“Really?” Sharon perked up.

Her mother nodded and added, “Of course! Daddy loves you. There is no way he can dislike you.”

Innocently, Sharon bought her lie and started giggling.

On the other hand, Connor kept his mouth shut, knowing better than to believe what his mother had said.

He could tell that Shane did not seem to like them at all; he could feel it in his bones.

From the corner of her eyes, Natalie spotted her son frowning and wondered what he was thinking.

She knew he had been a clever boy since a young age. Therefore, she did not doubt Connor's seriousness when he told her that there was something off about Shane.

But, it also meant that Shane did show his displeasure to them.

“Alright, let's go have dinner.” Natalie took her children's hands in hers and walked towards the dining table.

No matter what happened, she wanted to talk to Shane about what made him upset.

entered the room, Natalie saw Jacqueline

hear what they were chatting on, the

it did not bother Natalie. The thing that did disturb her was how Jacqueline was

would stand up for her when

this time around and

as she watched

in her eyes. However, she covered it up quickly and sweetly greeted Natalie instead, saying,

stopped conversing with Jacqueline and picked up his coffee mug to take a sip from it without sparing his wife nor children

Natalie's chest tightened.

to the tense atmosphere, Connor could tell that

would help Natalie pull out a chair to sit and carry his sister and him to their

not only did he remain in his seat,

to confirm that Shane

her husband's cold treatment and brought her children closer to the table. She then turned to Jacqueline and said coldly, “Ms. Graham, you are

Shane's behavior, but there was no reason for her

even occurred to her that the woman

Indeed, I've underestimated her.

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