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A moment later, Fifi had finished drinking the entire glass of wine. She gave a resounding burp and fell asleep in the glass.
“Fifi!” Jamie grabbed hold of her and pulled her out of the wine glass. He gave Fifi a good shake, trying to shake the droplets of wine out of Fifi’s feathers.
Fifi looked a little dazed. She stuck out her red tongue as her eyes rolled around in their sockets.
“Jamie, put her down right down!” Ellie slid down from the sofa and ran over to Jamie. She grabbed poor Fifi from him and yelped, “You can’t shake Fifi around like this! You’ll make her throw up.”
Ellie still didn’t understand what being drunk meant.
“Oh, alright then…” Jamie frowned crossly. He mumbled to himself, “Girls are too much trouble.”
Zachary’s lips curved into a smile. He pulled Jamie to sit down next to him and asked, “Tell me, what else do you like?”
“I like guns!” Jamie said, his head tilted in thought. He said seriously, “I also like airplanes, cars, battleships…basically, I like everything that a man should take interest in, including pretty girls.”
“Wow…” Zachary felt a little stunned. “You’re still so young, and you already take an interest in pretty girls?”
“Of course!” Jamie’s handsome face took on a rather haughty expression. “I had three girlfriends in kindergarten, you know…”
“…”
Zachary was at a loss for words. He never thought the Nacht family would have such a playboy among them—after all, both he and his father were known to be great romantics.
However, he heard that Henry had used to be quite the playboy when he was younger too.
Beep, beep! Zachary heard his phone ring again. When he saw who was calling, he picked up the phone immediately. “Hello?”
“Mr. Nacht, I…”
“Zachary, it’s me.” Sharon’s voice sounded from the other end of the phone. He could sense how anxious she was from her urgent tone. “When are you going to stop avoiding me? Even if you have certain thoughts about me, can’t you tell it to me face-to-face instead?”
“I’ve already warned you not to look for me at my company,” Zachary said, frowning.
“I was forced into it, alright? I tried calling you, and you refused to pick up. You even ignored all my messages and blocked my number? What else could I do but call you using Lucy’s phone…”
“There’s no point in calling me. Whatever is going to happen will happen. We’ll decide on the matter once Grandpa wakes up.”
As soon as he finished saying those words, Zachary hung up the phone. He looked down at Jamie, who was squirming around in his arms.
He looked a little frightened as he curled up in Zachary’s arms and stared up at him.
“What’s wrong?” Zachary asked, smiling slightly.
“You looked so scary just now when you were talking on the phone,” Jamie said timidly.
“Indeed. I always look more serious when I’m talking about work matters,” Zachary mused, smiling slightly. “I only tone it down a little when I’m with the three of you and your Mommy.”
“Oh, that’s good, then.” Jamie heaved a sigh of relief. He tilted his head and asked curiously. “Well, are you Mommy’s boyfriend then?”
Zachary didn’t know how to react to Jamie’s question. In actual fact, he was their biological father, but since he and Nicole weren’t married yet, they were technically still on girlfriend-boyfriend basis.
“It doesn’t matter. Anyway, I don’t know if my jerk of a father is alive or not. If you can treat Mommy nicely, I suppose we can accept you into our family…”
As Jamie prattled on, he didn’t realize that the expression on Zachary’s face had changed completely.
“Your jerk of a father?” Zachary repeated with a frown. “What has your mother been telling you?”
“Mommy has never talked to us about him.” Here, Jamie looked a little sad. “We get teased all the time in kindergarten. I went to ask Mrs. Berry, and she got very agitated. She said that our father was an irresponsible jerk…”
“Although she recanted her words almost immediately, I knew at once that the man was a good-for-nothing piece of trash. But you’re different from him, Uncle Zack! You treat both Mommy and us nicely, and you’re even Grandpa’s eldest grandchild.”
“I’ve decided to accept you!”
Zachary felt rather stunned. He decided that he’d better talk this over with Charlotte first before discussing it with the kids…
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“I’m done! I solved it!”
A loud whoop pierced the air. A smile had lit up on Robbie’s handsome face, and his eyes were shining like two diamonds in the night sky.
“Let me see!”
Zachary took the laptop from him immediately and scanned the screen with excitement. Indeed, Robbie had actually resolved the blind spots in the research and development of smart products newly produced by Divine Corporation.
Zachary swept Robbie up in his arms and asked, “How did you manage to resolve them?”
“There’s a system error here. Once you rectify it, however…” Robbie pointed at the screen and carefully explained his action plan to Zachary. When he was done, he asked rather hesitatingly, “Uncle Zack, is this okay?”
“Of course! Definitely!”
Zachary nodded frantically. He had already resolved this issue last night, but he had decided to let Robbie have a go at it so he could test his intelligence.
To his pleasant surprise, his son turned out to be a genius!
“Does this mean you’ll fulfil one of my wishes now?” Robbie asked excitedly.
“Of course! What would you like?”
It was rare to see Zachary so happy. He seemed even happier than Robbie himself.
Although Robbie didn’t resemble him in looks, his talent and skills with technology were certainly on par with his own…
“I don’t know what I want right now, but I’ll tell you once I think about it!” Robbie crossed his arms proudly, trying to make himself look older. “It took me a great deal of effort to get this wish, so I’m going to make it count.”
