Chapter 2149

Lana loved having both her parents join school events with her. That way, she would not feel lonely anymore, and none of the other kids would ask her things like, “Why isn’t your father here? Do you not have a father?”

After taking the children back home, Jared and Nicole prepared themselves to head to their office.

“Bad news, Mr. Johnston,” Max said while they were on the road. “Pictures of you, Mrs. Johnston, and the kids in the event were posted online. It went viral almost instantly, and more people are clicking on the post with each passing second.”

“How?!” Nicole’s face blanched. ‘The kids cannot be exposed. They’ll be in danger!’

“Shut it all down.” Jared’s gaze turned cold.

“I’ve sent people to take care of it, but a lot of people have stumbled upon those pictures already. I’m worried that more people might find out about you,” Max said in concern.

After all, both Jared and Nicole wanted to keep the identities of their children a secret.

Now that it had been exposed and had gotten viral, people who had ill intentions toward Nicole and Jared-especially since the Riddle family had been plagued with endless infighting for a while now-might seize this opportunity to give them hell.

The air in the car was tense, and everyone was stressed out.

“No, we should clear this up publicly.” Nicole frowned, her tone low and icy.

People would naturally be making wild assumptions the instant they saw the pictures, but if Nicole and Jared were to shut the post down without offering any explanations, it might only fuel the public’s suspicions.

Jared looked at her. “What do you have in mind?”

Nicole drew a deep breath and said through gritted teeth,” We can only say that we’re about to sponsor the preschools, and that we’ve been invited to join the event today.”

“Good idea,” Max said. ‘That way, the public will not gossip about this anymore.’

Jared frowned when he heard this.

He knew what Nicole was trying to do, but he still asked,” Are you sure?”

“Yeah.” Nicole nodded.

She was well aware that she had to be more careful with Nolan and Lana after this incident. She would even have to avoid showing up with them in public, so no one could take pictures of them together anymore.

“What are you going to do with Lana and Nolan?” Jared asked softly when he knew that Nicole had already made her decision.

Since they could not take Nolan and Lana to and from school now, they had to get someone reliable and trustworthy enough to do it for them. Otherwise, they would be worried.

Nicole paused before saying, “It’s probably not okay to get my parents to do it. If they ever get seen with the kids, more gossip will follow. As for the others…”

However, Nicole did not have anyone in mind for now, so she continued, ‘Til think about it. About the explanation though, I think we should do it personally.”

“Sure.” Jared nodded as he thought that this was the best way to resolve the issue.

He then turned to Max and ordered, “Have it arranged.”

“Yes. Don’t worry, Mr. Johnston,” Max replied respectfully.

“Also, don’t forget to investigate the reason behind this entire ordeal.” Jared’s eyes became frosty.

He had already ordered Max to take care of this event, so there were few people who did know about him attending the event. Thus, it puzzled him as to who had taken those pictures.

“Of course.” Max’s gaze darkened. ‘This entire thing does seem suspicious.’