Chapter 1706


    Chapter 1706


    Ellinor peered into La’s snack bag, only to find a few crumbs remaining.


    Meanwhile, Adrian was rolling around on the floor, ying with his toys like a wild child. His grubby


    hands would asionally rummage through the snack bag every now and then to stuff his face, only to


    return to his y immediately after.


    Adrian’s eating habits were far from appealing, and even the thought of Baber eating the leftovers was


    unptable to Ellinor.


    So, she chose not to ask Adrian to share; instead, she gently patted Baber’s head, telling him he would


    get his shareter. “Be a good boy, Baber. Mommy will buy you more snackster.”


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    Baber obediently nodded, not causing any fuss.


    Ellinor’s attention was drawn away by the alert of a message on her phone. She left her children to y


    and walked over to check her phone.


    It was an encrypted message that required her technical expertise to decipher.


    Ellinor, proficient in decryption, sat on the edge of the bed, typing various codes into her phone.


    Several minutester, she finally decoded the message. It was from Marcus, a nd statement that


    read, “Made it home yet?”


    Ellinor snorted as a faint smile crept onto her face. She responded with an equally encrypted message.


    “Yes. I’m with the kids.”


    He replied back in no time. “Had a tough day. I’ll make it up to you when I get back.”


    After looking at this message, Ellinor had a hunch it didn’t mean exactly what it seemed.


    She thought for a moment before replying, “No need. Just take care of the kids. That would be the best


    way to repay me.”


    His reply was swift. “It’s not the same. You’re you, and the kids are the kids. I must properly repay you,


    my dear wife.”


    Ellinor felt her heart skip a beat as she read the words “my dear wife.”


    It had been a long, long time since she had seen this man’s cheesy and flirtatious side. After being


    caught off guard by his romantic antics, she felt a little


    dazed.


    Blushing, she tossed her phone aside, no longer paying him any


    attention.


    They couldn’t chat too much. He was still with Sophia, and too much online chatting could raise


    suspicions.


    She was at a crucial juncture and couldn’t risk ruining everything.


    She looked up after putting down her phone, only to realize that one of her children was missing.


    Only La and Adrian were left ying.


    But Baber was gone.


    Ellinor stood up and asked, “La, where’s Baber?”


    “When you were giggling at your phone, Baber said he was going to the study to read and left.”


    Baber left?


    Ellinor retrieved a coat from the closet, put it on, and left the house. Before leaving, she reminded her


    son and daughter to behave themselves and not fight.


    Adrian was engrossed in his toys and had no interest in bickering with his sister, so he readily agreed.


    Ellinor summoned two maids to watch the kids before she drove away.


    Baber, who was in the study, heard Ellinor’s instructions to the maids before she left. He thought about


    how nobody hade to look for him when he went out to retrieve his kite earlier and couldn’t help but


    feel a little down.


    He was leaning on the study table while reading aic book, but his mind was swirling with the words


    the balloon vendor had told him.


    He was an adopted child with no im to inheritance in this family and wasn’t an important figure. He


    was basically just for show. He shouldn’tpete for attention with his siblings.