Chapter 996
Grace felt her heart pounding in her chest while she stared at Maria in disbelief.
"Mrs. Smith?" Miss Hond noticed that something was a little off with Grace, so she asked loudly, "Are you okay?”
Even Maria was shocked by the way Grace stared at her with her eyes wide open.
"Aunty?" Maria asked timidly.
Grace finally regained her senses and said, "Oh, excuse me. Maria, | wanted to invite you over to my houseter. Would you like
toe?"
Maria looked surprised at first and then looked towards Miss Hond nicely, as if to seek her opinion. It looked like she was the
kind of child who always listened to what the adults said instead of making her own decisions directly.
Miss Hond smiled and said, "Maria, this Aunty here is really sincere about inviting you over to join her children, Little Gary and
Ernest, among others. Whether or not you would like to go over, you can just let her know."
Grace nodded and added, "Yeah, you can let me know if you would like toe over, or if you wouldn''t want to. Whatever it is,
it''s alright as you have the freedom to choose. We''ll respect your decision no matter what."
Maria hesitated for a moment before saying, "| have to ask for my mommy''s permission first.”
“Okay, Maria," Grace nodded. "Then let Miss Hond call and ask for you, okay?"
"Okay," she nodded.
Miss Hond went ahead to give Maria''s mother a phone call.
“Mrs. Attwood, Little Gary and Ernest''s mother would like to invite Maria over to their house this afternoon. Is that okay with
you?"
It''s unknown what Mrs. Attwood said on the other end, but Miss Hond answered, "Perhaps Little Gary''s driver could send her
back afterwards. Mrs. Smith, would that be fine?"
“Of course," Grace nodded immediately. "We''ll be in charge of sending the children home."
“Okay, it''s a deal then. Well keep in contact after school."
After Miss Hond ended the phone call, she spoke to Grace, "Maria''s mother said that she has to work overtimeter, so please
send Maria overter and give her a call after the gathering has ended. Here''s her phone number."
"Sure," Grace recorded her number down immediately. "Other students are wee to join as well. Miss Hond, can you help
to find out who else Little Gary and Ernest would like to invite? Whoever they n to invite, please liaise and coordinate with
their parents as well, as Heinz will be able to arrange for transportation."
“Okay, no problem."
Grace chatted with Miss Hond a little while more before she finally left the kindergarten.
She was deep in her thoughts as soon as she got in the car.
Maria looked really simr to her cousin, Zachary.
Hence, the whole time she couldn''t help but wonder if that child was rted to her cousin in any way at all.
Heinz was curious over the way Grace looked to be so deep in her own world, so he asked, "What''s wrong? You look really
preupied. Is Little Gary still misbehaving in there?"All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org.
She immediately shook her head in response and said, "No, it''s just that | encountered something, but we''ll talk about itter at
night. Also, do ask our housekeeper to go purchase some ingredients for the feast tonight. Make sure that the ingredients are
fresh so that the children''s stomach won''t be upset. Oh, I''m not sure how many children wille for the night, but | managed to
invite Maria over."
"What else did you want to say just now?" He had a gut feeling that she was hiding something from him, considering how she
looked so preupied after she left the kindergarten. The more she tried to hide, the more he felt concerned. "Why don''t you
just share with me? Perhaps | can help to point out a thing or two and figure out what''s going on."
Grace turned to look at him and sighed. "You look so curious about it as well. Fine, I''ll share it with you then."
"Yeah, don''t worry about sharing it with me." he felt that as her husband, he was obliged to help her deal with everything.
She paused for a while before saying, "I realized that Maria looked really simr to my cousin, Zachary."
"What?" He raised his eyebrows and looked a little doubtful. "You mean that girl looks like Zachary?"
She nodded seriously, "Yeah, in fact, they look really simr to one another especially upon closer inspection when | got near
her. She looked really beautiful and cute, probably because she inherited her parents’ best genes. | also felt a really strong
affability with her and took a liking the moment | first saw her. Moreover, she''s aged 5 andes from a single parent family.
Coincidentally, my cousin went to the United States to further his studies 6 years ago. Now that she just transferred over recently,
| can''t help but wonder if she''s rted to him in some way."
"Why don''t you ask Zachary about it then?" Heinz said, "We''re close to him, anyway."
"Maybe it''s because | got pregnant
before marrying, that''s why | thought
that the same might ha pen tao!
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overthinking after all," Grace
hesitated before saying, "It''ll also be
too abrupt for us to contact my
cousin directly. We can''t just do
things so hastily." Please read the
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He nodded, "If they really look so simr, your doubts sound valid as well. Also, | do agree that we shouldn''t tell Zachary about it
yet, but what if we invite him over tonight?"
“Right, that means we can observe whether the both of them look alike to one another right? | agree with your n,” she
responded.
"Okay," he got ready to call Zachary.
"So I''ll invite him over for dinner
tonight and well observe the
simrities between tay argOll!
ot thdir DNA to confirm
it. Let''s keep this a secret before we
can confirm anything." "Yeah, that
sounds good," Grace agreed with
Heinz. "We have to do things
maturely instead of going about it so
hastily. This is a serious matter after
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"| know!" He called Zachary who answered quickly, "Zachary, are you free tonight?”
"What''s up?" He asked.
"If you''re free tonight, maybe you
coulde over to my house mM
tonight. The thing}sy eittte onfand
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over for dinnerter, so | thought of
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"They''re all kids. It''ll be weird for me to join," Zacharyughed about it. "I think I''ll sit this one out. Enjoy yourselves though."
"Ohe on, don''t say that," Heinz answered immediately. "Wouldn''t you want toe and see a bunch of cute children? Who
knows if that might pique your interest to get married as well!"
"Come on, what do you mean by cute? What''s so cute about Little Gary who''s always so rude to you?" Zachary teased him,
“Let''s get straight to the point, what''s your hidden motive behind?"
"What do you mean by hidden motive?" Heinz was shocked, "Don''t you think you''re being a little too sensitive?"