“What do you mean by that?” Shane frowned.
Natalie looked up at him with an unfathomable gaze in her eyes and replied, “Their dad has a woman he loves and they will start their own family sooner or later. They will eventually have their own children. By then, my kids will become illegitimate children. That’s not good for Connor and Sharon!”
“You’re right,” Shane moved his lips slightly and agreed.
Even though they were just kids and there were a lot of things that they could not understand yet, they would still be aware, from the reactions of people around them, that they were different from other kids whose parents were happily together.
When it came to that, there was no difference between the upper echelons or ordinary folks. Illegitimate children would still be scorned upon.
“Besides, I’ve tested waters by asking their dad. He said that he would take the kids away if he was aware of any children he has.” Natalie said that while she clenched her fists.
Shane cocked his eyebrow as he remembered hearing the same thing somewhere before.
The woman had asked him the same question last time and he had given the same answer as well.
So her reason for asking me was to see if all men are the same?
Natalie bit her lips and said, “I can’t let him take my kids away. If he did that, not only will the kids feel out of place in his family, his future wife might not be able to accept them as well. Even if she did, there’s no guarantee that she will treat them well.”
Shane nodded, agreeing with the woman’s analysis.
It was true that hardly any woman would be able to accept her husband having illegitimate children.
“That was why I didn’t tell Connor and Sharon who their dad was. I also didn’t tell their dad that he had two children,” Natalie said, while rubbing her cheeks and taking a deep breath.
Shane crossed his arms in front of his chest and looked at the woman. “But you won’t be able to keep it from them forever. They’ll still know about it one day.”
Natalie looked down, averting the man’s gaze as she replied, “I know. I’m just trying to keep it from them for as long as I can.”
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