Kendall's Sacrifice novel Chapter 123

Chapter 123

Alice bent down and placed the ragdoll cat in her arms onto the ground. Meanwhile, Tiggy and Jiggy were already enjoying themselves while running around the courtyard.

They had been raised for several years now, so they were quite perceptive and well behaved. They rarely even roam around the main living area as they were afraid to cause a mess and be dealt with serious consequences.

The ladies stayed in Pet Palace for quite some time before leaving. Alice was worried that her brother would need Kendall's care after lunch, so she quickly dragged Kendall away before Kendall became even more reluctant to leave.

"Kendall, are you familiar with our house?"

In response, Kendall shook her head in honesty. "I only know the way to Dylan’s place; I can recognize some of the roads around there but only because I use them everyday."

It was quite fortunate that Dylan had not inquired about it recently. Otherwise, she would not be sure whether to tell the truth or come up with a lie.

"Your house is massive; the roads that lead to it run everywhere. I always find myself lost when I’m trying to get around, which makes it even harder to find my way back to where I started. I feel like I'm in a maze."

"It is like a maze indeed, but our safety is guaranteed too. Everyone in our extended family lives in this compound and every family has their own independent dwelling area, but it's still connected to the mansion. Once my brothers get married and have kids, then we would need to consider expanding it again to avoid an overcrowding issue."

At that point, Kendall was stunned beyond words by the Coleman Family’s wealth.

The Coleman Mansion was already quite massive and one would have to take several hours to tour the entire place by foot. She was shocked to hear from Alice that an expansion was even necessary. After all, every family had their own house within their own compound, so she was surprised to hear that overcrowding could be an issue!

Kendall was at a loss for words once again. The support I’ve found for the rest of my life is indeed a very dependable one!

"Too bad my brothers don’t intend to get married so soon. Grandma’s been yearning to hold a great-grandson for a few years now but to no avail. Dylan’s the oldest and yet he's still single, so the other brothers have an excuse to not get married. Each time the elders pester them about getting married, they will definitely bring up Dylan’s single status as an excuse. Our household is too quiet and it would be merrier with children running around."

Alice was the youngest in her generation, yet she was twenty-three years old before twenty. It had been some time since the Coleman Family was inundated with the gleeful laughter of children.

Just then, Kendall thought of Dylan’s situation; Old Mrs. Coleman would have to depend on her other grandchildren if she wanted a great-grandson in her arms.

"I heard Dylan mentioning before that you'd be rewarded a trillion by giving birth to a son and fifty million for a daughter in your family. That's such a great reward! Aren't any of you guys tempted to get married and have kids?"

Alice smiled and replied, "All of them have their own careers and none of them needs the reward. They would definitely choose freedom over the reward any day. However, there are many women out there who would do anything and resort to tactics to marry one of them, but they’ve never managed to succeed, though."

Even Yasmine, the beloved daughter of the Zorn Family, was keen to marry into the Coleman Family. However, Yasmine had very high standards since she had only been attracted to Dylan—the head of the family—and the rest of the Coleman males were not to her liking.

She had also professed that she would only marry the head of the family. After all, the position of the head in a prestigious family like the Colemans was definitely a well-revered one, so it was no wonder that she was keen to become Dylan Coleman's wife.

However, with Dylan crippled at this point, Yasmine would rather set her sights on Frank than lower her standards and choose any of the other males from the Coleman Family. Of course, the main reason for that would still have to be Frank's status as the head of the Mendelson Family.

Then, Alice tilted her head to look at Kendall with a meaningful look.

"Why are you looking at me this way?"

Alice smiled and complimented, "I just find you to be rather pretty. You’re special and one of a kind."

"I wouldn't have the cheek to claim to be pretty in front of you. Your family members are all exceptionally good-looking people. I’m not special at all. Everyone says that I grew up in the countryside, so they think that I’m an unrefined and uncouth country bumpkin. I wouldn't turn into a cultured person even if I change the way I dress."

