Chapter 123


    Chapter 123 Slow Like Sloth


    Paige came over for dinner, and Caroline and Neil prepared a delicious spread for her.


    As soon as Paige arrived, Liora got attached to her.


    “Godmother!” Liora called out to Paige softly.


    Paige hugged Liora swiftly and said, “I missed you so much, Lia! Let me give you a kiss!”


    Liora leaned her face close to receive the kiss.


    After kissing Liora, Paige shifted her attention to Tyler.


    “Boy, why are you standing there, huh? Will you please learn from your sister?” Paige said with feigned


    anger.


    Tyler answered maturely, “My mother said that men and women should maintain proper


    boundaries.”


    Paige was rendered speechless, thinking, ‘This boy’s mannerism is really simr to Evan!‘


    “Mommy’s boy,” Paigeined.


    “This shows that I love my mommy, and I’m proud of it,” refuted Tyler calmly.


    His handsome face was visibly proud.


    Paige widened her eyes in fake rage. “Teach your good son some manners, Caroline!”


    Caroline served thest course of the meal and said with a smile, “Alright, it’s time for dinner.”


    She took the two children to wash their hands and sat them at the table.


    With a faint smile, Neil pulled out a bottle of red wine and said, “Shall we have a drink after not


    meeting for so long, Paige?”


    Paige held out her ss. “Please!”


    Meanwhile, at Vi Rosa,


    Danie tossed the phone to Axel. “Call your father


    Axel took a nce and extended his hand after a moment.


    “Will you move faster?” Danie berated him, “Slow like a sloth!”


    Axel’s body tensed up as he pursed his lips and dialed Evan’s number.


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    Evan had just returned to his office after a meeting when he received Danie’s call.


    Disgust filled Evan’s cold, piercing eyes. If it weren’t for Axel, he would have never allowed Danie to


    stay in Vi Rosa nor given her a chance to be in his presence!


    Agitatedly, Evan picked up the phone and heard Axel’s childish voice. “It’s me.”


    Although Evan’s expression remained cold, his voice softened. “What’s going on?”


    Cautiously ncing at Danie, Axel asked, “Will you be home for dinner?”


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    “I’m noting home for dinner. You can go ahead,” Evan replied before hanging up.


    Danie tightened Axel’s grip on his thigh, but he didn’t have the courage to look at her.


    Danie sneered. “What’s the point of keeping a deadbeat like you?”


    Axel’s little face tensed up, further enraging Danie.


    In her rage, she turned around, grabbed a rolled–up magazine bound with tape from a cupboard, and


    approached Axel.


    Fear overcame Axel as he glimpsed the object, his face turning ghastly pale.


    In the next moment, Danie pulled him off the chair and raised the rolled magazine, hitting Axel’s back


    ferociously.


    The muffled thuds of the beating apanied Axel’s grunts of pain as he clenched his teeth and


    fists to endure Danie’s assault and scolding.


    Coldness and terror filled his eyes as he noticed his nanny and maid huddling together nearby,


    shaken by witnessing the scene.


    The nanny said, “Mr. Jordan Jr. is going to be injured from the beating.”


    The servant said, “We can’t stop her, or we’ll be pped by her too!”


    The nanny said, “A mother shouldn’t hurt her child! We must inform Mr. Jordan about this!”


    The maid said, “Don’t speak of it. Do you think Mr. Jordan will believe us if we tell him? The rolled


    magazine won’t leave any obvious marks after the beating!”