Xander did not mind. He smiled instead. “You don’t have to thank me now. I want to ask you guys for a favor.”Hearing this, the little ones were immediately on guard.Rosalie was also in a puzzle. This time was the second time Xander and the little ones met. She wondered why he wanted to ask them for a favor.As she wondered, she noticed Xander’s gaze on her.Rosalie was startled.Then, Xander spoke as he looked at the little ones again, “Can I borrow your mommy for a while?”The little ones looked at each other as if they had seen this coming.They knew Uncle Xander was going to take their mommy away again.If their daddy knew about this matter, they wondered when Daddy and Mommy would get back together.With this thought in mind, the little ones shook their heads without hesitation and responded firmly. “Mommy has promised to take us out to play today! Grown-ups shouldn’t lie to their kids!”Xander looked at Rosalie bewilderedly when he heard the little ones’ answer.Rosal

Nox tried to suppress the fear in him, but his voice trembled a little as he asked, “Mommy… Do I have to undergo surgery?”Rosalie nodded as though Nox was ill for real. “Acute appendicitis is serious. If we don’t take you to the hospital as soon as possible, it’ll hurt more in the future. I’m worried about you.”Nox hesitated for a few seconds, then grinned before letting go of his tummy. He confessed, “Mommy, I’m okay. I don’t feel pain. Please don’t have me undergo surgery, okay?”Rosalie shook her head without hesitation.Nox and Lucian looked into each other’s eyes. The fear of surgery and the regrets of lying surged through them.Lucian cautiously tugged their mommy’s shirt and apologized obediently. “Mommy, I’m sorry. We lied just now. Nox isn’t sick. I asked him to pretend to be sick. Please don’t have Nox undergo surgery.”Nox also climbed down from the bed and stood before their mommy guilty.Rosalie looked at the two little ones beside her. She sighed and caressed the

Seeing that Mrs. Zora was ignoring her, the little one began to sulk again.After a while, Mrs. Zora had no choice but to give in and explain, “Master is very busy these days. He told you to stay home and wait for him to return. He’ll take you out then.”The little one puffed her cheeks angrily when she thought of her father.Mrs. Zora sighed helplessly and dialed Byron’s number.“Yes?”Byron was at Lawrence Corporation, having a meeting with the higher executive officers. When he saw the call from Mrs. Zora, he hesitated for a moment before answering it.Mrs. Zora looked at the little girl, who was still sulking, and said, “Sir, Little Lady has been sulking all morning. She didn’t eat breakfast.”Hearing that Mrs. Zora was on a call with Daddy, the little girl turned around slowly and stared longingly at the phone.She wanted to talk to her daddy too.Mrs. Zora saw through Estelle’s thoughts and handed the phone to her.On the other end of the call, Byron was about to ask Mr

Seeing the little one not responding to him, Byron felt helpless.Since the little one got to know Rosalie, she had been treating him differently from Rosalie.The little one quickly forgave Rosalie for what she did yesterday.All Byron did was not listen to the little one, yet she was so angry that she refused to listen to him.If he did not know that Rosalie was Estelle’s birth mother, Byron would not have any explanation he could use to convince himself.“Didn’t you want to say something to me yesterday? I’ll listen to you now.”After a while, Byron suppressed his helpless feeling about Estelle’s attitude and coaxed her gently.Then, Estelle lifted her head and looked at Byron.Byron’s gaze deepened. Seeing the little girl’s face, his heart sank.He had heard nothing from Estelle and thought she was only sulking.However, he noticed the tears on Estelle’s face when she lifted her head. Tears were still shimmering in her eyes and flowing down her cheeks.“Bad Daddy...”Es

“Miss Jacobs.”Just as Rosalie hesitated to rush to Lawrence Manor, Xander approached her with a set of documents.Rosalie had to put away her worries and approach him. “What is this…?”Xander said, “I noticed you took quite some time talking on the phone, so I brought the documents that you need to check over. Take a look and sign it if you think everything is okay.”Rosalie agreed. She checked the documents. After a while, she nodded and said, “There’s no problem.”Xander smiled. “Alright then. You don’t look well. Do you have something important going on?”Rosalie recalled how badly the little girl was crying and was absent-minded.“Miss Jacobs?” Xander noticed Rosalie was not paying attention and called out to her.Rosalie turned around and smiled apologetically at him. “These are the herbs we need. Is there anything else I can help you with?”Xander shook his head.Rosalie decided to leave without hesitation. “I’ll leave the rest to you, then, Young Master Xander. I have