Chapter 417


    Selena was about to answer, but Pierre was quicker. “My ce. The kids will be living with us.”


    Oh no, John’s going to feel down about this. Hence, Selena quickly added, “We''lle over a lot, and you can visit us too if you miss the kids. Or


    give us a call and we''ll send them over to you.” She knew the elderly loved it the most when their family was around, and John loved the kids a lot, so


    Selena knew he''d want them tae back as often as possible.


    Pierre threw her a re, as if telling her to pipe down.


    "We have a lot of servants here, and the boys are used to this ce.


    “But the traffic here sucks,” Pierre retorted.


    Then, John took a deep breath and said nothing. The grudge between them both had festered for years, so it was impossible for them to resolve it in


    days. Pierre noticed his silence, so he said, “We''ll be leaving now.


    With that, he pulled Selena away, and Selena hastily added, “We''ll be back soon.” She heaved a sigh when she got out of the study. Wow, it was


    depressing there. “Why did you talk to your father like that? It’s so disrespectful,” she chided. I''d probably blow up if I were John.Property ? N?velDrama.Org.


    “He doesn''t deserve any respect.”


    Selena noticed his anger, so she shifted the topic. “Take me to your room. I''ve never seen what you were like when you were a kid.


    “Nothing to see there.”


    “But I want to!"


    Left with no other option, Pierre obliged and brought her to his room. It was a standard room without any crazy decor. Pierre lived alone after he was


    discharged from the military, so he seldom came back, but the servants would still clean his room.


    Selena noticed a photo of a young


    child standing with someone else at


    the bedside wwhen she came in.


    Walking toward it, she then picked it


    ~~


    up and noticed it was a four- year-old


    boy witha gorgeousdy in it. The


    moment she saw it, she knew-the


    boy.was Pierre. Oh, he’s beet


    handsome since he was &child, and


    he was beaming. It’s such a pretty


    smile. It was an innocent smile, of


    course, for Pierre hadn''t faced any


    darkness then.


    “You''ve been handsome since you


    were a kid.” Selena touched the face


    of the boyirt the photo, andshe ??


    looked at’the woman. “She looks.


    familiag Indeed, the woman was


    gorgedus and graceful, and Selena


    would have approached heeif she


    c6uld, but s, it was justa photo.


    Hastily, Pierressnatched the photo


    from her andced it back on the


    bedside. He''stil ooked inscrutablex


    obviously refusing to talk about the


    photo-Hence, Selena knew the->


    wongan in the photo was his Another,


    and-she was curious abouther, for


    Piérre never talked abouthis mother.


    His mother had passed away years ago, apparently from a disease, ording to the media. After that, John married Helen, who had since stayed


    with him.


    Still looking rather downcast, Pierre went to the windowside and tried to smoke, but there was no lighter. Selena noticed one on the bedside, so she


    went to light Pierre''s cigarette up herself.


    Meanwhile, Pierre looked at her from the corner of his eyes. “Just this one.” He sounded almost like he was pleading. for he knew Selena disliked it


    when he smoked, especially in front of the children, for she cared a lot about them.


    Selena was delighted that Pierre relented for her, since that told her that he cared about her.