“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 and her

chatting on, the woman was laughing

Natalie. The thing that did disturb her was

Shane would stand up for her when she did not budge and instruct her to return to

this time around and even

she watched the

frowned, and a glint of glee appeared in her eyes. However, she covered it up quickly and sweetly

mug to take a sip from it

Natalie's chest tightened.

Sharon was oblivious to the tense atmosphere, Connor could tell that his father's attitude towards his mother

Shane would help Natalie pull out a chair to

remain in his seat,

needed to confirm that Shane seemed to hate

brought her children closer to the table. She then turned to Jacqueline

could tolerate Shane's behavior, but there was no reason for

aback as she was not expecting Natalie to point it out. It even occurred to her that the woman would keep mum, given how cold Shane was acting

Indeed, I've underestimated her.

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