Zoey froze. She wanted Marlene and the others to have a great impression of her. However, she'd unexpectedly offended Shannon instead. She'd never expected Shannon to protect Noah.

Zayden had a point. Noah had just returned to the Lane family, and they weren't sure if he was really a descendant of their family yet. Besides, Noah had said that his father was Claude in front of everyone earlier. Marlen shot Zoey a friendly gaze and dragged Zayden and Malcolm away. "Let's go and eat at home."

Everyone had a lot on their minds during the dinner, and it ended on a strange note. When they were eating, Clifford even told the maid to prepare another plate of the dish Noah wanted for him.

Yvette thought it was weird because Noah hated that dish, which was an animal's innards. After they returned to Xavier's house, she asked Noah while putting him to bed, "Noah, tell me the truth. Did you target Malcolm on purpose today?"

A mother would always know her son best, and she had a feeling that Noah hated the Lane family. However, she didn't understand why he liked staying there if that was the case.

After being asked directly, Noah just told her half of the truth. "Mom, I only targeted him because he called me a feral boy first."

When Yvette heard that nickname, her heart ached a little. She reached out to hug him and said, "My dear Noah is no feral boy at all. You're the most important baby in my life, understood?"

who is my dad? Why did he abandon

out of the blue after seeing how Xavier had protected him earlier. He couldn't understand why Xavier would help him

wondered why Xavier had never done anything evil despite getting angry at Noah for messing with him. Did he really not love Yvette? If so, why was he willing to accept someone else's child? Noah had too many

the first time Yvette

Noah ask about Xavier. She didn't know how to answer him at all when she saw the curious look in his

so she patted his shoulders and said, "You'll understand when you grow

and couldn't hide the disappointment in

shook her

a bad person? He's a great guy, and I'm sure he'd like you and

because she was worried Xavier wouldn't like them. She also didn't want the Lane family to take them

Noah heard what she said, he thought about how Xavier often called him a brat. He didn't understand

didn't notice Xavier was standing by the

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