As soon as she left, Elias’ expression turned dark. “What’s wrong with you? Can you stop mentioning our family matters to outsiders?” His tone was stern, causing Sonya’s expression to change drastically.
“What? I didn’t say anything wrong. Besides, Elektra is much closer to me than Roxanne, so she isn’t an outsider. Moreover, if she’s an outsider, why would she help Lucian to save Roxanne?” Taking in Sonya’s enraged expression, Elias furrowed his brows.
“Why can’t you respect Lucian’s choice? He’s no longer a child, so can you stop being so controlling and obsessive? Let him handle his relationships, marriage, and family matters. himself. Can’t you just enjoy your own life?”
Elias’ mentality in life was to go with the flow. After spending decades in the business world, he learned that no one would listen to others’ advice, not even those closest to them.
Therefore, even though he knew Lucian would make some mistakes when the latter was first taking over Farwell Group, he allowed his son to make his own mistakes. No one could substitute the experience of learning from one’s own mistakes. However, Sonya couldn’t comprehend this.
She stood up and almost placed her arms on her waist. “Why? I’m doing this for Lucian! I’m pretty sure Roxanne thought Essie wasn’t going to survive and threw her away. Later, she had two other children with another man and decided to pretend they were part of the Farwell family. Do you know about this?”
Elias was stunned since he was unaware of this. He queried quickly, “What do you mean by that?” “Lucian said that,Archie and Benny are his biological children. He said Archie, Benny, and Essie are triplets! Can you believe that?” Sonya was confident that her judgment was correct.
Elias pondered for a few seconds before responding, “It sounds surprising, but it should be easy to prove if it’s true. If we verify the DNA of the two children, we will find out the truth. Do you think our son would not know this?”
Elias could only hope that Sonya was rational. Otherwise, he was afraid Sonya and Lucian would only grow more and more distant from each other.
“Yes, but Lucian didn’t give me any evidence and wants me to acknowledge those two kids as my grandsons! How can I accept this? Do you think Roxanne poisoned Lucian to mess with his mind? I think you have to bring Lucian for a medical checkup someday!”
The more she spoke, the more suspicious she became. Elias sighed and tried to explain gently, “Aubree already caused a lot of harm to Essie. This time, we have to stay calm. As for verifying the DNA, I’ll discuss this with Lucian later. You should really stop being so obsessive.”
However, Sonya wasn’t listening to him anymore. She felt that everyone was on Roxanne’s side instead of hers. She retorted, “Don’t mention Aubree. Before Roxanne appeared, Aubree was fine. Who knows what Roxanne did to agitate Aubree to cause the latter to do those irrational things? Therefore, how could this be Aubree’s fault fully?”
Seeing that he wasn’t able to convince her, Elias decided to give up. It was impossible to change Sonya’s prejudice against Roxanne in a short period. He could only do it slowly.
“Okay. Let’s not talk about this. We haven’t seen. Essie in a long time. Since school is about to end, let’s go over and see her.”
He deliberately changed the topic, causing Sonya to calm down. She nodded in agreement.
When Elias and Sonya reached the kindergarten, school had not ended yet. They went to find Jeffrey so that they could see Estella. Jeffrey said politely, “Please wait here for a while. I’ll go to the classroom and bring Essie here right away.”
Soon, Estella came skipping into Jeffrey’s office as she thought she was getting rewarded. Upon seeing her grandparents, she happily charged into Elias’ embrace. “Hahaha! Essie, did you miss me?” Elias carried Estella into his arms and smiled dotingly.
“Of course! I missed you, Grandpa!” Elias’ stubble pricked Estella, causing her to feel a little pain. “Grandpa, your beard is prickly!”
Elias laughed heartily and ignored Estella’s reluctance, pecking her on her cheek. “I missed you too! It’s been so long since we have seen each other.” Sonya felt slightly uncomfortable watching their interaction. She scolded, “Don’t you miss me too, Essie?”
Did that woman teach Essie not to be close to me? Suspicion appeared on Sonya’s face, causing Elias to glare at her. He reminded her softly, “What are you talking about?”
“I missed you too, Grandma! I love your pastries! It’s been a long time since I ate them! I really want to eat them!” After Elias placed Estella on the ground, she went up to Sonya and opened her arms for a hug. Sonya felt better upon hearing Estella’s words and carried the latter into her arms with a smile.
Jeffrey tactfully decided to leave his office so that Estella’s grandparents could spend some time with their granddaughter. Just as he was about to leave, Elias stopped him and requested, “Mr. Bauer, could you bring Essie’s two brothers here too?”
Jeffrey was stunned as he knew what had happened previously. He also knew Sonya’s prejudice against the two kids. Sonya was surprised too and glanced at her husband. Frowning, she asked, “What are you doing?” Elias ignored Sonya’s reluctance and nodded at Jeffrey. “Bring them over here.”
“O-Okay! I’ll bring Archie and Benny over here! Please wait a moment!” Nothing will go wrong, right? They are just meeting one another.
“Elias, why do you have to see those two kids? Do you really want to acknowledge them as part of the Farwell family? Let me tell you. Before anything is confirmed, I’ll never acknowledge them!” Sonya’s tone was cold and left no room for negotiation.
Estella seemed to understand what she was saying and blinked. She asked, “Grandma, do you not like my two brothers? Let me tell you good news! They are my biological brothers! Mommy and Daddy are their birth parents!” Sonya froze but tamped down on her emotions. to not show them in front of Estella.
“Lucian has already acknowledged them, so I will too. Can you please control yourself in front of Essie? Look. Essie likes them so much. The children’s feelings toward one another are the most important,” Elias lectured Sonya again, but she wasn’t listening to him.
Estella’s eyes were full of curiosity. She didn’t really understand why her grandparents were slightly angry. However, she was obedient and didn’t say anything. Elias turned to smile at Estella.
“Being with the two boys has been really beneficial. Essie is getting more fluent when she speaks. You can’t even tell that she has any illness.”
Elias’ words were meant for Sonya, as he wanted her to look at reality and stop focusing on her prejudices.
Sonya’s lips moved to say something, but she was interrupted when Jeffrey brought Archie. and Benny over. The boys were impassive at the appearance of Elias and Sonya. On the other hand, Estella beamed at them.
“Archie, Benny, hurry up and greet Grandpa and Grandma!” Estella naively urged her brothers to acknowledge her grandparents, thinking they would then become a family. However, the boys merely smiled at Estella’s urging and shot curious looks at Elias, wanting. to see his reaction.
With an innocently charming smile, Elias bent down and patted the boys’ heads. “What’s wrong? Why aren’t you calling me Grandpa? Go on, my precious grandsons.”
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