Tina got in the car carefully with Kara in her arms. She had already reserved a table at a family restaurant in advance, just to celebrate her daughter’s fifth birthday.Kara kept filling Tina in on her day at her kindergarten during the trip. Tina could only giggle as she listened to her daughter’s ramblings.Frederick saw the mother and daughter pair interact with each other in the rearview mirror. Joy radiated from within his eyes.He knew very well that Tina would never like him romantically. His feelings for her back then were nothing but a product of infatuation.Having spent five years with Tina and Kara, Frederick could safely claim that he was a family member to them. Even Kara started referring to him as her uncle.He wanted nothing more than to take care of them. All he wanted was to let Tina and Kara lead peaceful and happy lives without suffering anymore.However, the joyous atmosphere didn’t continue for much longer.An ambulance sped past them. For some reason, th
Frederick opened the car door. Clearly, he didn’t expect to see Tina shivering in fright.Slightly confused, he asked, “What’s wrong, Tina? Are you alright?”“Shh!” Kara turned around to shush Frederick with a raised finger. “Uncle Frederick, you’re too loud. Mommy got scared just now.”“What?” Frederick’s confusion deepened even more.“There was an injured man being carried into the ambulance. Mommy must’ve been scared by his appearance,” Kara explained, a serious expression on her chubby face. “Mommy gets spooked easily, so don’t scare her!”Tina added softly, “Frederick, I saw him. It’s him…”Who else could frighten Tina this much?A surge of complicated emotions rose within Frederick’s heart.“I know. I was gathering intel on that guy just now.”Frederick didn’t expect Tina to see Samuel with her own eyes, which gave her a huge fright. That situation had thrown a wrench in their plans, so they had no choice but to cancel the trip to the family restaurant.Frederick said
“That person is someone I used to know.”“Was it that man just now?” Kara was a smart girl. She quickly realized that something was amiss based on her mother’s reaction, so she asked, “Why didn’t we go and say hi to him?”“No!” Tina replied nervously. “If you ever see him in the future, you must run away! Got it?”“Is that man a bad guy?” Kara seemed to have understood something. “He must have done something bad in the past, right?”“Yes! He’s a really, really, really bad guy!” Tina agreed vigorously. “That’s why you and I have to hide properly! We mustn’t get discovered by that villain!”Frederick added, “If you’re discovered, you and your mommy will be separated forever.”Listening to the two, Kara instantly knew that the man was bad news.He was definitely the most wicked villain in the history of villains!And so, Kara said seriously, “I won’t ever let him discover me! Don’t worry, Mommy. I’ll stay with you forever.”“Me too, Kara.” Tina hugged her daughter immediately.F
Soon, Tina found herself standing in front of the little boy.“Why are you alone? Where are your parents?” she asked as she crouched down.However, the little boy shot her an alert look and started backing away from her. Tina could see vigilance written all over his eyes.For a moment, she could spot the cold and sharp glint in his eyes that no child his age should possess. Strangely enough, she found the feeling to be familiar.She had never seen that child before, hadn’t she? If she did, there was no way she wouldn’t remember him.However, this was not the time to dwell on other things. Tina explained to the boy, “Don’t worry. I’m not a bad person. I just want to ask about your parents’ whereabouts.”The little boy had no intention to answer her. All he did was stare at her coldly.“Do you know your parents’ numbers? Should I call them for you?” Tina asked again.Again, the little boy remained silent.Tina felt helpless. He was too alert for a child his age, to the point he
“I’ve never seen anyone as stupid as you in the entire world,” Keith remarked scornfully.Kara pouted immediately. “Mommy, look at him! He’s mad at me now! He even insulted me! How rude!”“Ma’am, please teach your child proper manners. Keep her away from me!” Keith said angrily to Tina.Tina was speechless upon hearing Keith’s words.‘Aren’t you a child as well? Why are you acting all mature? If I didn’t look at you properly, I would’ve thought you were a short, grumpy old man in his eighties!’Tina finally understood something. That little boy might look pretty on the outside, but his personality was extremely off-putting. He was cold to everyone else, and wouldn’t hesitate to say hurtful things.She could only lift Kara into her arms as she asked, “Since you know how to talk, do you want me to call your parents or the police? It’d be bad if you got separated from your parents, after all.”The mother and daughter pair were infuriating Keith to no end.He spat in a deadpan tone
Frederick had a hunch that he had seen the boy before. Just as he was pondering on the latter’s identity, Kara interrupted his thoughts and called out impatiently, “Uncle Frederick, stop dilly-dallying! Let’s go home! I want to celebrate my birthday and have some cake!”“Oh! Alright, then!”Frederick could only carry out his duties as Kara’s loyal chauffeur. She was the birthday star, so her orders must be heeded.Soon, the car came to a halt in front of an apartment building. Keith followed the others out of the car.Tina and Kara’s living quarters might not be big, but the place was decorated nicely. At first glance, it looked very cozy to live in.The common quarters were plastered with artwork produced by Kara in her kindergarten classes. Everywhere Keith looked, he would spy cute plushies here and there.Kara was friendly and welcoming to the new guest. She demonstrated her hospitality by locating a pair of small indoor slippers.“This is my favorite pair of slippers. The
