The Quadruplets Are Mine?

“Oh,” the owner finally snapped back to reality. “You’re looking for Kendra. She took the afternoon off.”

“Took off?” Abel furrowed his brow. “Is everything okay with her?”

Emmeline, standing behind him, grew tense. Kendra and Quincy, could something be wrong?

“Her daughter had a high fever,” the owner said. “She went to the hospital for an IV drip.”

“Do you know which hospital?” Abel asked.

“The private one across the street,” the owner pointed a finger.

Abel turned around and walked towards the door, with Emmeline hurrying to keep up with him.

Kendra and Quincy were alone and vulnerable, and Emmeline couldn’t bear the thought of something happening to them. She hurried across the street to the small private hospital and found the pediatric observation room.

Sure enough, she saw Kendra holding Quincy in her arms, with an IV drip in her head as she slept soundly.

Then, a pair of shiny leather shoes appeared in Kendra’s line of sight.

Without guessing, she knew who it was.

Kendra suddenly looked up.

Kendra tried to sit up and hold Quincy,

move,” Abel pressed her back

us here?” Kendra was a

from the owner at the ravioli shop,” Abel said. “I told you to call me if you

“Quin just has a cold. You don’t have to

“Although you used to work for me,

“but now that Ms. Emmeline is gone, things have changed. It’s better for me to keep my distance from Mr. Abel

changed?” Abel furrowed his brow. “Are you

don’t know Evelyn well, she’s not Ms. Emmeline,” Kendra said. “I don’t want anyone to misunderstand,

nothing

lowered her eyelashes. “With Ms. Emmeline here, the Precipice was still my home, but with other women coming in now that she’s gone, it’s not my home anymore. I’m not

“Can you come

raised her head and asked bitterly, “To serve Evelyn? She wants to take Ms. Emmeline’s place, and I

feeling in her nose and

He’s going to stay with me for a while, and I

saw him, she was first stunned, then said, “This is

nodded hastily, “a real

must say, you’re quite handsome for a young man,” Kendra said. “If you shave that beard off, you’d look like a pretty

jest. I grew this beard precisely because