Chapter 278


    Chapter 278


    The moment he brought up Felix''s Vi, I suddenly understood that he wanted to leave the two children


    in my parents'' care. I felt a little reluctant about this.


    He noticed the look of worry on my face and patiently exined, "Even if we take the children with us,


    only the nanny will have time to take care of them. It''ll be better to send them back to the vi. After all,


    your parents are lonely, and they have time to raise the children. They''d be happy to have their


    grandchildren around them too."


    I had hesitation written all over my face as Shawn stooped to meet my eyes. His voice was gentle as


    he proposed, "Babe, how about we settle down in Bryxton? That way, you can go back home every day


    to spend time with them as soon as you''re free, and it won''t be any different from raising the children


    yourself."


    Settling down in Bryxton… But Shawn prefers Find. Still, he was willing to settle down in Bryxton for


    me. Besides, he had a good point. Neither of us had much time to take care of our children, so it was


    most fitting to leave them in the care of my parents. Moreover, they would be right under our noses,


    and we could take them home at night and take care of them ourselves, so the offer would give us the


    best of both worlds.


    Shawn was as gentle as amb when he suggested this, so I naively thought he was doing it for my


    sake, but I learned a long timeter that because I had been cing all my attention on the children for


    the past two days, he felt a twinge of dissent in his heart and decided that it wasn''t appropriate to keep


    the children around. Hence, he lowered his tone while gently and painstakingly persuading me to send


    the two children to Felix''s Vi, not wanting his share of love to be split up too much by the two


    children. At the very least, he wouldn''t bepletely ignored as he had been for the past two days.


    "All right. I''ll spend two more days with them before I send them to my parents. They''ll be happy to


    have two grandchildren at once."


    Shawn''s lips curled into a smile. "Okay. I''ll keep youpany."


    For the next two days, we stayed at Brimstone Mountain, then took the two children back down the


    mountain to Bryxton and arrived at Felix''s Vi not long after. My mother covered her mouth in shock


    when she saw the two children cradled in Shawn and Joseph''s arms, her eyes instantly flooding with


    tears.


    "Ree, are they my grandchildren?" Her voice was particrly cautious as she asked this question.


    I smiled and replied, "Yeah. I''ll exin things to you inside the house."


    After entering the vi, I told them everything about Nichs taking the children away, and my mother


    immediately had a change of heart about him. "I thought he was a good boy, and I thought it was a pity


    that you had divorced, but I didn''t expect him to be so cruel! What is he thinking when he took a


    mother''s child away?"


    At my mother''s words, my father frowned and said, "How is it a pity that they divorced? What are you


    saying in front of your future son-inw?"


    Coming to a realization, my mother hurriedly apologized, "I''m sorry."


    Shawn nodded and said politely, "It''s all right."


    He didn''t mind at all as he was clear that my mother didn''t harbor any ill intentions.


    We left the two children at Felix''s Vi, and before we departed, I instructed my mother, "The nanny


    has been taking care of the children, so you can ask her if you have any questions. I''lle back to


    visit you tomorrow during the day."


    My mother smiled happily and said, "Okay. You two can go ahead. Your dad and I will take good care of


    the babies, so don''t worry."


    I looked at the children and reluctantly left for Eldham with Shawn. Once we arrived, he went about his


    business while I returned to the Xenos'' Residence to deal with the affairs of the past two days. As I had


    taken over the Xenos Family, I had to personally handle the internal affairs and could no longer


    carelessly leave things to my assistant like before.


    It was raining at night. Shawn gave me a call and asked in a deep voice, "Are you at the office?"


    "Yeah, I''m waiting for you."


    He asked gently, "Are you tired?"


    "No, I''m just a little worn out thinking about traveling between Eldham and Bryxton every day from now


    on. I''m worried I won''tst long."


    Some things were easier said than done—for example, settling down in Bryxton when the Xenos


    Family''s headquarters were in Eldham. In addition, Shawn''s base of operations was in Europe.


    "Have Anthony send someone directly to you to bring you to Eldham whenever somethinges up.


    Eldham is just a few hours away from Bryxton, so it''s not too tedious to make a trip back and forth


    every day. If there''s an emergency, you can rush back to Eldham. You have me at your back if that isn''t


    enough."


    After a pause, Shawn''s gentle voice sounded. "Ray, the Xenos Family has a self-imposed survival


    mode. You should try to set it loose while being in control of the whole situation."


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    I asked curiously, "How do I set it loose?"


    Once, Shawn was in control of the Xenos Family while alsomanding power in Europe. Although it


    was on arge scale, he handled it with ease and was often on the move, rarely meddling in the affairs


    of the Xenos Family. Kevin had said that he liked living life in the fastne.


    "Be a good girl. I''ll tell you more about the Xenos Family when Ie hometer."


    Now, Shawn was able to say these things to me without any hesitation. He was always so flirtatious


    even when he wasn''t present.


    "Okay. Where are you?" I asked.


    "On the way to pick you up and take you to Bryxtonter."


    I hung up the phone and stared at the rainy night outside through the window. It was a beautiful sight,


    or it might be due to my good mood that everything seemed pleasant to the eyes at the moment.


    I turned around and left my office to look for Anthony, who was dealing with some work in his seat.


    When he saw me arriving, he hurriedly arose and greeted me, while I asked him with a smile, "What


    are you busy with?"


    "Some errands from thepany," he replied.


    I ryed Shawn''s words to him, and he pondered for a moment before agreeing. "It should be possible,


    but the Xenos Family has a branch office in Bryxton, so if you want to stay there, I can send Gary over


    so that you''ll have someone by your side to call on. However, I suggest that you return to the Xenos''


    Residence once every week. Back when Mr. Xenos was in charge of the family, despite not being


    involved in everything in his family, he alwayses back to thepany every once in a while, to


    make an appearance. On one hand, this is to intimidate his subordinates, and on the other hand, he


    could handle all of the family''s major affairs together. It''s a good way to manage the family."


    To manage things using such methods, the family had to be powerful in the first ce, or they couldn''t


    afford to be so capricious. Ultimately, it was due to the Xenos Family''s own capabilities that allowed me


    to be as free as I was now.


    I agreed. "Yeah, let''s go with that."


    "Miss, there''s one more thing I have to report to you."


    Hearing that, I asked dubiously, "What is it?"


    "We received an invitation from the royal family in France."


    "What invitation?"


    I had a feeling that things were not as simple as they seemed.


    "You''re invited to the Duke''s funeral."


    As the invitation to the funeral was sent directly to the Xenos Family in such a formal manner, it was


    clear that they were pressuring me to attend.