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
Duke changed his shoes at the entrance before he walked toward Adina.He wrapped his arms around her slender waist while he rested his forehead on her forehead. The two of them looked into each other’s eyes with strong affection.“Daddy, don’t kiss Mommy.” Harold covered his eyes. “The four of us are still here. Please behave yourselves.”Adina blushed and pushed the man away. “Yes, please watch what you do.”The children were embarrassed, and the servants also hesitated to look over from afar.“Let’s go!” George cleared his throat and said, “Leave the vegetable picking to Daddy. Let’s go and play!”They were fed up with seeing them being so lovey-dovey every day!The kids put the work aside and went to the living room to play. Adina’s face turned red as she stuffed the basket of vegetables into Duke’s arms. “Sort out the vegetables.”Then, she turned around and entered the kitchen to continue her work.Duke smiled and chuckled.He picked the vegetables at the dining table. W
One could say that he had never seen Addy lose her temper like that ever since they met.“It’s alright. I’ll just go upstairs and coax your mommy.” Duke comforted the children before he took the medical kit and went upstairs.He knocked on the door gently. “Addy, your finger is still bleeding. Can you let me in to take care of your wound? Once I’m done, you can hit me or yell at me as much as you want.”But there was no sound in the room.Duke felt more puzzled.Had he really used too much force?He continued to knock on the door. “Addy, can you open the door first? We can talk in person if something’s wrong.”The four children downstairs looked at each other.Melody bit her bottom lip and said, “Why do I feel like Mommy’s extremely angry this time?”“Mommy’s finger seems to be bleeding,” Alden pursed his lips and spoke.When they were living abroad, no matter how serious the injury was, his mommy would not mind it. Getting angry was even less likely. She was acting strange f
Adina did not understand how she could lose her memory.She had completely forgotten what happened in the past twenty minutes.She lowered her head and looked at the man who was handling the wound on her index finger. She felt guilty. “I’m sorry, Duke. I didn’t forget on purpose.”Duke sighed in relief only after he carefully cleaned the bloody scab for her and put on the bandage.He reached out to stroke her slightly messy hair and softly said, “Addy, you don’t have to apologize to me. Should we go to the hospital for an examination later?”It was very abnormal for someone to just lose her memory of a certain period.If this had been the only time she had acted strangely, it would have been fine. But Addy had abruptly walked to the balcony and nearly jumped off at night not long ago.Most importantly, Addy forgot about that incident too.Adina nodded gently. “When I first gave birth to the four kids, my memory would suddenly appear faulty. People have said that pregnancy can l
His daddy’s desire for his mommy’s exclusivity was terrifying.“Okay, enjoy your date.” Harold waved in pain. “Mommy, remember to bring me some delicious food.”Melody blinked. “Daddy, you have to protect Mommy. We’ll wait for you to come back.”The four children stood at the mansion’s entrance and watched the two of them leave.The car then headed straight to the hospital.Some clinics were closed at night, but Duke had made a call in advance and booked an appointment with the best doctor.Adina took the list and underwent various examinations before she brought the examination report to the outpatient clinic.The doctor carefully flipped through the five checklists. “There aren’t any big issues with the data in the report. Suddenly forgetting something that just happened is known as temporary memory impairment in medicine. This impairment will slowly disappear with time, but it will also become increasingly severe with age. Under normal circumstances, the symptoms will become
Adina still did not escape Duke.When she looked at the few dark red hickeys on her neck, she almost wanted to cry without tears.“Duke Winters, you b*stard!”She put on her makeup while she gritted her teeth and cursed.Duke slowly put on a suit and seemed very satisfied with himself. “I’ll send you over later.”Adina snorted and ignored him.Luckily, the dress that Dillon had custom-made for her was relatively conservative, and it covered the hickeys on her neck. Hence, she was not afraid of people gossiping about her.By the time she dressed up and went downstairs, Mr. Brown had sent the four kids to preschool. It was the end of November now. The kids would have a winter break in half a month, and it would be a brand-new year following the second half of that month.Speaking of which, this was the first New Year’s Eve that Adina would be spending with the kids in Cairnstan, and she secretly looked forward to it.Duke sent Adina to the entrance of the hotel.“Give me a call
Her features were delicate and decent. She looked even more elegant and radiant with heavy makeup. Her face was gorgeous and dazzling as if she had just stepped out of a painting.Sophia felt more jealous, and she said with a fake smile, “Now I realize that pregnancy before marriage is inheritable. No wonder people always say, like mother, like daughter. Addy, you and your mother really come from the same family—”Slap!Halfway through her sentence, a crisp slap rang out on her cheek.Sophia widened her eyes in disbelief. “Are you crazy, Adina? How dare you slap me?!”She was about to rush over with her arms raised, but Richard yelled, “You just came to make a fool of yourself. Why do I have a daughter like you? Ethan, send her back to the Gardner family!”Ethan quickly went forward. He pressed down Sophia’s arms and softly said, “Sophia, there are many people here today. Don’t cause trouble. I’m sending you home.”Adina rubbed her slightly numb fingertips and nonchalantly said,
“Her face is really ruined. She isn’t as beautiful as before.”“Even if the scars can be repaired with plastic surgeries, she won’t have that natural face anymore. What a shame.”“I didn’t expect Adina to be the illegitimate daughter of the Jones family too. This is breaking news.”“Most importantly, we didn’t hear anything about it before the reunion banquet. I only realized that the Jones family was holding a reunion banquet after I arrived at the banquet hall.”“Adina’s current status is amazing. She’s the only daughter of the Jones family, a relative of the Xavier family, and Mdm. Winters…” “Mdm. Winters? I don’t think so. No one from the Winters family came tonight. Clearly, Adina’s falling out with them.”“It’s true! We’ve been here so long, but I haven’t seen a single member of the Winters family.”“They aren’t divorced, are they?”Adina did not even raise her brows as all kinds of whispers came from her surroundings.When she decided to hold the reunion banquet, she a