Addicted To The Genius Lady With A Thousand Faces

Chapter 654

Chapter 654:

Connor’s mood soured more by the minute. At first, no one noticed because everyone’s attention was glued to the antics of the two little ones, Lawrence and Lindsay.

The living room echoed with bursts of laughter.

Arabella was the first to pick up on Connor’s displeasure. Between her giggles at the kids, she turned to him and said, “Connor, look at these two kids! Aren’t they adorable?”

But halfway through her sentence, her cheerful tone faltered. Connor’s mood was completely off, like a dark cloud in the otherwise sunny room.

She didn’t dwell on it and asked, “Why do you look so unhappy? Is something wrong?”

Her question cut through the laughter like a knife. All eyes turned to Connor.

the family leader was upset, no one else dared

humiliation. But his emotions were too strong to mask.

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of everyone—his grandma, the kids—but completely overlooked him. This woman didn’t care

help but feel a pang of jealousy.

could decipher the mix of resentment and jealousy in his eyes—not Arabella, who raised him, nor Domenic, Marc, or Terry, who spent their days by his side. As for Lawrence and Lindsay, they hadn’t known him long enough to understand his

what was going

sighed inwardly. The

into her bag and pulled out a porcelain figurine. “I got you a gift, too,” she

room shifted to Marissa’s hand,

was a stark contrast to what one would expect to find in

have been fitting for the leader of a street gang,

such an item seemed laughable. Surely, he’d

watched him cautiously, bracing for