Chapter 1224


    Chapter 1224


    Ste was still mired in confusion when she got hometer that day. She was still holding the document


    s Weston gave her in her hands when she opened the door to her house.


    Elias and Emma flew into her arms,ughing in glee as they hugged her tight…


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    “Mommy, you’re home!”


    Ste tried her best to put on a smile for them. Then she noticed some colorful marks on Emma’s face


    and asked her, “What are these?”


    “I was ying with Miguel and Elias!” Emma replied.


    The girl spoke a lot more fluently and clearly when she was around people she was familiar with.


    “Miguel was teaching us to y cards,” Elias added, expanding upon Emma’s points as he always did,


    “and the loser has to have a line drawn on their face!”


    Ste paused. She reached out her hand to wipe the marks on Emma’s face.


    “You can y as much as you like,” she told them. “But you have to be careful not to get the marks on


    your eyes, okay?”


    Miguelnguidly got up from the couch, still holding a deck of cards in his hands. As he slowly shuffled t


    he cards


    while walking up to her, he noticed that she did not look very pleased, so he exined, “We were just h


    aving fun, that’s all. It’s


    only a simple game. It’s not going to get them addicted or anything like that, so don’t worry.”


    He assumed that Ste was unhappy about him teaching the children to y cards.


    Ste


    said nothing. She slipped the documents into her handbag and silently picked Emma up in her arms.


    “Let’s go take a bath. It’s gettingte now. Both of your should go to bed early.”


    Miguel was a little disconcerted when he noticed that Ste was ignoring him. Once the mother and da


    ughter pair had disappeared into the


    bathroom, he leaned down towards Elias and asked him, “Is your mommy angry?”


    Elias had no clue, so he shook his head, confusion written all over his face.


    Miguel pouted and patted the boy’s head before saying, Come on, let’s give you a bath too!”


    Meanwhile, in the bathroom, Ste had just ced Emma in the bathtub.


    Emma was ying with her rubber ducky when she noticed Ste looking worried. Perceptively, she to


    ok her mother’s hand and asked, “What’s wrong, Mommy? Are you sad…?”


    Ste nced at her and smiled, telling her, “No, baby, I’m just thinking about something.”


    She then took Emma’s arm and cleaned it thoroughly.


    Seeing this, Emma thought nothing more of it and went back to ying with the bubbles in the bathtub.


    Because Emma refused to sit still, Ste found


    herself unable to continue her thoughts. She sighed and just focused on giving her daughter a bath.


    It did not take them long before they were done. Ste wrapped Emma up in a thick towel and carried h


    er out of the bathroom.


    Just as she walked out, she bumped into Miguel, who had Elias in his arms. Their eyes met, but for som


    away.


    Miguel frowned, sensing that there was definitely something wrong. He wanted to say something, but he


    twins.


    Once they were both done coaxing the children to sleep, Ste turned and wanted to leave right away, b


    acting weird…”


    Ste brushed his hand off without any hesitation and withdrew herself away from him.


    Her cold gesture stumped Miguel. Panic shed in his eyes.


    “Have I done something wrong?” he asked.


    Ste said nothing. She took a step away from him and stared at him steadily. After a while, she took a d


    before asking, “Do you have anything to tell me?”


    Miguel’s Adam’s apple moved as he gulped. Evidently, he was feeling a little nervous. No matter how ha


    “No,” he shook his head. “Can you just say exactly what you want to say? Don’t make me guess. I really