After William hugged Cade and helped to wipe away his tears, Cade continued to sob. “Wife! I want my wife!”
Valeria knew that he was referring to Emma. “You can’t be so rude. Her name is Emma, and she isn’t your wife. Can you remember to call her by her name in the future?”
“She’s my wife!”
“She won’t pay attention to you anymore if you continue being so rude. No one likes boys who don’t have manners.”
Cade stopped and whined, “I want to play with Emma!”
“I’ll take you there in a few days, I’m too tired today.”
“I’ll go with Auntie!” Cade still insisted.
“Are you being naughty again?” William snorted. Cade was angry when he heard this and he imitated William’s snort before getting off and waddling out of the room.
When Hayden followed Cade out in a hurry, Valeria shook her head with a smile and said, “He looks exactly like you. Were you like this when you were a child as well?”
“I have always been a good boy when I was young. How can I be so annoying?” William pulled Valeria up with a smile and said, “Go and have a rest. What do you want to eat? I’ll ask the helpers to cook it for you.”
“I’ll have a nap first! Call me when my parents come over.”
Meanwhile, in the Clark family. Abbie went downstairs with Emma in her arms while Richard sat in the living room and scrolled at his phone.
Richard looked up and smiled at Abbie when he heard the noise. “Good morning!”
“It’s getting late! Why aren’t you going to the company yet?”
“There’s nothing much for me to do today.” Richard said as he stood up and walked over. Then, he stretched out his hands toward Emma. “Give me a hug!”
Abbie hesitated for a moment when she saw that Richard was about to hug Emma. “Richard, she doesn’t like strangers very much.”
“I’m not a stranger, I’m your brother.”
“I know, but Emma isn’t familiar with you.”
Richard ignored Abbie and said to Emma with a smile, “Give me a hug!”
Emma’s big eyes seemed to sparkle as she looked at Richard. His smile looked as warm and harmless as Abbie’s, so she reached out and obediently threw herself into his arms.
Abbie looked at this scene in surprise as Richard held Emma high up in the air. Emma kept giggling until her saliva gathered at the corner of her mouth, but Richard didn’t mind reaching out to wipe it off for her.
Abbie stood by the side as she carefully watched this scene. Richard usually didn’t like children, so why he was so nice to Emma?
Could it be that he was up to something? Abbie was worried that Richard would accidentally drop Emma. “Richard, don’t lift her up like that. What if she accidentally falls down?”
“Got it! I know what I’m doing.” Richard didn’t raise Emma up anymore when he saw how frightened Abbie was. Then, he sat down and asked the nanny, “Have you finished preparing her milk?”
“It’s ready!” The nanny immediately took out the milk she had prepared.
Richard sat down with Emma in his arms and took the bottle from the nanny. Just then, Abbie immediately stopped him when she that he wanted to feed Emma some milk.
“Brother, she is a little picky so she may not want to drink this brand of milk.”
“I’ve asked the nanny that you brought and she said that Emma usually drinks this brand.”
Abbie felt even more strange than before. Emma grabbed the bottle of milk and began to drink it while Abbie carefully looked at them. Richard gave her a look. “Why are you staring at me? Are you afraid that I’m vicious enough to harm her?”
Abbie then went to the dining hall wordlessly after she heard Richard say this. He even wiped Emma’s mouth after feeding her, which made Helen extremely surprised when she came into the house and saw this. “Didn’t you say that there was something important to do in the company today? Why are you still at home?”
“I’ll leave after a while! There’s no rush!”
“I didn’t know you like children so much.” Helen couldn’t help but feel odd when he saw how wide Richard was smiling while he hugged Emma.
“Isn’t she very adorable? Mom, you want to hug her too?”
Helen moved aside. “No, I haven’t held a baby for so many years. I’m not used to it!”
“I’ve seen you carry Cade and Santhos all the time, so why can’t you carry Emma?”
“How can you compare them like this?” Helen muttered to herself. Cade and Santhos were Valeria’s children. Moreover, Valeria and Abbie were as close as sisters so the twins were like her own grandchildren. Of course, she liked them a lot.
Richard was holding Leonard’s child now. If Abbie didn’t intend to be Emma’s stepmother, Helen would definitely like her. However, she couldn’t accept that her only daughter was about to marry a man who already had a child.
“What do you mean? Aren’t all of them cute and obedient? Mom, I guarantee that you’ll like her once you carry her!” Richard tried to make Helen like Emma.
“No! Why don’t you have a child yourself instead of spoiling an outsider’s child?” Helen muttered in disgust.
Richard frowned and said, “Mom, don’t say such things in front of her. Although she is young, she knows what you’re trying to say.”
Helen didn’t say anything else. It was indeed inappropriate for her to say something like that in front of such an adorable child. However, she couldn’t bring herself to open her heart and accept Leonard’s child.
So she scrolled through her phone to read the financial news. After she opened the website, she browsed a few articles and suddenly let out a cry of surprise.
“What’s going on with the Gurney family and why have they been like this for the past few days? Can they still hold on?”
Richard said lightly, “Their time is probably up and they’re going to go bankrupt soon.”
“Isn’t it too sudden?” Helen muttered. She didn’t have much contact with the Gurney family, so she didn’t care much about their affairs. Just as she continued to read the news, she suddenly stumbled upon an article about the Davis family. Helen smiled after reading it. “The Davis Group’s stock has plummeted and they’ve lost millions! Hahaha!”
Richard chucked together with her while he held onto Emma.
Helen hated the Davis family very much, so she immediately clicked on the news and said, “What’s going on? Is the Davis family implicated by the Gurney family? When will their stocks be available on the stock market again? That b*tch, Meadow, was still arrogant and sarcastic when she saw me a few days ago. She bragged to me that she had a grandson and that Azalea was pregnant again. I was so angry that I almost had a heart attack, but it seems that she’s having bad karma now! I really hope that the Davis family will end up destroyed like the Gurney family. Let’s see if she dares to be arrogant in front of me in the future again!”
Richard couldn’t help laughing. “Meadow has always been a b*tch, so why do you still care about her?”
“I wanted to ignore her, but she took the initiative to find me. If the Davis family is really in trouble now, I’ll definitely insult her when I see her in the future.”
“Mom, aren’t you lowering your own status if you do that?” Richard shook his head in disagreement.
Helen also felt that her behaviour was a little degrading, so she smiled and said, “It’s just an expression. I’m not a shameless person like Meadow, so I can’t bring myself to do such a thing.”
She heard a loud noise outside as soon as she finished speaking. A woman’s ear-splitting scream sounded, “Abbie! Richard! You’d better come out right now!”