"Everyone has different opinions and the things that one admires would be different too. There would be people who admire your type. Well, I like you very much and the more we spend time with each other, the more I enjoy our interaction immensely."

"It’s my pleasure."

The two of them entered Dylan’s house while engrossed in conversation with each other. Dylan was no longer at the pavilion, so he had most likely returned to the house to take a rest.

As soon as they entered the courtyard, they noticed that he was holding a pair of shears while busy trimming the branches of a pot of flowers. There were some strewn cut branches all over the ground. As for the pot of flowers, it was now looking quite bare.

Alice instantly stopped in her tracks and whispered to Kendall softly, "Kendall, it's time for my break. I'll be on my way. I'll ask you out the next time I’m free."

Subsequently, Alice turned around and swiftly strode off. Within a minute after she announced her departure, she was nowhere to be seen.

Meanwhile, Kendall was left quite perplexed. She looked on as Alice departed and turned to look at Dylan, who was moving about in his wheelchair, ready to attack the next pot.

The pot that he had targeted was one with fully bloomed roses. He was just about to snip the branches when Kendall hurriedly interjected, "Dylan, don’t trim it!"

The flowers were blooming quite well. If he trimmed them, then there would be nothing left. I better do something before these poor roses get executed!

As Kendall approached his way, Dylan set aside the shears in his hand and stopped his action of snipping the flowers.

"Dylan, it's quite sunny out here. Why don't you go inside and have a rest? Hand me the shears and I'll trim the flowers for you." As soon as Kendall finished her words, she instantly grabbed the pair of shears from his hand. It seemed that she wanted to prevent him from killing another pot of flowers.

The flowers and plants were well looked after and made the whole place look livelier than ever. As she left the house every morning, she loved leaning forward to sniff the flowers in full bloom. She also took several photos of the flowers and posted them on her social media where there would be different flowers in bloom each day, which made her photos popular among her bunch of ex-classmates.

As a response to Kendall's interjection, Dylan lifted his head to look at her coldly and stared at her for at least a minute before speaking up in a low voice, "Ronnie."

Ronnie, who attempted to make himself discrete at the corner, instantly appeared next to Dylan. After that, he came forward and assisted Dylan into the house.

As for Kendall, she was quite confused by Dylan's behavior. For a moment there, the look that he shot her seemed to give her the impression that she was the one who had triggered his anger, hence, all the random trimming and sniping. What did I do wrong?

Amos also popped out as soon as he realized that Dylan was not going to come out anymore. "Young Mistress Kendall, Young Master Dylan’s upset."

Kendall was quite confused and she asked softly, "Why is he upset? Which person offended him?"

As if things were in stop-motion, she noticed that Amos kept his eyes on her.

She pointed at herself. "Mr. Miller, am I the one who offended him? How did I even do that? Is he upset because I finished my meal before him? Or is it because I requested to have a pet cat or dog? If he doesn't like pets, then I’m fine with not having one. In fact, I should be the one upset with him but the opposite has happened."

"Young Mistress Kendall, you were gone for too long." Amos continued, "When you went to Pet Palace with Miss Alice, you were there for quite a while. Young Master Dylan is upset because of that."

At this point, Kendall was significantly speechless. "He doesn't like pets. If he did, I would have brought him along by wheelchair too."

Amos heaved a sigh. "Indeed, Young Master Dylan doesn't like pets, but you do. However, he couldn't quite convince himself to grant you permission to have pets here, so he was upset about that. In the end, he vented his frustrations by sniping these flowers here because they were all specially planted for you."

She blinked her eyes in surprise. "Planted for me? I asked him about that before, but he denied it."

He could not help but chuckle. "Young Mistress Kendall, you've been interacting with Young Master Dylan for quite some time now. Haven't you realized that he is a prideful man? He doesn't always mean what he says."