“I want to light the candles, but you said they’re poisonous. I want to eat my birthday cake, but it’s also poisonous!” Kara’s cries intensified the more she spoke. “I don’t want everyone to get poisoned, so I can’t celebrate my birthday now! I’m so sad…”For some reason, Keith didn’t want the girl in front of him to cry.Maybe it was because she had a pretty name. Girls with such names should have pretty smiles all the time.But when she started crying, she no longer looked pretty.Keith took out a small handkerchief from his suit pocket and said in a cold tone, “Hurry up and wipe your tears. If you want to celebrate your birthday, then do it. Why are you crying? You look so ugly when you do!”“T-The poison…”“You’ve already bought everything, haven’t you? It’s better to consume the cake rather than waste it. Just remember not to buy such things in the future.”Keith’s words were still icy, but now, he was soothing the little girl instead of hurting her feelings.“Really? I ca
“Got it!”The person on the other side replied immediately.After that, Keith asked, “Also, have you tracked down the woman I asked you to find?”“I’ve locked on a few locations, but I’m still trying to filter them out. That Langford guy isn’t an amateur when it comes to this business. If I acted blatantly, he’d definitely raise his guard and sniff me out. I can only take this slow. I still need about seven days to complete this task.”Keith’s gaze grew sharp and calculating at that moment.Two years ago, when he was starting to develop memories as a three-year-old, his birth mother Cindy was ruthlessly imprisoned by his father Samuel.Over the past three years, he never had the chance to meet her.Samuel had always thought that Keith was too young to remember Cindy. In reality, the latter remembered all the events clearly. The reason he plotted this for so long was so he could rescue his mother and whisk her away from the Langfords. In a faraway place, Keith was certain they wo
Chapter 826The man's breath was scalding her skin, and his deep, husky voice assailed her eardrums.Like a scared rabbit, Tina abruptly turned around and asked, "What are you doing..."She turned around, only to end up in his arms. The man happened to bend down, but she kissed him by accident. It was not her intention.Tina widened her eyes in astonishment.Samuel hadn't expected her to suddenly turn around. It was such a pleasant surprise.He didn't give the woman a chance to escape. He lifted the blanket to cover Kara and keep her out of the improper scene.In the next instant...He wrapped his arms around Tina's slender waist."Heh, did you do that on purpose, eh?" His voice was thick with playfulness."I didn't." Tina avoided making eye contact with the man.'Come on, it was just an instinctive reaction.'Unexpectedly, things went this way. She found it hard to explain.As expected, Samuel was not convinced. "Stop quibbling."This woman was full of lies.He found
Chapter 825Tina originally felt a little embarrassed. As she listened to Kara's words, Tina's fair face and ears turned red uncontrollably."What are you talking about? Why don't you hurry over here and take a nap?"Tina couldn't help but glare at her daughter.She couldn't understand why her daughter said that. Keith must have taught Kara such things.Tina thought, 'I should talk with Keith.'Although he was a genius hacker, and he knew a lot of things at a young age, he couldn't mislead his sister.Just as Tina was muttering inwardly, Keith, who was talking to Arthur, suddenly sneezed."Wow, boss, I didn't expect you to sneeze like an ordinary person."Arthur said with a voice changer, "Tut, tut. Is someone cursing you?Keith couldn't help but frown."Who dares to curse me?" He narrowed his eyes. Although his face was young, his tone was like that of Samuel. "Is it you?"At these words, Arthur immediately broke a sweat as if a big crime was pinned on him."Boss, I was w
Chapter 824Samuel was walking so fast that Tina had to jog to keep up. She was afraid of being left behind.Finally, Samuel stopped at the door to Kara's room.After he carried Kara inside, Tina came up.The sight of the woman appearing and panting made him frown."What happened to you?""I," Tina stammered, "you walked too fast. I couldn't keep up."She didn't know why she was so weak now.It was not a long way from the courtyard to the room. The trotting had brought profuse sweat to her forehead. Her face was a bit pale, and she was teetering.Samuel saw it, tensed up, and grabbed her despite his anger at her.Like iron, his robust arm wrapped around the waist of the tottering woman.His brows locked in a frown, he said coldly, "Did you cast the doctor's caution to the wind? You're aware of your condition and know that you need to recuperate, yet you ran so fast. You'd get yourself killed."In a deep voice, he reproached Tina for not caring about herself.To Tina's ears
