Regardless of whether it’s to suppress Natalie or to secure my position as the future Mrs. Thompson, I must stop this.
“Sunshine Kindergarten, huh?”
A vicious smirk spread across Jasmine’s cheeks as she recalled the address she had heard earlier. A plan was already hatching in her mind.
In the meantime, Natalie was just finished with her work. Glancing at the clock on the wall, she saw that it was almost 5 p.m. Thus, she quickly packed her bag and headed to the kindergarten to fetch her children.
By the time Natalie arrived, classes were already dismissed by then. Most of the students had left, with only a handful of children left in school, waiting for their parents to fetch them after work.
When Natalie rushed over, Connor and Sharon were playing with Lego bricks in the classroom.
The moment Sharon spotted her mother, she tossed her Lego bricks away, threw herself into her mother’s arms, and started wailing.
Natalie’s heart ached when she heard Sharon’s sobs. Patting her daughter’s back gently and coaxing her, she glanced at Connor anxiously. “Baby, what’s wrong with your sister?”
Connor sighed deeply as though as he was an adult. With an exasperated tone, he replied, “It’s from the shot.”
“Shot? What shot?”
“Yeah, we had a health check-up in the afternoon. Everyone had a shot and a blood test.” Connor rolled up his sleeves and showed Natalie the red dot on his arm.
She heaved a sigh of relief and smiled. “I see.”
Initially, she thought that Sharon had been bullied by the other children and was terrified. However, it was just a mere shot that scared her daughter.
“It’s okay, Darling. Don’t cry. Mommy will kiss on the boo-boo, and it won’t hurt anymore,” consoled Natalie.
“Okay, Mommy.” Still sobbing, Sharon lifted her chubby arm for Natalie.
She lowered her head and kissed it gently. Not forgetting her son, she beckoned him over. “Come here, Connor. Let Mommy do it for you too.”
“It doesn’t hurt for me.” Although that was what Connor claimed, he still lifted his arm toward Natalie.
She glanced at him in amusement, wondering where he got his pride and reluctance to admit his true feelings from.
After gently kissing on their arms, Natalie held their hands and left the kindergarten.
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