Chapter 45


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    Emily turned to the sullen-looking old man who was sitting on the sofa near the stage.


    “Right. Should we give him the prize how?”


    Louis nodded swiftly. They both opened their backpacks. After taking out a piece of paper, they walked


    over to Rowan.


    However, two meters from the sofa, Sean stopped their steps. “You can’t cross the border.”


    Seeing Sean’s fierce look, Emily furrowed her eyebrows and hid


    behind her brother’s back. However, Louis wasn’t scared at all. He dared to look up with round eyes.


    “Why did we stop here? We wanted to give Grandpa a gift,” Louis asked loudly.


    Witnessing Louis’ courage, Rowan raised an eyebrow. His eyes then fell on the paper the toddler was


    carrying. Curious, he cleared his


    throat. Sean immediately made way.


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    “Good morning, Sir.” Louis took his sister’s hand and stepped forward. “Emily and I are very grateful


    that you gave us a schrship. We are also happy we are invited to this cool event. Therefore, we


    want to give you a gift.”


    While asionally ncing at Sean, Emily came out from behind Louis’ back. “We just bought colored


    pencils. So, we decided to give you our first drawing.”


    Emily handed Rowan the paper. Her tiny hands seemed to be shaking.


    Seeing that sweet face, Rowan suddenly thought of Kara. His hatred rose. He was reluctant to take the


    paper.


    Receiving such rejection, Emily’s furrowed brows deepened. She was confused and turned to Louis as


    if asking for help.


    “Sir, my sister gave you a gift. Why don’t you want to ept it? That’s rude,” Louis said, shaking his


    head in surprise.


    “You’re the ones who are rude. Who taught you to wear sunsses when talking to an old man? This is


    indoors. You’ve made that


    mistake twice.”


    Louis’ cheeks puffed up. He never knew such a rule existed. However, after taking a deep breath, he


    took off his sses.


    “Now, do you want to ept our gift?”


    Rowan was stunned. His eyes widened seeing a figure that looked so much like little Frank. “Your eyes


    are gray?”


    Louis blinked confusedly. “Yeah, Emily’s eyes are gray too.”


    Rowan’s breathing suddenly became heavy. A strange thought


    them to you?”


    Louis shook his head quickly so that his chubby cheeks swayed.” Mommy’s eyes are amber like


    copper. So, we think that we inherited the gene from our Daddy.” He misinterpreted Rowan’s question.


    “Where is your father?”


    Louis and Emily looked at each other. Their expressions changed drastically. After cing the paper in


    Rowan’sp, Emily turned to leave. Louis puffed out his cheeks seeing his younger sister’s sadness.


    “Sir, we just wanted to give this gift to you. If you don’t like it, you can throw it away. Now excuse me.


    We have to practice our speech again.


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    After putting down the paper, Louis followed Emily. Rowan was


    amazed to see the response of the two toddlers. A momentter, his gaze fell onto the paper.


    A cool car was depicted there. Beside it, there were rockets and flying robots. A boy and a girl were


    holding hands. They were nked by two women, and near them, there was a man in a suit with


    graying hair.


    The picture Emily made was simr. It’s just that there were five people ying in the flower garden


    filled with butterflies. A stuffed lemon sat on a pile of books and a man with only his back visible


    stood under a tree.


    “What are they ying?” Rowan sighed.


    From under his furrowed brows, Rowan watched the twins. Louis seemed to beforting Emily by


    stroking her cheek. Then, with all his heart, he put sunsses on her face.


    ‘And why do they have the same eyes as Frank?’


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    After pondering for a moment, Rowan motioned for Sean toe closer. “Find out who their father is.”


    Rowan couldn’t focus during the event. Various scenarios shed through his mind. Only when the


    twins finished giving speeches did his attention turned to Kara. The toddlers just ran to her She was


    sitting in the back row of chairs.


    “Mommy, how was our speech? Were we cool?” Louis asked with flushed cheeks.


    While adjusting his bow tie, Kara smiled. “You guys are very cool. Mommy’s little angels are really


    great.”


    “But I was silent for a moment. I forgot what to say because my heart was beating so fast,” Emily said


    with pouted lips.


    “Really? Mommy didn’t notice it. You two looked so rxed. Many people took photos of you because


    you looked so stunning.”


    As her mother smoothed her hair, Emily smiled again. “Then, Mommy must show our recording to


    Grandma. Grandma will definitely be happy and proud.”


    Kara nodded. For the rest of the event, she let the twins sit on herp while chattering happily.


    After the closing, many people wanted to take photos with the twins. Kara allowed them and watched


    from a limited distance. Suddenly, a voice greeted her. “I didn’t expect a woman like you to have such


    smart children.””


    Kara turned her head. As expected, Rowan dide to her. She was sure that the old man knew


    everything.


    “Thank you, Sir. They are indeed my pride.”


    Observing Kara’s calmness in facing him, Rowan lowered an eyebrow.


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    However, before Rowan asked the question, Kara interrupted, “Mr. Harper, do you have a little time? I


    have something to talk to your about.”


    “Just talk about it,” Rowan replied as if he was indifferent.


    Kara stayed away from the crowd, but her eyes asionally watched the twins. “Now that you know


    that I am a single mother, do you still believe that your grandson will like me?”


    Rowan didn’t reply. He wondered where Kara was driving the conversation.


    “Our rtionship is not what you imagine, Sir. Your grandson is just taking advantage of this


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    misunderstanding as an opportunity to escape from the arranged marriage.


    Rowan pursed his lips tighter. Her eyes narrowed at Kara’s honesty. Why do you say that? What do


    you want?”


    reassuringly.


    Rowan held his breath. What Kara said was true, but he didn’t want to


    “Therefore, I would like to offer my help. I can get your grandson to


    obey you-do the arranged marriage.”


    Rowan’s eyes widened. Kara’s tactics were truly unexpected.


    “How much are you asking for?” he asked disdainfully.


    “Minus 720.000.”


    Rowan couldn’t hide his surprise. “Minus?”


    “Young Master forced me to agree to the deal. He sent that much money so that I couldn’t refuse. But


    didn’t need it. I tried several


    I times to transfer the money back, but the transaction always failed.”


    “You want to hand over the money to me?” Rowan asked doubtfully.


    Kara nodded. “Right. Like I said, I just need freedom. So….”


    Kara took a step forward and lowered her voice, “I will be happy to return Young Master to his fiancée


    as long as you do not harm my family and me.”