You Are My One and Only

He said coldly, “Tell her I’m busy.”

Liam hung up and told Adeline, “Sorry, Miss Aniston. Mr. Arnold is busy. He can’t see you right now.”

Adeline heard the sounds of laughter coming from within. Patricia is in there! There’s no way he’s busy! She gnashed her teeth. That f*ckinging b*tch! What did she do to make him show up right at that moment? It’s like he’s the kids’ father. Now nobody trusts me. They think she’s his wife, not me. Darn it! There were guards outside, so she could not go in if they did not let her.

Yvonne came to her side. “They’re not letting you in?”

Adeline forced a smile. “They said Isaac’s gone. Patricia’s his secretary, and he came with his relatives. Their kids wouldn’t stop crying, so he asked Patricia to take care of them.”

Yvonne smiled. “I see. And I thought she actually has Isaac’s kids.” She would be more than happy to have his kid. They would be her lucky charm. She would still be the mother of his child even if she could not marry him. The child would still have the right to part of the inheritance.

went ahead. “As if. She was pregnant with an old fart’s

She

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for the whole afternoon. They slept right after they

thing Patricia saw when she came out of the shower was the kids lying on the bed. Sylvie was in the middle, and her brothers flanked her, as if they were keeping her safe. She tucked them in and looked at them. The kids

a woman could look as gentle and beautiful as when she was tending to her children. She’s so different from her usual self. He felt something pulling on his heartstrings, and he slowly went to her side, then raised

faded the moment she saw

I’m hungry. Come with

at her children. She was worried

and the bodyguards are here, so they’ll be fine. You can get some takeout

too, and she needed something to replenish her energy.

and they were walking on a quiet path all by themselves. It felt a