Harold appeared surprised, and so did Melody.Meanwhile, Alden and George looked relatively calm as if they had already known about it.“This is slightly complicated. In short, Dillon is my biological father, and my biological father is your biological grandfather. You can just call him Grandpa,” Adina smiled and spoke.Harold jumped up high. “Awesome! I finally have a grandpa!”He used to hate Dew, so he refused to call Aaron “Grandpa.”He had met Dillon with his mommy a few times. Dillon treated his mommy really nicely and even gave him some pocket money. Most importantly, Grandpa would guide him in drawing. He enjoyed having a grandpa.Melody’s eyes also lit up. “I have Mommy, Daddy, three elder brothers, Grandma, and Papa Brown. Now I have a grandpa. I’m so happy!”“You still have an uncle,” Adina said as she smiled.Alden took a look at Adina and realized that his mommy’s smile was not fake.It looked like she sincerely accepted the Jones family and also wanted them to ap
Adina smiled faintly. “Let’s start trying on the dresses now.”The shop assistant pushed a row of dresses over.There were two custom-made dresses. One was a pink waist-length tassel dress that looked elegant and ladylike, while the other one was a snow-colored lace dress that looked pure and unworldly.There was a similarity between the dresses: they were very conservative. Her arms and legs would be covered up.They looked like dresses that an eighteen-year-old girl would wear.Adina chuckled.It seemed that daughters were always little girls to their fathers.She took the two gowns into the dressing room and put them on.The dresses appeared simple, but they were actually complex. There were layers on the hem of the dresses, giving the dresses a dignified, vintage, and elegant air.It took Adina about eight minutes before she could put the pink dress on. When she buckled the belt on her waist and was about to walk out of the dressing room, she heard some people whispering o
Seeing that the dressing room was closed, Harold took Melody to the dress section on the side.He spoke like a professional, “Mel, I think your white dress doesn’t look very nice. Should we change your dress?”A service assistant immediately came over from the side and respectfully said, “Which one would you like, Miss? I can bring it over for you.”Melody glanced in the service assistant’s direction before she held out her chubby finger and said, “I want that beautiful ma’am to get the dress for me.”The female assistant whom she pointed at felt somewhat flattered.Adina would likely divorce Duke, but these kids would still be the young masters and the lady in the Winters family. Even if their parents were divorced, it would not change their status in the family. It was a great honor to be personally appointed to serve the little princess.Most importantly, the little girl even called her “beautiful,” while Adina had implied that she was ugly.Clearly, the children had the most
Harold was speechless.George was right, but why did his point sound a little strange? Why did he have to compare him to a dog?“The surveillance camera will have your proof,” Alden said. “Even if we go to court, you’ll still need to pay for these losses. Someone should calculate how much money she needs to pay in total.”A shocked female service assistant at the side immediately took a calculator and approached them to calculate the cost.There was a total of seventeen dresses. The cheapest was $180,000 while the most expensive was nearly $500,000. The total came to about $5,000,000.The female service assistant’s face turned pale in response to the huge blow.She could not even afford to compensate for one piece, much less so many pieces.“What happened?”Halfway through fitting her fitting, Adina heard the noise outside. She immediately put on the dress and walked out to see the mess in the lobby.Harold seemed to enjoy the person’s misfortune as he described it. “Mommy, th
The first thing Dillon did after he went home was go to Mr. Jones.“Dad, if I remember correctly, you know a famous foreign plastic surgeon. Can you introduce him to me?”When Mr. Jones heard what Dillon said, his face instantly darkened. “Dillon, you didn’t listen to a thing I said to you, did you?”Dillon pursed his lips. “Dad, Addy is my daughter. I owed it to her for the twenty-three years I missed. Now, she’s finally acknowledged me as her father, so I can’t ignore her.”“She’s an illegitimate daughter. If you take her back, it’ll make everyone in Sea City laugh at the Jones family!” Mr. Jones said angrily. “If she’s still Mdm. Winters, it’s fine for us to take her back. But the divorce situation between her and Duke was such a big fuss some time ago. They might divorce at any time. Taking her back won’t do the Jones family any good.” “I just want to make it up to her. I don’t want any benefits! Even if my daughter is a beggar on the street, I’ll still take her back.” Dillon
Ask her to guide Adina? Ha! No way!She could not wait to see Adina make a fool of herself. Why would she guide Adina?However, since Adina, the former most beautiful woman in Sea City, was disfigured, a lot of people would surely attend the reunion banquet and watch the show.When Jasmine thought of that, she laughed again.“You’re still in the mood to laugh.” Zhenny walked down and glanced at Jasmine indifferently. “Do you know that Adina is returning to the Jones family?”Jasmine nodded. “So what if she comes back? She’s just a Cinderella who’s getting divorced. I’m not afraid of her.”“You have to be careful when she’s back here,” Zhenny softly said. “There’s one more month of inspection before you’re able to officially become the heir of Jones Corporation. If something goes wrong this month, your grandpa will re-examine.”Jasmine widened her eyes. “Is Adina returning to the Jones family just to trouble me?”“It’s a possibility. Anyway, you have to be careful in whatever yo
Mabel took a sip of warm water to moisten her throat.“I’m fine. I’ll be fine after I rest for a few more days,” she said softly.“Mabel, you’re clearly having anxiety because you worry too much,” Mandy gently replied. “Both of us are in-laws, and we’ve known each other for decades, so we’re closer than anyone else. Mabel, if anything’s on your mind, you can tell me. Keeping it to yourself will only make you sicker.”Before Duke’s father passed away, Mabel and Mandy had been pretty close.However, following the death of Mabel’s husband, her two sons could not get along. Mabel focused all her efforts on handling that matter, so she slowly drifted apart from Mandy. There was no way to tell an “outsider” about what had happened in the family.Mabel shook her head. “It’s really nothing. I’ll be fine in a few days.”“Did Adina make you angry?” Mandy lowered her voice and said, “Duke got involved with another woman previously. Did she purposely vent her dissatisfaction on you because s
Harold kicked the room door open, put his hands on his waist, and yelled, “My mommy isn’t a member of the Daugherty family. Why should she care about them? Besides, my mommy isn’t a joke. Aunt Mandy, stop talking nonsense!”Mandy looked extremely embarrassed. She had not just been caught bad-mouthing, but a four-year-old kid was also pointing at her face and reprimanding her.She pursed her lips. Just as she was about to speak, Alden beat her to it.He looked at the pale Mabel. “Grandma, you clearly know that Aunt Mandy is wrong. Why didn’t you stop her?”Mabel’s heart trembled when Alden stared at her.She sighed before she said, “We were talking about another family. It has nothing to do with your mommy. You’ve misheard us.”“Grandma, Mommy really isn’t a member of the Daugherty family.” Melody blinked and said, “Mommy’s biological father is my grandpa, Dillon Jones. He’ll hold a reunion banquet in three days. You’re sick, so you can’t go, but Aunt Mandy can go.”The girl’s vo