Chapter 212 Getting Jessica Pregnant with the Harriman Family's Great-Grandchild
Chapter 212 Getting Jessica Pregnant with the Harriman Family's Great-Grandchild
The string of emojis sent by Danielle clearly showed that the little kid started chatting with Gabriel whenever she had free time after kindergarten.
Gabriel didn't have much time to chat with Danielle continuously, but he didn't set Danielle's WhatsApp to Do Not Disturb either.
This meant that while Gabriel was discussing business with the Xyleria leaders at the resort, his phone vibrated several times in his pocket. Others might have thought Gabriel was dealing with urgent matters being put aside, but who would have guessed that it was a four-year-old girl bombarding him with a series of emojis.
"Don't you know how to set Do Not Disturb?"
After all, Gabriel hadn't even changed his WhatsApp profile picture yet, probably because he didn't know how to do it. Last time, she sent him those tutorials, but he probably didn't have time to look at them.
"No need for Do Not Disturb."
"Doesn't it bother you when a kid sends you so many emoji messages?"
"She only sends them to say hi after school or a goodnight voice message before bed."
Jessica scrutinized the messages again and noticed that although Danielle couldn't type, she used those cute and funny emojis to express her feelings at kindergarten every day. For example, if she was happy today, she would send many happy emojis; if she was unhappy, she would send a few sad crying emojis, as if silently sharing her thoughts with Gabriel.
It was then that Jessica realized that although she took good care of Danielle, Gabriel had something she could never provide—a solid, dependable presence that made people want to rely on him, a longing for a father figure that led to this excessive dependence.
Jessica thought for a moment and looked at Gabriel's default profile picture, saying, "Do you still don't know how to change your WhatsApp profile picture? Let me help you change it."
Gabriel glanced at her but didn't refuse.
Jessica opened his phone's photo album to find a suitable picture for the profile, but his album was empty—not a single photo, not even a landscape shot.
She suddenly raised the phone towards Gabriel. "How about a selfie?"
Gabriel didn't move much, just gave her a lukewarm glance.
Clearly uncooperative.
In this era, a man who uses his own photo as a profile picture was either overly narcissistic or overly insecure. Either way, it didn't suit someone as low-key and aloof as Gabriel.
Jessica instantly gave up on taking his photo. She had intended to open the browser to download a nice picture but caught sight of the moonlight outside the window.
Tonight was a full moon, with a pitch-black sky devoid of stars, only the bright full moon hanging high, exceptionally beautiful.
She stood up and walked to the window, took a picture of the moon in the night sky. Shewas very satisfied with it. She immediately set it as Gabriel's WhatsApp profile picture.
It was late at night in Xyleria, Nicholas had been playing games of Go with Michael, and when he lay down in his room, his mind was filled with Michael's strategies on the board. It was hard to imagine Gabriel being forced to learn Go from Michael since he was around five or six years old.
According to the butler Fred, Gabriel could beat Michael when he was ten, leaving Michael with no moves to make. Michael, who had a deep love for Go and rarely met his match over the years, ended up losing to the ten-year-old Gabriel.
Nicholas wasn't good at it. As he lay there, every blink was haunted by those black and white pieces, shadowed by his grandfather's specter, leaving him unable to sleep.
He picked up his phone to ask Gabriel when he would return to Xyleria. However, when he opened Gabriel's name on WhatsApp, he was shocked to see that Gabriel had actually changed his profile picture .
Nicholas was extremely bored, staring at the seemingly ordinary profile picture of the full moon in the night sky for a long time.
He zoomed in and out, and after adjusting the screen brightness to the maximum, he vaguely saw some outlines. It seemed like the photo was taken through a window, capturing the night sky and the moon, but the window also reflected the silhouette of a woman holding a phone.
Even though the phone covered half of Jessica's face, Nicholas still recognized her.
Jessica could be terrifyingly meticulous, but when she was careless, it was quite exaggerated.
But he didn't believe Gabriel hadn't noticed.
If someone were to carefully examine this profile picture, wouldn't they notice the woman?
He knew Gabriel was reserved, but he didn't expect him to be so reserved!
Nicholas sent a WhatsApp message.
Nicholas: [ Nice profile picture.]
Gabriel replied ten minutes later: [Indeed, it is.]
Nicholas: [When are you coming back to Xyleria? Michael caught a cold recently, and when he's sick, he gets very clingy, making me play Go with him. It's torture!]
Gabriel: [A cold?]
Nicholas: [Yeah, hefell asleep listening to music in the yard and caught a chill. It's not too serious.]
Gabriel: [Got it.]
Nicholas: [What do you mean by 'got it'? When are you coming back?]
Gabriel: [Not sure, plans keep changing.]
Nicholas felt a surge of frustration and sent a voice message. "You're just going to leave me alone to be tortured by Michael? Fine, just wait. I'll go tell Grandpa somthing about you. If you come back from Sunshine Bay City without getting Jessica pregnant with the Harriman family's great-grandchild, you don't need to come back at all!"
Nicholas, feeling he had nothing to lose, couldn't stand the thought of Gabriel enjoying himself while he suffered at home.
Nicholas went straight to Michael, showing him Gabriel's WhatsApp profile picture and talking about Gabriel's recent activities. He exaggerated and provocatively said, "Look, Gabriel and Jessica are both in Sunshine Bay City. If Jessica is still not pregnant by the time they return, you should send Gabriel to the hospital to check if he has any issues!"
Michael whacked him on the leg with his cane. "You're the one with issues!"
Nicholas, agile as ever, jumped away, dodging Michael's cane while shouting, "I'm just thinking about your great-grandchild, worrying for you!"
"You useless brat, always causing trouble for Gabriel!"
Nicholas eventually got hit on the calf by the cane, yelping in pain as he hobbled out of Michael's room.
Jessica wasn't really that careless, especially when it came to Gabriel. She was always very attentive.
Before bed, she opened Gabriel's WhatsApp profile picture again to admire her photography skills and quickly noticed the issue in the photo.
She hurriedly downloaded a bunch of various beautiful pictures online, from landscapes to animals and even beautiful women, and also a bunch of cool and unique images, sending them to him a collection.
Jessica: [I suddenly think the photo I took isn't so great. What about choosing one of these pictures]
Gabriel, just coming out of the bathroom, saw the message and decisively replied.
Gabriel: [No.]
Jessica was speechless.
