Chapter 1701

It was obvious that Zachary had been nice to the children. Kids are simple and innocent beings. The girls could see who was genuinely nice to them. Some people could fake being nice for a while, but it wasn’t easy to fake being nice for three months. That was especially the case for Zachary. He was a proud man, so he wouldn’t spend time pretending to be nice.

That was why they knew their uncle was truly nice to them, and they were happy to hang out with Zachary.

“Mommy, Mommy, you have to help Uncle Zachary.” Alpha held Francesca’s hand, and she pleaded, “Uncle Zachary’s ill. Aunt Charlotte and their kids are really worried about him. We’re worried about him too.”

“Yeah, Mommy. You have to help Uncle Zachary.” Beta tilted her head, and she sounded like she was in a hurry.

“Once Uncle Zachary is all better, he can take us to the vineyard again, and he can teach us all about horseback riding. Oh, and he can play a lot of fun games with us too.”

“Yeah, yeah!” Gamma nodded too. She added, “Uncle Zachary is super nice to us.”

Francesca was surprised that her kids would be so adamant in asking her to help Zachary out. She only stepped in back then because Zachary was nice to the kids, and now she knew she didn’t make the wrong choice. But now’s not the time to be grateful to him. Now it’s the time to bust myself out of this place.

Francesca pretended to look all sad, and she tried her best to tear up.

“I want to help your Uncle Zachary too, but…” She looked up at Danrique fearfully. “But your daddy won’t let me!”

she said, her voice trembling with terror.

Danrique frowned, but before he could do anything about it, the girls charged at him. They held his leg and punched him as hard as they could.

“You’re a villain, Daddy! You’re a big meanie!”

“Why did you do that, Daddy? Uncle Zachary’s so nice to us! Why’d you stop Mommy from saving him?”

“Can you stop this, Daddy? If you won’t stop this, we’ll be going back with Uncle Zachary and stop talking to you for good! And Mommy’s coming as well!” Gamma put her hands on her hips angrily.

Francesca’s eyes lit up. Nice one, Gamma! She stood up and feigned anger.

“That’s right! Gratitude is a virtue! Uncle Zachary’s been so nice to you, and now that he’s in trouble, we can’t just stand by and watch!” She took the kids and went up to Zachary.

“We’re leaving with your Uncle Zachary right now, kids!”

“Yeah, yeah!” The kids nodded. They shot their father a nasty glare and took Zachary’s side immediately.

Danrique’s face was red with anger, and the flames of fury flared within his eyes. He glared at Francesca, then he gave Zachary a look that said, You know what to do.

Zachary was amused. He shrugged helplessly, as if he was saying, I didn’t do anything, Danrique. She came up with this stratagem and dragged me into this. You can’t blame me for it.

Danrique arched an eyebrow coldly. He wouldn’t give up, and he shot Zachary another look that said, I do not care.

You are already involved in this matter. The ball is in your court now, so come up with something, or else.

Zachary wanted to scream, but he knew it would not work, so he decided to play along with Danrique in the end. He said gently, “You got it all wrong kids. This is a misunderstanding between your Mom and Dad. Your father didn’t stop your mother from helping me. He just misses her too much, so he wants her to stay with him.”

“Zachary Nacht! You little…” Francesca felt like banging her head against a wall. If the kids weren’t there, she would have snapped Zachary’s neck because of his betrayal.

“But what about your condition, Uncle Zachary?” Alpha held Zachary’s hand innocently.

“Why don’t you stay with us too? This way, Mommy can stay with Daddy and do something about your condition.”

Beta nodded quickly. “Yeah, yeah! Auntie Charlotte can take her kids over and stay with us too! We’ll welcome them gladly.”q