Chapter 823"What?" Immediately, the maid got the attention of the other maids around. The maid glanced at Tina who was chasing after Samuel and gleefully told the others what had happened earlier. "Mr. Langford warned that woman that she was only a maid. "He also told the little princess that the woman was not her mummy. Only his wife could be the little princess's mommy!" The other maids were stunned. "Really, Mr. Langford really said that?" "If Mr. Langford treats her as a maid, how can she come to the party this afternoon and wear such a fancy dress..." "It must be due to the little princess!" "Mr. Langford gave her some decency for the sake of the kids, but that woman went too far. I heard she claimed at the party that she was Mr. Langford's woman. She went out of the boundary." "Mr. Langford must have been angry with this woman. He went to take the little princess away himself and warned..." The maids gossiped and chattered. They used to be careful
Chapter 822Samuel's tone was icy.Kara pursed her lips and said aggrievedly, "But Mommy is not a maid. Even if Mommy were a maid, she would always be Kara's mommy."Kara's words gave Samuel a headache.Samuel thought, 'Ah! Like mother, like daughter!'Tina always makes me nervous, and so does Kara. Kara is on her mother's side and doesn't take me seriously.'They may be secretly calling me a bastard.'Samuel stopped in his tracks and asked coldly, "You are very unwilling to let your mommy leave, right?""Yes!" Kara nodded her head repeatedly."Then tell me. Do you want me, or do you want your mommy?"At Samuel's words, everyone around was stunned.Tina was a little confused and wondered if she had misheard. How could Samuel possibly say this?Why...Tina was amused, feeling Samuel's annoyance. The originally cold and ruthless man looked a little childish.The drivers also lowered their heads, trying to pretend they had not heard anything.Samuel, however, did not bother
Chapter 821Once the words were out of Samuel's mouth, Tina's heart was in her throat again.She looked at his dark eyes that were gleaming with playful light and immediately had a bad feeling. Despite that, she asked, "What... is it?""Moving into my room!" Samuel replied.His authoritative tone brooked no argument.In fact, this couldn't be called a request.If he wanted, this woman should have appeared in his room last night. He wouldn't have let her go to the room next to the children's.Samuel was just upset that this woman had failed to appreciate his kindness. Through this, he hoped that she would cooperate.However...Tina subconsciously blurted out, "No!"…The air in the car was frozen in an instant."Say it again?" Samuel forced the words out of his gritted teeth.His scowl frightened Tina so much that a cold sweat broke out on her back.She was too careless to blurt out her thoughts.She had to explain, "It's... not like that. I mean, the children need care
Chapter 820"Haha, Daddy is really nice. Daddy was worried about me and Mommy?!" Kara immediately said. Samuel, who didn't want to admit he was terribly worried, snorted. "Yes, I really was. I was worried that your mommy would kidnap you!"When she heard Samuel had specially come over to pick up their daughter, Tina had had some inexplicable feelings. But after hearing her explanation, she felt like he had poured a basin of cold water down her head, making all her feelings disappear. Yeah, of course, Samuel was worried! He didn't trust her at all, but treated their daughter so nicely as if she was a little princess. Of course, he was afraid that she would kidnap his precious daughter!Feeling so uncomfortable, she could not help but say, "I wasn't thinking about kidnapping the child…""Really?" Samuel asked with a very suspicious eye, "Do you think I'll believe what you say?!"Honestly, this little woman just turned around and ran away without any hesitation. But she d
Chapter 819When the car came into Tina's sight without any presage, her face turned pale.She was afraid that someone would get out of the car to harm her, so having no hesitation, she turned and ran with Kara in her arms.Immediately afterwards, a man's shout came from behind..."Tina! Where are you going?"His voice was pleasant to the ear, though it was tinged with annoyance.Tina's heart skipped a beat suddenly, and a sense of security came over her.‘It's Samuel!’She stopped running. Before she could turn around, Samuel had caught her wrist.It seemed that he was worried that Tina would run away with their daughter.Samuel exerted so much strength that Tina gave a gasp in pain."It hurts!" She subconsciously cried out and struggled. "Release me..."However, upon hearing her words, Samuel got angry.He was going to be infuriated by Tina!He went to the hospital in the morning. During the examination and treatment, he missed Tina and their children a lot.However, w
Chapter 818Mireya was pissed off. She grabbed Madam Langford's arm and angrily complained, "Godmother, look! How dare she publicly say that? She is so ambitious! "We must not let her marry Samuel!" Madam Langford patted Mireya's hand and said, "Don't worry! Samuel will only marry you! Such a slut cannot marry into our family!" "What about our previous plans..." Mireya asked. After thinking for a while, Madam Langford replied, "We'll leave this woman alone for a few days... Then we will..."People saw Mireya and Madam Langford whispering to each other, and they thought that Madam Langford was very fond of Mireya. "Mireya will definitely marry Mr. Langford. Look how close she is to Madam Langford!" "Yes! As for that woman..." Speaking of which, they turned their eyes to Tina. Even though Tina was never conspicuous, and neither did she care about others’ opinion, those people were always picking faults with Tina and slandered her. "Although Mr. Langford loves