“Yes, yes…” Jamie jumped in. “It’s like having a genie’s lamp. You only take it out at a critical moment.”
“Exactly,” Robbie said, smiling as he nodded.
“Haha, no problem!” Zachary slung his arms around both his sons, grinning cheerfully.
“Ha, look how you’re smiling now!” Ellie said, pouting sulkily. “We’ll see how you cry later during our music lesson!”
Fifi let out another big burp. Flipping onto her back, she fell asleep immediately.
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The car arrived at the kindergarten very soon.
The school was starting in a few minutes’ time. School buses were pulling in through the gates slowly.
The Nacht family’s Rolls-Royce pulled up after the row of school buses and stopped by the side of the school building, drawing a crowd of curious onlookers.
The security guards shepherded the children away, preventing them from getting closer in case an accident happened.
A bunch of children got down from the school bus, holding onto the clothes of the student before them. Like a string of grapes, they followed their teacher to the classroom.
However, their eyes remained fixed on the Rolls-Royce, wondering who the car belonged to.
A few bodyguards got out of the car. One held the door open as the others carried the children out of the vehicle.
A team of medical staff had already arrived in another car, and was waiting in a straight line as the Rolls-Royce pulled up. The moment they saw the three children, they hurried forward to fuss over them.
“It’s Robinson, Jamison, and Elisa!”
There was a loud exclamation from one of the children in the Sunflower Class, and all the children turned their heads to look.
Immediately, they started calling out to the children excitedly.
Ellie greeted her friends cheerfully. “Phoebe! Helen!”
“Uncle Zack, Uncle Zack…” When Jamie spotted his classmates, he tugged at Zachary’s hand urgently and exclaimed, “Look over there! The girl with the two pigtails was my first girlfriend!”
“Oh…” Zachary looked up to see a dumpy little girl in a yellow dress and two pigtails. She looked over and waved cheerfully at Jamie as she followed her classmates into the classroom. “Jamie, come and stand next to me!” she called. “I’ve saved a space for you!”
So, this be love?
“Well, Girlfriend Number Two is that mixed-blood girl over there.” Jamie pointed to a girl whose features seemed a little oriental. Grinning madly, he continued, “She’s half-Chinese and half-French! Her name is Julia.”
Zachary turned and looked again. This time, he saw a little girl with natural curly hair who was wearing a white dress. She looked at Jamie shyly before turning away and joining the queue again.
“That girl’s a pretty one. Why did you change your mind?” Zachary asked in confusion.
“These days, I like mature women more,” Jamie pointed at his music teacher with delight. “My current girlfriend’s over there!”
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“What…”
Zachary turned to look at the music teacher with consternation. She was young and very beautiful. However, he turned back to look at Jamie and said helplessly, “You naughty boy! Keep your eyes glued to your books!”
“I’m very focused in my studies! But that hasn’t stopped me from getting a girlfriend, has it?” Jamie blew a kiss at his music teacher. “Good morning, Ms. Wiklund!”
“Good morning, Jamie!” Ms. Wiklund walked over to them. She smelled a little like fresh flowers. “And good morning to you too, Robbie and Ellie!”
“Good morning, Ms. Wiklund!”
The children chirped happily as she approached them. Evidently, they all liked Ms. Wiklund very much.
Ms. Wiklund turned to look at Zachary curiously. “And this is…”
“He is…”
Before Robbie could say anything, Jamie jumped in eagerly and said, “He’s Mommy’s boyfriend!”
“Oh…” Ms. Wiklund felt a little stunned at his reply. Immediately, she turned to Zachary with a smile on her face. “How do you do!”
“And how do you do,” Zachary replied blandly.
At that moment, Ruby came running towards them with a few higher-ups in the school and the teachers who taught Sunflower Class. She bowed with delight and greeted Zachary rather obsequiously. “Hello, Mr. Nacht!”
“I didn’t know you were coming—I would have come out and received you at the school gates otherwise! Please pardon my rudeness.”
“Don’t worry about it,” Zachary replied politely. “I simply came by today to drop the kids off at school. I’ve also brought some presents for the teachers and the other kids.”
Ben waved his hand impatiently, and the bodyguards opened the car door immediately, revealing a tower of presents that looked as though it was about to topple any minute.
“Oh dear…” Ruby froze, looking rather uncertain. She quickly replied, “How—how could we accept these presents, Mr. Nacht…”
“Go and hand them out to the children and the teachers.”
Zachary was a man who was completely used to calling the shots. Right now, he sounded extremely indifferent, as though the presents were of insignificant value to him.
“Oh, of course, of course!” Ruby felt both startled and delighted. Immediately, she called the security guard over to come and help distribute the presents.
“I’ll send you guys to the classroom, then.”
Zachary hoisted Ellie and Robbie onto his shoulders so he could free up his hands to push Jamie in his wheelchair.
Robbie and Ellie grabbed his hair liked they always did in order to prevent themselves from slipping off Zachary’s shoulders and onto the ground.
Jamie sat in a wheelchair, hugging Fifi to his chest.
