Having brought Leonard’s child back, Helen must be feeling uncomfortable. She didn’t look happy at all.
Anna, on the other hand, was different. She stood up curiously and walked over. “Abbie, is this Leonard’s child? She’s so pretty! Let me hold him!”
Anna reached out, wanting to hug Emma. However, Emma saw her as a stranger and clung to Abbie’s neck, refusing to let go.
“She doesn’t like me? Aw, that hurts. Cade and Santhos never say no to a hug! Sweetie, can I have a hug? Come on, don’t leave me hanging!”
Helen watched all of this coldly. Seeing that Emma was still clinging to Abbie’s neck, she sneered. “Anna, you shouldn’t make such efforts for someone who doesn’t appreciate it! I feel ashamed for you.”
“Mom, how can you say that? Emma is just afraid of strangers. She’s only a few months old!”
Abbie was unhappy too. “Anna, please help me take the nanny upstairs and put Emma’s stuff in my room.”
Helen looked at the bags in the nanny’s hands and became even unhappier, but she didn’t say anything in front of the nanny. Seeing that Anna had taken the nanny upstairs to put Emma’s things, she asked Abbie unhappily, “What’s with the luggage? Are you planning to let another person’s child stay here for some time? Why didn’t you tell us before this? You’d already decided yourself!”
“This is not someone else’s child. I will be her mom in the future. Mom, watch your words. You will hurt her with your harsh words. As for the fact that I didn’t tell you beforehand, isn’t this my home too? Don’t I have the right to make decisions on my own?”
Helen was so angry that her face turned livid. She turned her head away and ignored Abbie.
Abbie sat down with Emma in her arms and sent a message to Valeria. “I brought Emma back to my parents’ home!”
“Really? I’ll bring Cade and Santhos over to meet my daughter-in-law right away!” Valeria texted happily as she ordered the nanny. “Quick, bring Cade and Santhos along. We’re going to Abbie’s house for a playdate.”
“Mr. Howard said that he will be taking the two young masters out in the afternoon. He has packed up everything and will leave soon.”
“They’ll have to go another time. I’ll talk to Dad. Bring them to the car first.”
Then, Jacelyn came in from the outside and picked Cade up, so the nanny had no choice but to follow her with Santhos in her arms. Valeria went straight to the study with a smile and said, “Dad, I’ll be taking Cade and Santhos to Abbie’s house later. They won’t be going out with you today.”
“Oh, but I’ve already made plans with your grandfather. Wouldn’t he be mad if we took a rain check?”
“You are not afraid of my grandfather anyway. Dad, just tell him that I’ve taken the kids out. I’ll be going now. I won’t be back for dinner tonight.”
Hayden rubbed his head. “Alright. I won’t be back tonight. I’ll go to the hot springs with your grandfather.”
An hour later, Valeria brought Cade and Santhos to the Clark family’s residence. When they arrived, Abbie walked out to greet them with Emma in her arms.
Cade and Santhos chuckled happily when they saw beautiful Emma, who was in Abbie’s arms.
The two brothers scrambled to grab Emma’s hand, while Abbie squatted down so that the two brothers could play with Emma.
Cade managed to grab Emma’s hand first and started to babble baby talk to her. Valeria and Abbie didn’t understand him at all.
Emma must have understood as she grinned at him.
Seeing his big brother grab Emma’s hand, Santhos immediately reached for her hand as well. Emma stared at the two identical people with wide eyes. As she took turns looking at them, it was obvious that she couldn’t figure out why the two looked the same.
Santhos had learned to say a lot of words recently. As he swayed Emma’s hand, he did not forget to tell Valeria, “Mommy! Pretty! Pretty!”
“She is pretty, isn’t she? Do you want her to be your wife?” Valeria squatted down and asked with a smile.
Santhos nodded with all his might. However, Cade was very unhappy with this. He knew very well what a wife meant as his father always said that his mother was his wife. His dad always hugged and kissed his mom too, so he knew he couldn’t let such a beautiful doll to be given to Santhos.
He wanted to bring her home and hide her away so that he could keep her all to himself. Just as he thought about how Santhos had struck first, he moved closer to Emma and kissed her on the face.
The kiss startled Abbie and Valeria. They looked at each other and before they could speak, they heard Santhos burst into tears.
Every time Cade and Santhos fought for toys, Cade would always win while Santhos would always lose.
This time, it was not easy for him to be able to hold Emma’s hand. Even though they both held her hand, Cade had kissed her first, which made Santhos very sad. Valeria was angry and amused at the same time, so she could only coax Santhos.
Santhos cried so hard that his voice became hoarse. Helen heard the commotion and came outside. She reached out to hold Santhos when she saw him. “What’s wrong, Santhos, sweetie?”
“He’s angry that his brother got to Emma first.” Valeria told Helen how Cade had kissed Emma helplessly.
When Helen heard this, she glanced at Emma. There was no doubt that Emma was beautiful, but she was still Leonard’s child. Helen felt really uncomfortable about this as she held Santhos and coaxed him. “I’ll bring Santhos to eat something delicious!”
“No!” Santhos refused, looking at Emma with tears in his eyes. “I want her!”
Cade shouted immediately, “No! She’s mine!”
“Mine!”
The two brothers began to quarrel. Emma was startled by Santhos’ sudden outburst and clung to Abbie’s neck tightly. When she saw that the two brothers were starting to fight, she was so scared that she buried her head in Abbie’s chest and didn’t come out.
Valeria could only teach the two little guys a lesson. “Cade and Santhos Howard, you can’t be rude. Look, the doll is scared of both of you. If you quarrel again, she will ignore you and never play with you again.”
When the two brothers heard Valeria’s words, they looked at Emma to see her reaction. Afraid that Emma wouldn’t play with them anymore, they didn’t dare argue again.
As the two little ones stopped, the group of people entered the living room. Helen asked the servants to prepare pastries and fruits for the children.
It was the first time that Valeria had seen Emma, and the more she looked at her, the more she liked her. If it weren’t for the fact that Leonard’s nanny was there, she would have gone to hold her immediately. She secretly whispered to Abbie, “You promised that she would be my daughter-in-law in the future. Don’t go back on your word.”
Abbie pursed her lips and smiled. “As long as you don’t regret it.”
Cade and Santhos were both very good-looking. Either way, Emma wasn’t at a disadvantage no matter who she chose.
Hearing that Abbie had brought Leonard’s child back, Richard and Donald came back from the company earlier than usual in the evening.
Helen welcomed them at the door. When they met, she complained that Abbie was very intimate with the child. “He’s not even her child. Why is she so intimate with her? I think she’s determined to marry Leonard. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be so close to the child.”
“Mom, don’t pull a long face. What does the child know? Since she brought her back, we should be happy. It’s not the child’s fault, is it?”
“Either way, I don’t feel comfortable. You two go and have a look!”
When Richard and Donald entered the room, they were very surprised to see the two of them, especially Richard. He studied Emma carefully.
The more he looked at her, the more he felt that something wasn’t quite right. Why did Emma look so much like Abbie when she was young?