Chapter 402 Almost Gave It Away

"Grandpa, thank you..." Noah's eyes brimmed with tears of gratitude. "How did you know this is what I wanted most?"

"Of course, I knew," Micah's grandfather said with tender affection. Your thirst for knowledge and power resembles my grandson's when he was little! Toys and gifts are never enough for you. You were both extraordinary children from the start What you really want is to stand at the top of the world and be a king!"

Micah's grandfather thought of Micah with a proud and arrogant gleam in his eye.

Yet, in a flash, his mood soured...

Micah had made him so angry yesterday that he felt his blood pressure skyrocketing. Only by visiting his three grandchildren today did his mood start to lift.

"Grandpa, you're so good to me. I'll make sure to repay you someday."

Noah sniffled, his eyes welling up with moved tears. To him, Micah's grandfather understood him better than anyone else in the world.

Mia sat in the backseat, absorbed in her Barbie game when a sudden thought struck her. Tilting her tiny head, she pouted and reminded, "Noah, shouldn't we call Mommy? Otherwise, she won't know we went out with Grandpa, and she'll worry."

"Right, I'll call Mommy right away."

Noah used his watch to dial Sadie's number...

to silence her ringing phone before answering the call. She quickly covered the mouthpiece with her

don't have to wait for us for dinner," Noah's

As Sadie spoke, a car horn

paused when he heard the

it because the

asked curiously. "Did she come to pick you

"Mommy, are you here?"

car window, lifting his hand to bring the watch closer to his ear while turning

Sadie said in a fluster, "Okay, Noah, you go eat with

hastily hung up

and her story from earlier was riddled with holes, seemingly destined to unravel.

Micah's

face and mentally

your mommy?" Micah's grandfather asked, peering

on the curb. But he didn't blow the cover and instead calmly drew the curtains and sat back down. "She's probably on her way from work. Could be

much about it. "We're caught in traffic over here

all clear now, sir," Silas

to move and slowly made its way

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