The three medical staff followed behind them, helping the children carry their schoolbags into the classroom.
The bodyguards stood by the side instead of following them into the classroom. However, their expressions were tense and alert as they did their very best to watch out for the children’s safety.
Seeing the huge crowd of people walking into the classroom, Ruby and Lexie felt a little stunned.
In a low voice, Lexie turned to Violet and asked, “What’s going on? What’s Mr. Nacht doing here with these three children?”
“Mr. Nacht is in a relationship with Ms. Windt,” Violet replied in a whisper. “That’s all I know for now.”
Lexie clamped a hand over her mouth in shock. In a scandalized whisper, she said, “Oh my goodness, no wonder…”
Her reaction was rather understandable. After all, to the staff at the kindergarten, Zachary was an unattainable figure who was on the level of God himself. Meanwhile, Charlotte was an impoverished single mother with three bastard children from a previous relationship…
The two of them only met each other because Henry bumped into Jamie by accident…
Had they gotten together in such a short amount of time?
Lexie couldn’t help but marvel silently at Charlotte’s good fortune.
“Mr. Nacht, Ellie is a student of Sunflower Class. Her classroom is over here.”
Ruby led them into the classroom.
At that moment, the school workers and homeroom teacher were handing out the presents to the students. As they went down the noisy rows, they said, “These presents are from Robinson, Jamison, and Elisa! Hope you like them!”
“Thank you, this is fantastic!”
“I love this! This is the Barbie doll I’ve been wanting for ages!”
“And I got the laptop that I’ve had my eye on!”
“Why are they handing out presents to us, anyway?” one of the students asked curiously.
“Here they are!” someone near the window called. Everyone crowded around the door to welcome them.
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“Robbie…”
“Jamie…”
“Ellie…”
When they spotted them, the crowd of students started calling out the children’s names. The cacophony made Zachary’s head throb with pain.
Instinctively, he narrowed his eyes, which made him seem more aggressive and annoyed than he actually felt.
Instantly, the students stepped away, too frightened to approach the kids.
A girl in a ponytail was so alarmed that she burst into noisy tears at the sight of Zachary’s face.
“Blossom, don’t be scared! He isn’t a bad person.” Ellie kicked her little legs, signaling to Zachary that he should put her down. Running over to the crying girl, she explained hurriedly, “He’s my…”
“I’m their father!” Zachary interrupted hastily.
He thought it would sound rather scandalous if he introduced himself as their mother’s boyfriend. Besides, the students were too young to know about this sort of thing.
He thought it would be best if he stepped forward bravely and announced his true identity to the world.
Anyway, he was their father now, and he would remain their father for the rest of their lives—this was an irreversible fact.
The three children turned to look at him, stunned. They could hardly believe what they had just heard.
Sure, they had already accepted Zachary as their Mommy’s boyfriend. They even took quite a liking to him and were willing to let him join in their fun. However…wasn’t he moving too fast?
Were they really supposed to call him Daddy now?
This was all too sudden for them!
Robbie gazed in horror at Zachary, his mind running at a mile an hour. He wasn’t a stupid kid by any means, and he was quickly analyzing Zachary’s words to find any semblance of truth in them.
Jamie was looking at Zachary, too. His expression looked rather dazed. Had he heard wrongly? Or was Uncle Zack merely saying this in front of the other kids so they would stop bullying the triplets for not having a father?
Ellie’s mouth was wide open in shock. Her eyes were as big as strawberries as she gazed open-mouthed at Zachary, scarcely believing what she had just heard…
All the students in the class, too, were looking at Zachary with a mixture of shock and confusion. Since the triplets started coming to school, they had never seen their father. Even the triplets themselves didn’t seem to know who their own father was!
And yet this man had appeared out of nowhere and claimed himself to be their father!
Besides, he was tall and had a brutal look on his face. How—how frightening!
Even the teachers and the medical staff were gazing at Zachary in shock.
This was the third piece of startling news they had received from Zachary this morning, and it wasn’t even noon yet.
Firstly, he had decided to send the triplets to school by himself.
Secondly, they found out that he was, in fact, Charlotte’s boyfriend.
And lastly, he had gone from being Charlotte’s boyfriend to being the father of her children!
Thank goodness the paparazzi weren’t hovering around right then. Otherwise, this shocking piece of news would have spread across the globe like wildfire and caused a huge storm.
“Daddy, Daddy, burp—”
Fifi was so drunk that she was barely awake. She gave a loud, sudden squawk from Jamie’s arms.
This quickly snapped the triplets out of their daze.
Robbie quickly wiped the shock off his face and replied politely, “Uncle Zack, please put me down.”
Zachary set him down on the ground hastily. As they met each other’s eyes for a fleeting moment, both of them registered the flustered look on each other’s faces.
Robbie looked up uncertainly at Zachary. He then bowed courteously and said, “Thanks for sending us to school, Uncle Zack.”
“Yes, thank you!”
Jamie and Ellie quickly chimed in.
In their hearts, Robbie was the most important voice of authority after their Mommy and Mrs. Berry. Thus, it was only right that they followed in his footsteps.
