âDew is George and Haroldâs mother. We wonât be going to the Winters familyâs mansion anymore, right?â
Alden raised his gaze and asked solemnly. Adina pursed her lips. âI donât think I can face Dewâs sons and remain rational. Itâs better if we donât go there anymore.â âTheyâre Uncle Dukeâs sons.â Alden continued, âHeâs special to you, isnât he?â Adinaâs heart skipped a beat. She took a deep breath and said calmly, âHeâs not someone special to me. Heâs just my working partner, thatâs all.â Aldenâs phone started vibrating in his pocket. He wiped his hands and took out his phone. Someone had emailed him a document. [Paternity Test Report] He narrowed his eyes as he opened the email. His gaze fell on the last line of text. Although he had expected this, he was still in disbelief.
He locked his phone, raised his head, and asked, âMel has called Uncle Duke âdaddyâ. Mother, have you thought of getting together with him? With that, Mel can call him âdaddyâ for real, then.â
Adina could not believe what she had just heard. âAl, what makes you think that way?â âPerhaps, I do have some feelings toward Duke. But itâs not to the extent of hoping that my two children would call him âdaddyâ.! âAl, Iâve never thought of getting you both a stepfather.â Adina stressed, âMelody is still very young and doesnât know much about the world. She still has no idea what âdaddyâ means. I will correct her gradually.â Alden clutched his phone. âWhat if Mel and my biological father come and find us?â
Adinaâs heart sank.
âIâve hidden the matter regarding Tyson very well. In just a few hours, the news was suppressed.
Realistically, Al shouldnât have heard anything about it.
âBut with the way heâs asking me this question, he must have caught wind somewhere.â
She said resolutely, âIt doesnât matter. I donât plan to let your biological father meet either one of you.
Unless⦠You and Mel want a fatherâ¦â
âIf the children truly want to reunite with their father, thereâs⦠no way for me to stop them.â
Alden pursed his lips. âWhat ifâ¦. Duke is our father?â
Adina let out a sigh.
âBased on what he said, itâs clear that he doesnât know about Tyson.â
She walked up to him, patted his head, and said softly, âThereâs no way heâs your father. Even if he is, we wouldnât have any kind of relationship with each other.â
Aldenâs gaze turned distant. âShould I tell Mother about the report?
âBut will anything change if I tell her?
âItâll only cause her more worry.â Adina was not able to sleep well that night.
The next day, after she got off work, she fetched her children home directly and cooked dinner. They did not go to the Winters familyâs mansion.
After she was done cooking, she called a delivery service through the Internet to send her food to the Winters familyâs mansion.
âIâve promised Harold to cook dinner for him. I canât go back on my word. Iâm not a quitter.â When the rider sent the thermal lunch boxes to the Winters familyâs mansion, Harold was sitting on the swing in the courtyard, staring at the winding mountain road. The hope in his gaze gradually faded as time passed byâ¦