gloomy.He also wanted to walk over and lean into Adina’
Duke looked at Adina’s side profile.He was very good at seeing through people’s minds. He could tell that this woman was lying.But he did not know why she wanted to lie.He took out a few tickets from his suit pocket before he handed them over her. “I would like to invite Mel to a piano concert. It will be on Saturday afternoon, these are the tickets. May I know if you’ll have the time?”Adina cast a glance at the tickets.This was a joint recital by some internationally renowned pianists, and it was very difficult to get even one ticket.And this man had a stack of them?It looked like there were at least five tickets.She pursed her lips and said, “If Mel says yes, I’m okay with it.”Duke quirked his eyebrows.Why was this woman being so nice now?It was as though the woman who had coldly treated him was just his hallucination.Buzz!The phone on the cabinet suddenly vibrated.Adina looked over. It was a call from Brenden.She wiped her hands clean before she answere