“And thank you for preparing these gifts for my friends and my teachers,” Robbie continued politely. “You must be busy at work. We won’t trouble you anymore, then!”
Looking at Robbie’s stiff, indifferent manner, Zachary couldn’t help but feel a little guilty. He shouldn’t have said something so shocking before thinking it through.
Instead, he should’ve discussed this seriously with Charlotte first before deciding on an appropriate way to tell the kids. It would have come as less of a shock then…
However, the words had already left his mouth. There was no use crying over spilled milk.
“Alright, I’ll get going first then.”
Zachary bent down to give the triplets a hug, but all three of them moved backward instinctively, as though they were afraid to get close to him…
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Zachary withdrew his arms lamely. Although he seemed very nonplussed on the surface, as though he couldn’t care less about the kids’ behavior, he felt very disappointed indeed.
Turning to Ruby, he said, “I’ll entrust the kids to you then.”
“Of course, of course! I’ll take very good care of them. Don’t worry, Mr. Nacht!” Ruby and the other higher-ups exclaimed at once, nodding vigorously.
Zachary took one last look at the kids before leaving.
As he walked away, Jamie stared after him. He opened his mouth to say goodbye, but seeing as Robbie wasn’t saying anything, he decided to keep quiet too.
“Goodbye, Uncle Zack!”
In the end, it was Ellie who opened her mouth first. She sounded a little cautious despite her adorable voice—nonetheless, she still managed to melt Zachary’s heart.
He turned around to look at her, his lips curving into a smile. “Goodbye!”
“Goodbye, Uncle Zack…” Jamie finally summoned up the courage to wave to him.
Zachary returned his wave. He then turned to look at Robbie, who had remained silent up till now.
Robbie seemed a little aloof. He looked down at the ground instead of Zachary, but waved politely anyway.
Feeling slightly better, Zachary turned to leave at last.
At the very least, he could confirm that the children did not detest him. This meant that he had succeeded in his first step!
“Mr. Nacht, I’ll send you off,” Ruby said, leading the way back to the drop-off point.
“Alright, children, we’ll continue distributing the presents,” the teachers called, gesturing at the students to settle down. “These are from Robbie, Jamie, and Ellie. What should you say to them?”
The students look at each other, rather confused. Finally, one of them raised his hand and said, “Thank you to Robbie, Jamie, and Ellie’s Daddy for these presents…”
Zachary stopped dead in his tracks. He turned around to look at the children, only to find that they were all looking at him, too.
Ellie twiddled her fat little thumbs awkwardly, bowing her head to look at the floor.
Robbie opened and shut his mouth as though he wanted to say something, but chose to remain silent in the end.
However, Jamie returned their smile gamely and chirped, “No problem! Hope all of you like them.”
“Thank you!” The students let out another whoop of happiness before returning to their presents excitedly.
Zachary smirked, feeling a sudden wave of relief wash over him. Children were rather simple creatures. If you were kind to them, they would be nice to you as well…
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Charlotte was resting at home when she heard a sudden commotion of cars outside the house.
She flipped out of bed and walked over to the floor-length windows, where she saw a convoy right outside the gates. Under the watchful eyes of the bodyguards, a group of workers was delivering a bunch of items into the house.
Charlotte squinted and realized that most of the items were medical supplies.
She felt a little confused, but she didn’t ask any questions.
“Move quietly!” Mrs. Rawlston hissed urgently. “Ms. Windt is resting upstairs.”
The workers nodded immediately, afraid that they might wake Ms. Nacht up if they moved too loudly.
At that moment, there was a knock on Charlotte’s bedroom door.
“Come in!” she called.
A maid pushed open the door and stepped into the room with a new phone in hand. “Ms. Windt, this is the new phone that Mr. Nacht has bought for you. The SD card has already been replaced, and your phone number is the same as before.”
“Thank you.” Charlotte took the phone from her. After the maid left, she closed the door and turned on the phone immediately.
This was her third phone in the span of two months. Something always seemed to happen to her phone—it either fell onto the ground and shattered into pieces, or went missing all of a sudden.
However, Zachary always replaced her phone quietly after those incidents.
It had been a few days since she last contacted Mrs. Berry and Olivia. They were probably worried sick by now. As soon as she managed to turn on the phone, Charlotte gave Mrs. Berry a call. For some reason, however, nobody picked up.
She called Olivia instead. Thankfully, Olivia picked up the call immediately. “Charlotte!”
“Olivia, are you alright?” Charlotte asked, feeling rather guilty. “The last time you came to my house, something happened to you. When I sent you to the hospital, something bad happened again…”
“Please, I’m the one who should be worried, alright?” Olivia exclaimed. “The property management office said you had gone missing. I nearly called the police!”
“Don’t worry, I’m fine,” Charlotte said comfortingly. “And what about you?”
“I’m fine. I was just startled to death the other day, but I woke up from my coma soon enough. As for you…oh, by the way, your boyfriend’s subordinate—Ben, was it?—came to look for me.”
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“What? Why was he looking for you?” Charlotte asked, feeling a little startled.
“To thank me for taking care of you, apparently. He even offered me a position as your assistant, and asked if I wanted to take it.” Olivia asked curiously, “Charlotte, are you the CEO of your own company now, or some movie starlet? Why do you need an assistant all of a sudden?”
