Chapter 500

Earle was about to ask Aileen again when Eliana rushed to the kindergarten.

She specifically asked for that day off, so she could come and pick up the children.

Maurice didn’t want her to go there alone. He feared Gerald would act against her a second time, so he

asked his driver to bring her to the kindergarten.

The last thing Eliana expected was to see Earle at the kindergarten gate.

Inside the car, Eliana was about to ask the driver to stop when she suddenly spotted Earle standing by

the gate.

Damn it! Why was Earle here?

“Please hurry! Don’t stop! Leave the kindergarten!”

Eliana had no choice but to ask the driver to drive away from the kindergarten.

The black Lincoln passed by the school and drove off.

Earle looked at the car and thought that it looked like Maurice’s.

He was puzzled by what he saw and had to look again to check if he saw it correctly. If it was Maurice’s

car, why didn’t it stop?

Before he could think for long on the matter, the twins suddenly drew his attention.

“What are you looking at?” Aileen also looked into the distance curiously.

Earle shook off his thoughts and replied with a smile, “It’s nothing. I thought I saw someone I knew.

Don’t worry about it.”

The black Lincoln drove past the kindergarten and stopped by the roadside. Eliana immediately took

out her phone to contact the twins.

“Hello?”

“Mommy! Why aren’t you here yet? We’ve been waiting for so long!” Aileen grumbled.

“I’m sorry. I got stuck in a traffic jam. Could you wait a bit longer?”

Eliana had to make up an excuse to appease the twins.

“A traffic jam?” Aileen pouted. “Well, if it’s going to be a long time before you get here, I’ll stay with

Adrian, Silas, and Silas’ grandpa! We’re going to play together for a bit.”

Earle overheard her conversation and said, “Aileen, do you need me to send someone to pick up your

mother?”

Before Aileen could answer, Silas suddenly blurted out, “No!”

“Why not? What’s the matter?”

Earle looked at Silas in confusion.

If Earle went to pick Eliana up, he would find out who the twins’ mother was.

Silas explained in a hurry, “Aileen and Adrian’s mother is an ordinary person, so if you fetched her

using your fancy car, their mother would get stressed out! If we upset her, she won’t let us keep contact

with the twins.”

Earle thought it over and decided that Silas had a point. He immediately gave up the idea.

Silas breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

A moment ago, he was so worried. Eliana’s true identity was almost revealed.

“It’s okay! We can wait for our mother to pick us up.”

Aileen and Adrian stood by the gate, waiting for Eliana to pick them up.

As Earle gazed at the well-behaved twins, he suddenly recalled his argument with Maurice earlier that

day. Their conversation vexed him.

An ordinary family had obedient children like Aileen and Adrian, but he was stuck with a disappointing

grandson like Maurice.

The more Earle thought about the matter, the angrier he became. He couldn’t help but place a hand on

Aileen’s head and comment, “You’re such obedient children. But my grandson always disobeys me!”

Adrian, who had never been fond of Maurice, commented, “Just because a child is obedient doesn’t

mean that they’re good children.”

Earle retorted, “A child who knows how to listen to his elders is always good in my eyes.”

Aileen nodded in agreement and remarked, “I think Adrian is right. I have a friend named Ivy who lied

to other children because she followed her mother’s instructions. Does that make her a good child?”

“If you put it that way…” Earle was stunned for a moment.

Aileen continued, “My mother always taught us that a good child should have their own thoughts and

opinions. She told us never to give up, even though you’re having a hard time. Adults don’t always

know what’s right. Even my mother makes the wrong choices sometimes. When that happens, she

says sorry to us.”

Her words were reasonable, and Earle found no issue with them. For the first time in his life, he was

surprised and at a loss for words by something a child said.

The truth was, he knew the twins were right, but he refused to admit it. Earle was an arrogant and

stubborn man. He was reluctant to swallow his pride and admit his mistakes.