My Four Miraculous Treasures

Chapter 229 Willow sank onto the sofa. Rachel spoke up to say, "Gosh, it must be tough,

raising four kids! But lots of people would envy you for having children as clever and adorable as those! I'm one of them!"

"Well, of course they're clever!" Willow declared proudly. "They take after their mother, you see?"

Rachel was perplexed by this statement. "I seem to recall you only achieved an IQ score of 100, though..." Average intelligence, in other words.

Yes, a heaven-sent blessing of a friend, Rachel Stone was to her...

Rachel went on, "I've heard that, where intelligence is concerned, children mainly take after their father."

What she meant was that if Willow's children were so bright, it was because they got it from their father.

"I think it might actually be thanks to Jas-" Before Rachel could finish that thought, Willow clapped a hand over her mouth to stifle it.

now?" Lara emerged from her room to find her daughter smothering her own best friend. It

Rachel. Lara greeted Rachel with a smile. "Stay and join us for lunch, Rachel. I'll just go do some shopping

I just love your cooking!" Rachel replied

from that compliment, Lara

was gone, Rachel prodded

you haven't told your mother yet?!" she

not know

spill the beans to Jasper Then he'll swoop in to snatch the kids away, and I'll truly be left

losing her children. It was therefore of paramount importance to exercise the utmost caution, and make sure that her

her a big thumbs-up. "You're right, I totally see

bag, there... from now on, my

and drew them across

as they were all

to Lara. "Mom, I've quit my job. I'm no longer working at the Hughes Corporation headquarters. Don't go there looking for