“Huh?” Charlotte felt rather suspicious. “Are you very sure it was Ben?”
“Yes, it was, I promise,” Olivia said certainly. “Back at Sultry Night, he accompanied your boyfriend everywhere he went. He is the weirdest and fiercest man I’ve ever seen—I won’t forget that face.”
“Oh, alright then,” Charlotte said, feeling rather hapless. “I didn’t even know about this! I’ll ask Ben about this when I see him.”
“Yes, you should,” Olivia said seriously. “If you really need me, Charlotte, I’ll drop everything and go to you immediately.”
“Thanks, Olivia,” Charlotte said gratefully. “Please take good care of yourself. Call me if you need anything.”
“Alright. Also, I’ve already returned the uniform to Ms. Fuller. However, she says that you can come back anytime if you need the job again.”
“Didn’t she put me on a ban because she was afraid that I would drag the company down?” Charlotte asked stiffly.
“Don’t ask me, I have no idea why she changed her mind. The news got suppressed really quickly. Now, you can hardly find a trace of it on the internet. Ms. Fuller says that it means you won’t be suffering any damage to your reputation anymore. Besides, you were always one of the best pianists, so she would like to have you back anytime…”
“Got it. I’ve been feeling very unwell lately, so I’ve been in bed all day. I’ll contact her again when I’m a little better.”
“Take good care of your health then, Charlotte. I’ll call you again.”
“Alright.”
After she hung up, Charlotte quickly went to look at today’s news. Olivia was right—the news about Luna had completely disappeared off the internet, as though the incident had never happened at all. In addition, all the news about Hector and Helena had vanished, too…
Charlotte frowned slightly. The Browns must have paid the media outlets a hefty sum to cover up the news.
However, Amanda would stop at nothing to take revenge for her daughter. Even if the Browns paid off the media outlets, Amanda could put up a post on social media under her own account. However, there was no mention of any of those people or incidents…
What was going on?
Had the Whites met their downfall?
Charlotte felt a little unsettled. Although Amanda and Luna had done so many things to harm her, they had already met their punishment. Charlotte couldn’t help but feel sorry for what they were going through now…
Here, Charlotte’s phone started beeping with a string of text notifications. She had called Mrs. Berry and Olivia the moment she turned on her phone, so she hadn’t managed to check her phone for texts yet. Now, all the texts were coming in at one shot.
She quickly went to take a look at the texts. During the time she had been away, she had received texts from Mrs. Berry, Olivia, and Felicity. To her shock, Amanda and Simon had texted her repeatedly to ask for help too…
“Charlotte, we’re your blood relatives. Can’t you save us this once?”
“We didn’t think Hector would be so cruel. He wants to have all of us killed! Charlotte, please save us.”
“Helena is a witch! She wants to kill Luna to eliminate all the witnesses. Charlotte, please save Luna…”
“Charlotte, please help your Uncle Simon out…”
Seeing these messages, Charlotte felt a tug in her heartstrings. She didn’t want to involve herself in this matter—back then, she had only called the police out of common decency.
However, now that a person’s life hung in the balance, it would be too cruel of her to ignore their pleas for help…
After hesitating for a while, Charlotte gave a call to Amanda. However, she was unable to reach her.
She tried calling Simon’s number instead, but the call didn’t go through either.
Charlotte felt a sudden feeling of dread. Had something horrible really happened to the three of them? What could she do to help them now?
If she wanted to help them, she needed Zachary’s help.
But she still faced a glaring dilemma—should she save them or not?
That was a problem…
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Just as she was thinking, she heard a familiar voice from outside. “Where am I? Why did you bring me here?”
“Don’t be scared, Mrs. Berry. This will be your home from today onwards,” Raina said with a smile.
“My home? This villa is as big as a small castle. How could this be my home?” Mrs. Berry sounded more panicked now. “Dr. Langhan, have you made a mistake? Please send me back to the hospital at once.”
Hearing this, Charlotte put down her phone and ran out to greet Mrs. Berry immediately.
As she expected, Mrs. Berry was standing in the first-floor lobby, looking suspiciously around and looking like a lost sheep.
Raina stood beside her, trying her best to assure the older woman. “Don’t worry, Mrs. Berry. Ms. Windt is here too—I’ll bring you to see her.”
“Miss?” Mrs. Berry asked, aghast.
“Mrs. Berry!” Charlotte flew down the stairs to greet her.
“Miss!” When she spotted Charlotte, Mrs. Berry ran over to her immediately. “There you are at last! Do you know how worried I’ve been for the past few days? Where have you been? The kids and I haven’t managed to reach you by phone at all. I thought you got into an accident.”
Here, Mrs. Berry choked up with tears. She had been having such a hard time in the hospital because she kept worrying for Charlotte and the kids. If Raina hadn’t been around to stop her, Mrs. Berry would have left the hospital to search for them.
“I’m sorry, Mrs. Berry…” Charlotte looked very guilty. “Something happened to me a few days ago, and I lost contact with the outside world. I just returned here yesterday.”
“What happened to you? Were you injured?” Mrs. Berry pulled Charlotte closer to her and inspected her up and down.
