A Cue for Happiness

Franklin froze when he heard that. Then, he turned around to look at Samuel, who was entering the dining hall.

Samuel still had his phone in his hand, and the top two buttons of his black shirt were undone. He looked extremely intimidating as his dark eyes filled with anger.

The little boy pursed his lips before puffing up his cheeks, calling out reluctantly, “Daddy.”

Natalie shuddered internally when she met those dark and bottomless eyes of that man. This little snake boy is actually Samuel’s son? So that means he has a pair of twins? Sophia isn’t his only child?

Samuel glared at Franklin coldly before saying, “What in the world are you thinking with that underdeveloped brain of yours? You, taking her as your woman? What makes you think you can do that?”

Franklin was visibly afraid of Samuel. However, when he remembered that he had so boldly declared that he would protect Natalie earlier, he realized that he couldn’t act too cowardly in front of his father. Hence, he plucked up his courage and replied, “Daddy, I like her. I want her to stay.”

Samuel frowned even harder. “Do you even understand what you’re saying?”

“Of course, I do!” Franklin touched his earlobes, his cheeks flushing. “Daddy, you can’t be so prejudiced. I’m already all grown up, so I know that I have to be proactive in pursuing the woman I like.”

“Who taught you this?” Samuel asked coldly.

“Um…” Franklin felt slightly guilty under his father’s gaze.

“Franklin Bowers. Who. Taught. You. That?”

The boy looked around frantically before eventually deciding to sell Steven out. “It’s Uncle Steven. I heard him saying this to another lady. That lady was really happy when she heard it. I thought that she will be happy too if I say this to her. Then, she’ll stay by my side and keep me company.”

note to make things clear with

to your room. I have something to discuss with Ms. Nichols.” He glanced

he was getting suspicious that his father liked this woman as well. Is he brushing me off because he wants to keep her for

inaudibly, “You want her for yourself, so you’re abusing

what are you

back, Franklin merely shook his head meekly. “I-I’m going back to

for

down and patted the little boy’s head once more.

after watching Franklin leave, she found Samuel staring at her silently. The

Nichols, you seem like you’re adept at taking

“Perhaps?”

those two kids back at home, but now that Xavian and Clayton had

were done with dinner, she followed Samuel to the study on

bookshelves that was nearly five meters tall. At that height, it would only be possible to retrieve the books via a ladder. She couldn’t help but

yet focused. “Ms. Nichols, I do have a deal that I need

a skilled doctor pretty well all along. How did this man here get to

so you should know that I’m a coroner, not a doctor. What I

stepped closer to her, his slanted eyes fixing on her the whole

Natalie felt like she was a newborn baby, naked as day, under his intense stare. He studied her so seriously that she was even feeling

condition isn’t physical but psychological.” After a pause, Samuel continued, “You’re the first person to make her speak, saying the word