It'll Come Naturally novel Chapter 1317

"Ha ha! I was just joking around with him. That escalated quickly." Leena could not help but laugh. She jumped off the swing, walked towards them, and finally sat down.

"Just ignore him. He's been in a bad mood these days since you asked him to be a model. Why do you still try badgering him? Of course he's pissed." Daisy took a look at Leena helplessly. She just didn't get why Leena and her son couldn't get along.

"It's not my fault. He talked to me first." Leena picked up a small piece of cake and popped it in her mouth. She was not worried that Justin might really hate her. They always bantered back and forth. It was always a game of wits, nothing serious. She just figured she'd give him time. He was young, after all. That was just how they were with each other. Always poking, trying to get a rise out of the other.

"You're not a kid anymore. So why don't you grow up and stop making fun of him. He's a child." Belinda did not know what to do with them, either. Those two had fought like cats and dogs since she met them.

"But he's so cute when he's mad," Leena protested. She didn't even try to hide it, the little minx. She just liked making fun of Justin. She always couldn't see why it was so wrong.

"Would you listen to yourself? In the future, he might fight back in a way you don't like. He is his father's son." Though it was her son who was bullied, Daisy didn't want to come between them. No actual threats were made, and she trusted Leena, so she just let them be. But she felt she needed to warn Leena. Her kid was quite precocious, and given to scheming. She didn't want it to cross over from harmless fun into something worse.

"Ha! He's a kid, what could he do?" Leena was not worried at all. She was adaptable, after all. She wasn't worried at all about what he might do when he was older.

Justin played around, though he looked kind of bored. He was extremely handsome as a young boy could be, not to mention he looked cute with his angry face.

"What happened, Justin?" Duke asked. He'd just come back from outside with a basket full of oranges.

"Uncle Duke, will you help me if I tell you who bullied me?" Justin's eyes lit up suddenly. He hung all his hopes on Duke defending him.

"Of course I'll help you, as long as you're not messing with my sister." Duke cracked a smile. He reached out and mussed up Justin's hair affectionately.

"Never mind," he said, mood darkening again. Again, Justin was frustrated. It was written all over his face. He decided not to ask Duke for help and cursed himself being a fool. He knew that Uncle Duke would never side with him over his own sister. Everyone knew that. So why did he even ask? He was barking up the wrong tree on that one.