“Just a few minor injuries. It’s nothing serious.” Charlotte was deathly afraid that Mrs. Berry might notice the injury on her back. Pulling her to the sofa hastily, Charlotte said, “Don’t worry about me now. Everything has been resolved.”
“That’s good, then.” Mrs. Berry let out a sigh of belief. She shot a dark look at her surroundings and whispered to Charlotte, “Miss, let’s go home. The kids are going to get off from school very soon. If no one picks them up at Happy Avenue, they’re going to be frightened.”
“Don’t worry, someone will be there to pick them up,” Charlotte said. She turned to Raina and asked, “Dr. Langhan, what’s going on? Isn’t Mrs. Berry supposed to be in the hospital? Why did you bring her here instead?”
“These are Mr. Nacht’s orders,” Raina said with a smile. “He was worried that you might be bored alone at home, so he got me to bring Mrs. Berry along.”
“Ugh, what does he think he’s doing?” Charlotte wrinkled her nose with distaste. “Mrs. Berry needs to undergo treatment for her condition. How could he take her out of the hospital earlier just to keep me company?”
“Don’t worry, Mr. Nacht has already made arrangements.” Raina pointed outside and said with a smile, “There’s a small hut in the courtyard that has been empty for years. Mr. Nacht ordered me to renovate it and turn it into a clinic.”
“I’ve already transported all the medical equipment here earlier today. In the future, you, Mrs. Berry, and the young masters can receive medical treatment in the comfort of your home instead of running back and forth from the hospital.”
“Oh my goodness!” Charlotte felt rather stunned. No wonder the workers had been delivering medical supplies into the house earlier on—Raina was going to set up a clinic right here.
Zachary had done so many things for her without even telling her…
“Oh, I’m so confused.” Mrs. Berry’s head was spinning slightly. She gazed at Charlotte, perplexed. “Miss, you and that guy from the Nacht family…what’s the relationship between the both of you?”
“It’ll take me a while to explain that to you,” Charlotte said, patting Mrs. Berry’s hand. “Come upstairs to my room. I’ll tell you everything there slowly.”
“Okay!” Mrs. Berry nodded.
At that moment, Mrs. Rawlston walked into the room. “Ms. Windt, I’ve heated up the chicken broth for you. Should I send it upstairs for Mrs. Berry and yourself?”
“Yes, thank you,” Charlotte nodded appreciatively at her. “Dr. Langhan, thanks for your help. Please don’t let us trouble you any further.”
“Alright.” Raina smiled at her before leaving the room.
Charlotte pulled Mrs. Berry into her room. When Mrs. Berry saw how the room was decorated, she frowned immediately. “This room belongs to a man, doesn’t it? Is he that Nacht guy? Miss, have you gotten together with him?”
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“Yes,” Charlotte said, nodding her head. Truthfully, she continued, “Sorry, Mrs. Berry. I should’ve told you earlier.”
Mrs. Berry sighed deeply. “Everyone makes their own choices in life, especially when it comes to romantic relationships. If you like him, you should be with him—I can have no opinion on that. I hope he’ll be good to you and the kids. However…”
Here, Mrs. Berry paused, looking rather uncertain.
“Mrs. Berry, what are you trying to say?” Charlotte asked.
“Miss, I’m just worried that an important family like the Nacht family might not be able to accept your children,” Mrs. Berry said, frowning. “Doesn’t your boyfriend worry about that?”
“Of course not…” Charlotte said, completely sure of herself, “because the children are his.”
“What?” Mrs. Berry looked at her, stunned silly. “Are you kidding me? You are, aren’t you? Isn’t the father of the triplets that—that gigolo from Sultry Night…”
“Yes, that’s him,” Charlotte couldn’t believe these words were coming out of her mouth, but she told Mrs. Berry the truth anyway. “Four years ago, I got set up by Luna, but things turned out like this…”
After she finished telling the whole story to Mrs. Berry, Charlotte continued, “Actually, I knew who he was from the start. But I thought he was irresponsible and unfit to be a father. In addition, I was scared of the Nacht family’s power—what if they took my children and drove me away? That’s why I never told him that he was the father of the triplets.”
“However, when I got into the accident, he conducted a DNA test using Robbie’s tissues. When he found out the truth, he did so many things for the children. I felt very touched…”
“I see,” Mrs. Berry replied, sighing in disappointment. “No wonder our family keeps having all sorts of dealings with the Nacht family. For a period of time, I wondered if they were flies that wouldn’t go away! So the Nacht guy had arranged for all of this to happen…”
“Truth be told, I had lots of worries in the past,” Charlotte said, smiling bitterly. “I even wanted to uproot the family from H City after you and Jamie recovered. We could’ve found a new place to leave. However, so many things happened…perhaps this is meant to be.”
“Well, since both of you have already settled this matter, don’t think too much about it anymore,” Mrs. Berry said reassuringly. “The children didn’t like him much before, right? What about now?”
“They’ve been getting along splendidly. There’s been a huge improvement, I believe.” Charlotte felt extremely happy whenever she thought about this. “I didn’t think he would be so patient with the kids. He put in a lot of effort to get close to them, you know.”
