To their surprise, all the guests arrived rather early and there were already quite a lot of people in the restaurant of the hotel.
“The two of you need to follow me and don’t go running around,” Mike reminded the children while holding a plate in his hand. “I know you won’t get lost, but we still need to be careful. After all, your mom is earning a lot more now. What do we do if some bad people decide to kidnap you and blackmail your mom?”
Fear creeped up the faces of both Hayden and Layla. Terrified by what Mike had suggested, Layla grabbed onto the corner of his clothes; while Hayden took a plate and went to search for food that he liked.
Suddenly, someone tapped Hayden on the shoulder and he gazed up.
“Hayden Tate, I know everything now,” Shea drawled while grabbing onto Hayden’s arm,” you are my brother’s son, so I’m your aunt.”
Hayden gaped at Shea and couldn’t react to her hand on his arm.
“I haven’t told my brother yet,” Shea continued, “but you have to call my Auntie from now on.
Hayden flung her hand off coldly. “Are you saying that you are Elyette Foster’s sister? Where’s the proof?”
Hayden’s question had Shea thinking. “What kind of proof do you want?”
To Shea, there was no need to prove her relationship with Elyette. Elyette was her brother, and she was her sister, as it had always been.
Hayden voiced out his questions, “you say that you are Elyette’s sister, so why isn’t your name on the Foster Family book? Do you have your identification card? Show it to me.”
Shea wasn’t sure if she even had an identification card, but she could ask for it from her brother.
“I will show you the proof!” She assured Hayden, “I am your aunt.”
Shea believed every word Mrs. White had said, because when Mrs. White told her that her brother and her shared the same mother, her brother had admitted to it as well.
If they were from the same mother, they were naturally siblings.
“I won’t acknowledge it until you show me the proof!” Hayden said coldly, before leaving with the plate in his hand.
Shea watched as he left and felt both impatient and frustrated. It was a shame that her brother was not around, otherwise she would have been able to ask for the proof she needed from him right away.
Hayden returned to Mike, and Mike asked, “what did Shea say to you? I thought Elyette isn’t coming, but seeing that she is here, I suppose Elyette is planning on attending today’s wedding asza well.”
Hayden’s expression darkened. “She didn’t say much.”
Mike’s heart softened when he noticed the way shea was looking at their direction. “We don’t really have to be so cold to someone that’s mentally disable…”
“She isn’t as stupid as she used to be,” Hayden said.
“Oh. Well, I never once doubted your mom’s skill.”
A proud expression appeared on Hayden’s face.
“Your mom, on the other hand, seems to be losing her wits lately. You saw it, too. She won’t eat properly and just look at how thin she’s become… Elyette doesn’t even need to use much strength if he tries to kidnap your mom again… It’s bad enough that she won’t exercise, how could she give up on herself like that?”
“We can hack into Mom’s phone to find out what’s going on,” Hayden suggested.
“Are you afraid?”
“Of course I am! She’s your mom, not mine. If you make a mistake, the worst she could do is give you a scolding; if I make a mistake, she will chase me out of the house!”
“Oh.”
Intrigued by Hayden’s suggestion, Mike contemplated for a while, before suggesting, “Big H, let’s give it a go. If your mom finds out, we will both take responsibility for it together, okay?”
Hayden nodded.
After breakfast, Mike went back to the parking lot to take his laptop, while Hayden and Layla waited in the event hall.
After watching Mike leave, Shea walked over to their table.
“I have gifts for you two.” Shea took out a shiny piece of accessory from her purse. “Layla, this is for you. Do you know what this is? It’s a rainbow creator! You hang it on the window of your room and when the sun shines in, there will be a rainbow in your room!”
Layla couldn’t resist the gift and was instantly impressed.
“Shea… Thank you! Though my brother told me to not hang out with you, I really like your gift!”
Shea looked at Hayden in confusion. “Why would you tell Layla not to hang out with me? I’m your aunt…”
“Proof!” Hayden retorted.
Shea beamed at him and said, “I will definitely show you the proof.”
“Even if you have proof, I’m not calling you Auntie! I don’t want Elyette as my father. I don’t acknowledge him!”
Shea felt a lump forming in her throat and felt somewhat misunderstood. “It’s fine if you don’t want to acknowledge him as your dad… but you have to acknowledge me… I haven’t done anything bad to you two!”
Hayden was instantly rendered speechless. As odd as Shea’s way of thinking was, she seemed to be right.
It was Elyette who almost choked him to death, and it was also Elyette who bullied his mother; Shea had never harmed them.
Mike came back with his laptop. He greeted Shea with a smile when he saw her, “hi, Shea!”
Shea felt slightly awkward as she looked at Mike.
Mike smiled gently at her. “Are you here alone?”
“My brother will be here later,” she said.
“Oh. How’s your wound recovering?” Does your head still hurt?” Mike studied her beautiful wig and reached out to touch it.
Shea shook her head. “It doesn’t hurt as long as I don’t touch it.”
Mike leaned towards her, before parting his hair to show her the wound on his head. “See, we have matching wounds.”
Shea was taken by surprise at first, but soon nodded with a smile. “Is there something wrong with your head as well?”
“Yeah! But I’m better now, so you should work hard to recover asza well!”
“Yep! I have something important to do once I recover!”
“Oh? What’s that?”
Shea’s expression froze, and she immediately ran back to her bodyguards.
After Shea left, Hayden and Layla took their seats next to Mike to watch him hack into their mother’s phone in hope of finding the reason why Averie wasn’t eating.
To their surprise, Averie arrived shortly after Mike had started.
She missed her children, and had come ahead of time. She saw the screen on Mike’s laptop and did not suspect for a moment that he was trying to hack into her phone when she asked,” what are you doing?”
Startled, Mike came close to screaming and shut his laptop abruptly.
“Mom!” Layla hugged Averie in excitement and said, “Mom, you look so pretty!”
Averie was wearing the gown she bought the day she went shopping with Tammy. The gown was a little loose, but it did not affect the outlook.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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