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...

can, Sadie was startled and scrambled to silence her ringing phone

the fairytale castle, so you don't have to wait for us for dinner," Noah's obedient voice

Sadie spoke, a car horn sounded in

paused when he heard

the watch he

your mommy nearby?" Micah's grandfather asked curiously.

"Mommy, are you here?"

bring the watch closer to his ear while turning down the

fluster, "Okay, Noah, you go eat with Grandpa. Mommy is busy

that, Sadie hastily hung up

forehead. She had never been one to lie, and her story from earlier was riddled with holes, seemingly destined to unravel. She pondered whether her bluff had been exposed... 'No, the phone watch must

Could Micah's grandfather have

slapped herself on the face

mommy?" Micah's

curb. But he didn't blow the cover and instead calmly drew the curtains and sat back down. "She's probably on

much about it. "We're caught

clear now,

car began to move and slowly made

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