“That’s good, then,” Mrs. Berry nodded approvingly. “Look how he set up a clinic for us at home. He even fetched me here from the hospital! I can tell he’s very caring towards you and the kids.”
“I overheard the medical staff talking about the clinic on my way here. Apparently, the medical equipment itself already costs more than one hundred million. Because they needed it to be ready-made, they brought the equipment straight from the hospital. Dr. Langhan will get customized ones from abroad later on…”
“He didn’t tell me about any of this at all,” Charlotte said, feeling guilty again. “He must have told Ben to look for Olivia to keep me company here.”
“You did well to find a man as thoughtful as him,” Mrs. Berry said, smiling. Here, her face clouded over again. “But will his parents agree to your marriage? Clans like the Nacht family tend to have complicated rules.”
Here, Charlotte thought of Henry Nacht. She felt a little unsettled. Henry had disliked her from the moment he lay eyes on her, and he might not come to accept her in the future either.
“It’s alright, let’s take things one step at a time.” Mrs. Berry patted Charlotte’s hand cheerfully. “I’ve been lying in the hospital for two months! My bones are completely frozen! Now that I’m finally out, leave the kitchen to me. I’ll make all of you something nice to eat.”
Here, Mrs. Berry rolled up her sleeves and turned to leave the room…
Charlotte stopped her immediately. “Mrs. Berry, you just got out of the hospital. You should be resting now.”
“Miss, you know me. I get all antsy and uncomfortable when I rest. I need to work if I want my energy back.”
“Besides, the kids like my cooking. I haven’t made anything for them in such a long time! Please grant my wish today.”
“Oh, alright then.”
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Mrs. Berry went downstairs to the kitchen. Charlotte changed her clothes and went to help her out. When she got to the living room, however, she heard a car pull into the driveway.
There was a Rolls-Royce parked at the gates of the house.
Immediately, Charlotte stood up and ran to receive them.
The car door swung open, and Zachary lifted the kids out of the car one by one. Setting Robbie and Jamie onto his shoulders, he hoisted Ellie into his arms. Meanwhile, Fifi lay in Ellie’s arms, hiccupping as she slept.
This scene was simply too adorable.
Charlotte burst into laughter. Running up to help Zachary with the children, she asked, “Why did all of you return home together?”
“There wasn’t much to do in the office today. I went to pick them up at a kindergarten.”
From a distance, Zachary seemed like a big tree. Three children were hanging from his body, and there was a bird in some crevice to boot.
Robbie and Jamie had dug their fingers into Zachary’s hair to stop themselves from falling off.
Because she was afraid, Ellie had wrapped her stubby little legs around Zachary. She looked like a koala bear as she rested in his arms.
“Oh, look at those three monkeys! Here, let me take them from you.”
Just as Charlotte was going to take Ellie from him, Zachary twisted away. “You’re still recovering from an injury. You can’t carry heavy items yet.”
“I’m not heavy!” Ellie snapped, pouting in annoyance. “Look how skinny I am.”
“Haha…”
Everyone burst into laughter.
Since the three children arrived in the villa, the house was full of laughter again. In the past, it had only been full of dead silence.
“Alright, you’re skinny.” Charlotte helped Ellie onto the ground. She bent down and helped to dust off her clothes. “Ellie,” she lectured, “it doesn’t matter if you’re fat or skinny. Your health is the most important, got it?”
“But I’m very skinny, to begin with!” Ellie protested, touching her face. In a glum voice, she said, “Today, Ms. Cheney told me that I got skinnier. Apparently, I should be getting more vitamins and having more food.”
“Yes, of course you should be eating more!” Mrs. Berry emerged from the front door in an apron, brandishing a spatula. Smilingly, she said, “I cooked lots and lots of dishes today. And all of them are your favorites!”
“Mrs. Berry…”
When they spotted Mrs. Berry, the triplets burst into screams of excitement.
Ellie tottered over to her on her plump legs. Throwing herself into Mrs. Berry’s arms, she hollered happily, “Mrs. Berry, when did you get here? I’ve missed you so much.”
“Good girl, Ellie. I’ve missed you too.”
Mrs. Berry bent down to hug her, her eyes swimming with tears.
Robbie and Jamie struggled to get down. Zachary had no choice but to set them down onto the floor.
Robbie leaped into Mrs. Berry’s arms immediately. Jamie wanted to run over to her, but Zachary picked him up and placed him into the wheelchair.
Jamie kicked his legs furiously. “Come on, push me forward!”
Mildred rushed forward and pushed him towards Mrs. Berry. The three children crowded around Mrs. Berry, chattering at the top of their lungs.
“Mrs. Berry, I’ve missed you too!” Robbie cried.
“Me too, Mrs. Berry, me too!” Jamie yelped.
“I’ve missed all of you,” Mrs. Berry said, wiping her tears away as she enveloped them in a hug. “In the future, I won’t have to go to the hospital anymore. I’ll stay with you guys and make lots of yummy food for you.”
“Okay!” the triplets said, nodding.
“We were planning to visit you in the hospital after we got off from school today! Are you feeling better now?” Robbie asked, feeling concerned.
