The chubby child’s mother screeched, “So you’re these children’s mother, huh? Why are you the only one here? Where’s their father?”“Can’t I come here on my own?” Tina frowned in response.The moment the unpleasant woman heard this answer, she looked smug all of a sudden. Then she said mockingly, “I’ve already heard rumors of b*stard children not having the chance to grow up with their father. It turns out that those b*stards are your children, eh? No wonder they’re so rude!”Tina’s expression changed drastically. She was fine with people mocking and ridiculing her, but she would never accept them humiliating Kara and Keith in her face.However, this wasn’t a good time to argue with them.Tina did her best to suppress her rage before asking the principal, “I’d like to request to see the surveillance footage. I believe it’ll show us the truth.”The principal let out a sigh of relief. Tina was a rational and logical parent who didn’t argue for the sake of arguing, which was a rare
Tina smiled happily in response. Keith may look cold, aloof, and mean, but he was quite caring on the inside.“Both of you must be frightened by the incident. Since I’ve already taken the rest of the day off, I can relax with you. Is there anywhere you’d like to go?” she asked.Kara piped up happily, “Mommy, I’d like to go to the family restaurant with Keith! He’s now my older brother!”“Older brother?” Tina was surprised.The little girl explained eagerly, “Mommy, Keith and I were born on the same day! He’s slightly taller than me, so I look at him as my older brother!”Keith didn’t hesitate to add, “Not only that, but I’m also smarter than you.”“I’m smart too!”“Compared to me, you’re pretty dumb.”“Oh…”The sight of the children bickering with each other warmed Tina’s heart greatly. At the same time, she felt quite emotional.She didn’t expect to discover that the day before was also Keith’s birthday.However, the little boy didn’t say a word about it. It seemed his biol
Keith might have spent only two days with Tina and Kara, but he felt warm and safe when he was with them. Those emotions had never appeared in the past five years of him living with the Langfords.Unfortunately, he would be separated from them soon.Tina finally got off work in the evening.When she opened the lounge door, she noticed a small figure all curled up. Keith was already asleep on the bed, a faint smile on his stoic face. Perhaps he was having a good dream.Tina didn’t want to wake him up, so she carried him gently from the bed. But no matter how gentle and careful she was, Keith still woke up in the end.Still stuck between the folds of dreamland and reality, the feeling of being cuddled by a pair of warm arms made him exclaim happily, “Mommy, I finally found you…”The moment Keith lifted his head, the surprised delight quickly dissipated on the spot.Tina felt her heart throb in pain. She didn’t expect that the little boy who looked so cold and mean was so vulnerabl
Arthur sent the address to Keith immediately.“Boss, it’s just as we expected. That woman is imprisoned somewhere in Paris, France!”Before Keith could find delight in the news, Arthur continued, “Huh? She’ll be sent away tomorrow morning! What’s going on?”Keith’s expression changed drastically. “Tomorrow morning?”“Yeah!” Arthur failed to understand what was going on. “I’m confident that my skills aren’t the problem here. Did our plan get discovered? That’s impossible!”However, Keith understood the reason instantly.“Samuel Langford!”That man must have realized that the reason Keith disguised himself as an autistic child was so that he could rescue Cindy, who had been imprisoned for many years.Any other person wouldn’t have suspected a five-year-old, but Samuel was no ordinary person.Keith didn’t have time to reply to Arthur. Instead, he memorized the address and disconnected from the website immediately.Cindy would be sent to another place the next morning, which mean
When Keith was done speaking, he tidied himself up before heading toward the mansion nervously.“Goodbye, Keith!” Kara waved at him.Tina felt rather sorrowful as she watched the little boy disappearing into the horizon. Once she finally saw him entering the mansion without a hitch, she turned the car around and left.Keith knocked on the mansion’s front door.A moment later, the door was opened from the inside. A woman’s eager voice drifted from within the mansion.“Didn’t you say you’ll fetch me in the morning? Why are you here this early? Could it be that Samuel changed his mind?”It was already midnight, but Cindy showed up at the doorway in fancy clothes and heavy makeup plastered all over her face.However, her expression changed drastically the moment she noticed the boy standing outside the door.“Whose brat is this? Are you here to disturb me? Go away! Don’t bother me!”Just as Cindy was about to slam the door in Keith’s face, he yelled, “Mommy!”The woman was shocke
Keith’s eyes widened in disbelief. He stammered, “Mommy… Why…?”“Don’t call me that! I don’t have a son like you!”Cindy was unable to relieve her anger at all despite having slapped Keith. The latter may resemble Samuel in every way, but she knew that the little boy shared one point with his birth mother.At that moment, his stubborn gaze greatly mirrored Tina’s.Slap! Slap!Faced with this realization, Cindy delivered two more heavy slaps on Keith’s face.“How dare you look at me like that! Are you tired of living, huh?! I’ll tell Samuel that you came here! There’s a chance he’ll personally come and see me after that!”The thought of that possibility excited Cindy greatly.She pulled out her phone and dialed Samuel’s number quickly. However, a cold automated voice drifted from the other end of the line instead. “Sorry, the number you have dialed is currently unavailable.”It seemed Samuel had already blocked her phone number a long time ago.Cindy’s expression warped into
He was her son, after all! Shouldn’t she love and care about him?Images of Tina and Kara’s loving interactions started flashing through Keith’s mind. They looked so cozy and happy together.He never expected things would progress like this.Keith ran as fast as he could, and ended up stumbling his way back to the road. Unfortunately, Tina and Kara’s car had already disappeared.Despair took over his senses as he just stood there mutely. He could hear Cindy’s curses and insults increase in volume as she approached him.At that moment…“Keith!” Kara’s sweet voice rang from behind the little boy.He thought he was hearing things at first, but when he turned around, he saw a pair of headlights lighting up in the distance.Tina and Kara soon stopped in front of Keith.A while ago, Tina decided to turn the car around and leave after witnessing the boy entering the mansion safely. However, anxiety lingered in her heart. She was afraid something bad might happen to Keith, so she chan
The door of the black Porsche Cayenne opened and Samuel got out of the car. At that moment, the onlookers couldn’t help but gasp in disbelief.They thought the mysterious guest would be a fifty something old man with a huge beer belly, whose presence would be accompanied by a few young beauties.Little did they expect him to be such a tall, fine man!He was even more handsome than the mixed-blooded models prancing onstage. What was more, he exuded a charisma far more superior than models who only had looks.Samuel was like an honorable and stern king, who could undoubtedly earn his people’s respect and submission.“What the actual f*uck?” Tiffany widened her eyes in shock, “Is this the mysterious guest they’re all talking about? Oh my god! He’s so rich and handsome! What a gem!”While Tiffany was falling head over heels Samuel, she looked at Tina and realized that Tina’s complexion had turned unusually pale. “Miss Linda, what’s wrong? Are you okay…?” Tiffany waved her hand in f
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