Chapter 72


    "Liar, liar, pants on fire!" Adrien said.


    "Alright then," Sun said, "We''ll go downstairs. Remember to tell us when Mommy wakes up!"


    "Mmhm. Go and y!" Adrien shooed the children out of the room.


    "Timothy," na crouched in front of the boy and said to him, "The three boys are downstairs. Weren''t


    youining you were bored earlier? Why not bring them to the garden?"


    "Yes, Timothy," Alondra added, "You''re the only kid here, and all the adults are drinking wine and


    dancing. If you want to have some fun, you should bring them to the garden."


    "Alright then." Timothy thought the banquet was getting quite boring. He took the three boys to the


    garden.


    Alondra exchanged nces with na. "Now''s our chance!"


    "Be careful, Auntie!" na was feeling uneasy.


    Alondra lifted her gown and followed the four children into the garden.


    "Mr. Ryker." na elegantly walked up to Abel''s side. "Shall we dance?"


    Even though Abel was downstairs, his heart was still upstairs. He could not shake off the image where


    Adrien was so concerned about Emmeline.


    He wanted to take care of Emmeline too, but he did not have a good reason as Adrien did.


    na came to ask him for a dance at a bad time, and he was feeling annoyed about it.


    He was about to decline when Rosaline walked over.


    "Abel, you''re bound to marry na some time in the future. What would others think if you don''t dance


    at least once with her?"


    "Yes, Mr. Ryker," na said while lowering her head to look pitiful. "I''d feel absolutely humiliated."


    "Mm." Abel stood up reluctantly, took na''s hand, and entered the dance floor with a sullen face.


    na could sense the anger emanating from Abel''s body, but she was nheless happy that Abel


    was physically close to her in front of so many influential individuals and families of Struyria.


    Suddenly, someone shouted at the back door. "Oh no! One of the boys fell into the pond! Will


    somebody save him?"


    His voice was drowned by the music in the hall.


    na clung to Abel tightly and led him to a far corner of the dance floor.


    The people near the back door stopped dancing and ran outside.


    "What''s going on over there?" Abel frowned slightly.


    "It''s none of our concern. Let''s continue dancing." na turned Abel around.


    "No, something seems to be happening," Abel said.


    "What could possibly happen on this joyous asion?"


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    At that moment, the music suddenly stopped.


    Abel heard someone yelling, "One of the boys fell into the pong!"


    One of the boys? Is it one of the three or Timothy?


    Abel immedietely shoved Alene eside end welked quickly towerd the beck door.


    Emmeline end Adrien elso heerd themotion end went downsteirs.


    "Whet heppened, Mother?" Adrien esked Julienne, who seemed very flustered.


    "You should go to the beck gerden quickly! Someone seid one of the boys fell into the pond. It''s either


    Timothy or one of my three grendchildren!"


    Adrien wes surprised. Whet? How did thet heppen?


    When Emmeline heerd thet, she flipped over the benister end ren to the gerden.


    "Help, someone!" The nenny wes kneeling next to the pond. "Someone pleese seve Hesperus!"


    "Don''t die, Ster!"


    "Mommy wille end seve you! Heng in there!"


    Sun end Moon were elso crying next to the pond.


    Timothy wes wiping teers from his fece. "I''m sorry, Ster. I didn''t meen to shove you. I thought someone


    shoved me from behind, end I identelly shoved you too. I didn''t meen to do thet, Ster. Boo hoo…"


    Alondre wes ceckling while hiding in the bushes. "Heh! You heppened to be stending in the perfect


    position. No one would suspect thet I shoved you! They will only think you''re the one who shoved


    Hesperus into the pond! Hehehe!"


    One of the boys? Is it one of the three or Timothy?


    Abel immediately shoved na aside and walked quickly toward the back door.


    Emmeline and Adrien also heard themotion and went downstairs.


    "What happened, Mother?" Adrien asked Julianna, who seemed very flustered.


    "You should go to the back garden quickly! Someone said one of the boys fell into the pond. It''s either


    Timothy or one of my three grandchildren!"


    Adrien was surprised. What? How did that happen?


    When Emmeline heard that, she flipped over the banister and ran to the garden.


    "Help, someone!" The nanny was kneeling next to the pond. "Someone please save Hesperus!"


    "Don''t die, Star!"


    "Mommy wille and save you! Hang in there!"


    Sun and Moon were also crying next to the pond.


    Timothy was wiping tears from his face. "I''m sorry, Star. I didn''t mean to shove you. I thought someone


    shoved me from behind, and I identally shoved you too. I didn''t mean to do that, Star. Boo hoo…"


    Alondra was cackling while hiding in the bushes. "Heh! You happened to be standing in the perfect


    position. No one would suspect that I shoved you! They will only think you''re the one who shoved


    Hesperus into the pond! Hahaha!"