“Of course, of course. I’m much better now,” Mrs. Berry said, smiling. “All my ailments seem to disappear whenever I see you guys!”
“That’s great!” Jamie said, smiling brightly. Seriously, he continued, “Now that you’re back, Mrs. Berry, we won’t have to eat burned mac and cheese and hot cross bunnies with salt in them…”
“Oh, dear.” Charlotte smacked her head, feeling so embarrassed that she wanted to crawl into a hole and die.
The children must have been suffering a great deal from her cooking these past few days.
“Exactly! Your cooking is the best, Mrs. Berry.” Ellie tilted her head and said innocently, “Because you haven’t been cooking for us, I’ve become so skinny!”
Here, she gave her arm a good pinch and whined, “Look! I have no fat here anymore.”
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“Haha!” Mrs. Berry laughed. “From now on, I’ll be cooking for you guys. Make sure to eat well, alright?”
“Of course! I’ll eat everything up,” Ellie declared, clapping her hands excitedly.
“Me too.”
“And me!”
Robbie and Jamie stuck their hands up in the air.
Fifi, who had been lying in Ellie’s arms the whole time, looked up blearily and squawked, “Me too!”
“What’s wrong with Fifi?” Mrs. Berry asked, looking curiously at the parrot. “Is she sick? Or is she hungover?”
“She’s drunk, actually,” Ellie said, her eyes flashing with glee. “This morning, she drank Uncle Zack’s wine secretly. She has been in a coma ever since.”
Hearing this, Charlotte turned to Zachary and gave him a sharp pinch on his arm. “You gave Fifi wine again?”
“She wanted to drink some herself,” Zachary replied, looking very wronged.
“Yeah! You have me as a witness—Fifi wanted to drink it herself,” Jamie said, standing up for Zachary immediately.
“And me!” Robbie added. “It wasn’t Uncle Zack who fed it to her.”
“Oh, it’s alright. She’ll wake up by tomorrow anyway.”
Ellie patted Fifi’s green little head comfortingly.
“Alright, then. I’ll go prepare dinner first. Go and have some fun! Dinner will be ready at six, as usual.”
“Okay! Thanks, Mrs. Berry!’
After sending the kids off to play, Mrs. Berry looked up at Zachary, feeling a little embarrassed. “I’m sorry for hitting you with the mop last time…”
“No worries,” Zachary said, interrupting her. “You were only protecting your own people. Besides, you’re our elder.”
Although he wasn’t a particularly emotive man and didn’t know how to comfort people, he tried his best to reassure Mrs. Berry through his words.
Charlotte felt extremely shocked. Zachary was such a prideful man that she hadn’t expected him to lay down his dignity and forgive Mrs. Berry for her sake.
“Oh, thank you!” Mrs. Berry was equally stunned. She felt a little touched, too. There had been a few misunderstandings between Zachary and herself recently, and she wondered if their meeting today would be awkward.
However, his attitude towards her right now made her feel very shocked.
This was probably what people meant when they said ‘love me, love my dog’.
Because of his love for Charlotte, Zachary was willing to do things he would never have considered before.
“Don’t worry about it,” Zachary replied, smiling. “I’ve hired quite a lot of cooks. You can ask them for help, too. Don’t tire yourself out too much.”
“Oh, got it!”
Mrs. Berry nodded, smiling. She ran back into the kitchen to busy herself.
A few cooks hovered at her elbows, worried that she might faint from fatigue any moment.
“I’m going upstairs to change,” Zachary took Charlotte’s hand and pulled her upstairs.
“Look over there! Uncle Zack is holding Mommy’s hand!” Ellie exclaimed suddenly. She clapped a hand over her mouth, a horrified expression appearing on her face. “After graduating from kindergarten, boys and girls aren’t allowed to hold hands!”
“Oh no! Will they get pregnant?” Jamie frowned, his face full of worry. “If Mommy gets pregnant again, we’ll have the real-life Deedee, Lulu, and Kiki soon enough…”
“Oh, both of you are so ignorant!” Robbie said, puffing out his chest. With a pompous expression, he said, “You can’t get pregnant through holding holds! But…”
Here, Zachary looped his hand around Charlotte’s shoulders as the both of them proceeded upstairs, laughing as they went.
“Oh no, they’re hugging each other now!” Ellie cried, pointing to them in consternation. “Do you think they could get pregnant like that?”
“No…” Robbie said smugly. “That doesn’t mean anything. They have to kiss first…”
At that exact moment, Zachary pressed a kiss to Charlotte’s lips.
“Oh no!” Ellie hid her face behind her hands, too afraid to look.
“Oh no…” Robbie said, sighing.
“You can get pregnant through kissing?” Jamie asked, looking horrified. “I just kissed Ms. Wiklund on her cheeks! Does that mean…I’m going to be a father soon?”
“What? Jamie, did you really kiss Ms. Wiklund on her cheeks?” Ellie yelped, stomping her feet. “This is terrible! I’m going to be an aunt!”
“What are we going to do?” Robbie moaned, burying his head in his hands. “I’m too young to be an uncle! Besides, what will happen if Mommy’s baby is born at the same time as my nephew? Oh my gosh…”