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Knowing the strained history between the ladies, Gerald glared at Wanda and lectured her. “Nicole and her kids just arrived, so there is no need for you to be so sarcastic. Get along well with her, would you?!”




“Who is the kids, Mom?” Amelia showed up on the stairs and became curious when she saw her father with three children in his arms.




“Watch your mouth! This is your nephews whom your sister gave birth to when she was living abroad,” Wanda answered unhappily.




Amelia's eyes were instantly left wide open.




 “What?!” She then walked down the stairs and closer to Nicole. “Why didn’t you let us know about your children? What’s wrong? They can’t be seen?”




“How could you say something like that, Amelia? The children is part of our family now, so I want you to take back your words.” Gerald Chapman unhappily glared at the lady.




 Wanda Russell noticed her husband’s reaction and immediately harbored a greater grudge toward Nicole, finding it hard to believe that his attitude toward Amelia changed so much just because of her triplets.




“D-Dad, I’m just showing my… concern for her!” Amelia bitterly stood up for herself.




“Come here. I’ll take you to the garden for a walk.” Gerald Chapman wanted to bond with the triplets.




As soon as Gerald left with the kids, Amelia approached Nicole with a glacial smile. “You had an affair with some married man and gave birth to that illegitimate children, didn’t you?!”




While Nicole's eyes were filled with hatred, she could never forget what Amelia and Katya Young did to her back then. For that, she told herself that she would never forgive both of them because of what they did to her.




 “My business is none of yours,” Nicole coldly replied.




For some reason, Amelia started to think that Nicole had become prettier as the latter gave off a more dominating aura now, compared to who she was five years ago.




 In that instant, she began to feel even more jealous of Nicole's beauty. She thought there would be no one else in her way after the former left the Chapman Family, only to be surprised by her fair skin, curvy figure, and calm demeanor when they met again. Man, she doesn’t even look like she’s given birth before.




“Nicole, I don’t know what you’re up to coming back here, but I warn you—forget about whatever silly idea you have in your mind. This family has nothing to do with you at all.” Wanda Russell threatened her.




Nicole glacially chuckled and asked, “Why not? When my father first built his company, my grandparents invested in it too, but you both had the cheek to take everything without doing anything.”




“You…”




“Know your place, Nicole. I drove you away from the Chapman Family five years ago, and I can always do the same thing again.” Amelia

 tried to intimidate Nicole.




“My father is the only person I ever came back to this family for, which has nothing to do with you both at all. Furthermore, my dad can do whatever he wants with his inheritance, which is, again, none of your concern.” Nicole refuted Amelia and Wanda Russell, ridiculing both of them.




"Speaking of that, don't you ever think that

you're going to get a bigger share of the

inheritance with your three kids." Wanda Russell gritted her teeth.




“My father is still alive and has a long way to go in his life, but you both won’t stop talking about his inheritance. Do you want him gone so badly? If that’s the case, I’m going to make sure he lives a long life so that you both can forget about inheriting his fortune.” Nicole gave a cold reply, knowing that Amelia and Wanda Russell only loved her father’s money instead of the man himself.




“You…” Wanda was rendered speechless but immediately talked back to save herself from the embarrassment. “He is my husband, so of course I want him to live long.”




Amelia quickly defended her mother. “What’re you talking about, Nicole?! My mom loves my father.”




Nonetheless, Nicole reached for her phone and sat on the couch, refusing to entertain the mother and daughter. Soon, the maid proceeded to serve the dishes while Gerald Chapman told her to prepare three more dishes that were not spicy for his grandchildren. 




Seeing that, Wanda and Amelia were steaming because they could tell from Gerald’ eyes that Nicole was beginning to regain his favor with her three kids.




“What’s your occupation, Nicole?” Gerald asked curiously during the meal.




I studied jewelry design when I was living

abroad, and I'm now a designer at

Bourgeois.".




“Not bad. Bourgeois is quite a big name.” Gerald complimented Nicole.




"I'm looking for a job too, Dad! I'm currently interviewing as an auto salon model." Amelia desperately introduced her job to her father.




“What kind of job is that? You’d better quit before you embarrass me.” Gerald Chapman shot a gaze at Amelia, giving her a stern gaze.




“Hubby, Amelia is just having fun while exploring the opportunities around her. I’m sure she’ll come to your company in the future.” Wanda immediately stood up for her daughter.




“Hmph! What can she do in my company? A receptionist?” Gerald grunted coldly.




On the other hand, Amelia harbored a strong grudge toward Nicole, blaming her for indirectly exposing her shortcomings.




“Grandpa, my mom is an impressive designer. She even took part in the International Jewelry Design Competition,” Little Elis happily said.




The child’s words put a smile on Gerald Chapman’ face. “Really? That’s awesome! Elis, I’m going to get you a present later in the afternoon, so just tell me what you want. Alright?”




“Sure, thank you, Grandpa!” The little girl politely expressed his gratitude.




While Nicole was glad that her father was so fond of little Elis despite her surprise, Wanda and Amelia were growing more and more annoyed with the child’s presence, deeming him a scheming little girl they should be wary about, in spite of her young age.




After dinner, Gerald took them to the nearest shopping mall, where he bought his grandson some expensive presents, including robot toys and Lego. Although they cost thousands, he didn’t hesitate to pay for them at all.




“That’s enough, Dad. Don’t spoil them.” Nicole quickly tried to stop her father.







"Alright. Alright, that's all for today. I'1l buy

him something else again in a few more

days." Gerald still felt an urge to show his

good faith...




“It’s okay, Grandpa. I don’t need any more toys because I already have plenty of them.” The child gave a mature reply, which grew on Gerald more as the latter caressed the child’s head.




When they were done with their shopping, Gerald gave his daughter andgrandson a ride back to their apartment. The moment he saw the building, he began to think that it was time for him to make it up to Nicole since his company had made him quite a fortune over the past few years.




After seeing her father off, Nicole wrapped her arms around Elis. “Elis, your grandfather seems to like you a lot.”




“I like him too.” Elis happily said while pouting at the same time. “Mommy, can you tell me where Daddy is?”




Nicole paused in the face of the inevitable question that she knew Elis would ask. She then gazed at her in a serious manner and said, “I don’t know where he is, Elis. In fact, we may never see him again, but anyway, I promise I’ll be by your side. I love you, Darling!”




Elis nodded and held his Lego up in the

air. "Alright then, I'm going to play now!".




“Go ahead!” Nicole nodded, watching her daughter unwrapping her new toys while losing herself in her thoughts. 




Deep down, she knew it wasn’t hard to find her kid's father at all because she was sure that Amelia and Katya had the answer to that. After all, she believed that they tricked her into sleeping with a gigolo, but because of that, she vowed never to let her son know about his father’s embarrassing profession.

It’s alright. I love Jared, and that’s enough for both of us.




 Now that my dad likes him too, I suppose there is nothing else that can make my life even happier than how things are at this point.