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.

leader was upset, no one else

humiliation. But his emotions were too strong to mask. His gaze, heavy with embarrassment and

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of everyone—his grandma, the kids—but completely overlooked him.

Steady couldn’t help but feel a

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

what was

sighed inwardly. The man was

smile, she reached into her bag and pulled out a porcelain figurine. “I got you a gift, too,” she said, handing it

gaze of everyone in the room shifted to Marissa’s

a stark contrast to what one would expect to find in the possession

ghastly figurine might have been fitting for the leader of a street gang, but it was inconceivable that

of Connor liking such an item seemed laughable. Surely, he’d be

explosion, everyone watched him cautiously, bracing