Chapter 1548


    The moment Thssa heard it, her nerves instantly tensed up. Could it be that Hertha wasing with the kids?


    If ric found out, it would be dangerous.


    Thssa quickly said, "You must be hearing things, none of us heard anything.”


    "Really? I swear I heard it clear as day," ric said. He then stood up and walked towards the exit.


    No particr reason, just wanted to check if he was really hallucinating.


    Could it be his obsession with Hertha had him hearing things?


    He couldn''t be that far gone, could he?


    Seeing ric heading out, Thssa was about to stop him. but it was toote. He reached the door and leaned out to look.


    Thssa''s breath tightened, worried that it really was Hertha.


    At that moment, ric saw the street outside was empty, not a soul in sight.


    Looks like he really was hallucinating.


    ric shook his head slightly and returned to the diner.


    Two minutester, Hertha poked her head out from behind a wall. peeping towards the restaurant''s entrance. Not seeing ric, she breathed a sigh


    of relief.


    She had just overheard ric’s words, scaring her into dragging her kids and parents to hide behind the diner''s wall.


    Thankfully, they hid in time, and ric didn''te any closer. Just one more step, and she and the kids would have been exposed.


    Hertha snapped back to reality, facing her parents’ puzzled, questioning looks.


    She couldn''t exin everything ina


    few words, om she kept it brief, "Dad,


    Mom, these’ are my twins, a boy


    named J Julian and a girlnamed.


    Helena Julian, Helena, say hi te:


    Grandpa Ashton and Grandma


    Kimberly.


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    "Grandpa, Grandma.”


    "Grandpa, Grandma.”


    Julian and Helena obediently tilted their little heads, their voices soft and sweet, calling out to Ashton and Kimberly.


    The sweetness in their voices immediately melted Kimberly''s heart, who loved children to bits.


    "Oh, what good kids. so well-behaved," Kimberly immediately responded warmly to the little ones.N?velDrama.Org owns all ? content.


    Ashton also looked at the two cherubs with a face full of kindness.


    "Mommy, what does Grandpa and Grandma mean?” Helena suddenly asked, tilting her head in curiosity.


    Hertha wastaken aback, not quite ~


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    organizing her thoughts to answer


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    Kimberly, with a face full of affection, told Helena in her arms, "Grandpa is your mommy''s daddy, and Grandma is your mommy''s mommy.”


    Helena nodded in understanding, then asked another unexpectedly profound question.


    "Why does mommy have a daddy, and me and brother don''t have one?" Helena''s beautiful eyes looked up at Kimberly, filled with innocent curiosity.


    Kimberly''s smile froze for a moment as she realized the gravity of the question. She then turned a serious gaze towards Hertha.


    Ashton’s gaze also turned stern, looking at her.


    Feeling uneasy under her parents’


    scrutinizing gaze, Hertha awkwardly


    chuckled and hurriedly confessed —


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