“We need to keep our guard up,” Juan whispered as he looked at their aggressive faces. “I bet the bad woman’s friends won’t be any nicer,” he added, looking at Daphne.
The other three nodded and let go of their toys as they stood up.
“You guys must be Nicole’s kids,” the duchess said as she approached them.
They nodded in silence.
The duchess glared at them fiercely when none of them greeted her. “Don’t you guys have a home? The estate is not a place for y’all,” she insulted.
The kids obviously understood what she meant from her despicable tone—she wanted them out of the estate.
But they knew they should not leave until Mommy had found out who her father was.
Maya blinked her beautiful eyes at the fierce duchess before saying politely, “We do have a home. We won’t stay here for long.”
The duchess scoffed at her naive reply in disdain. “Good. Then your Mommy and y’all should take leave now.”
Beside her, Daphne put on a smug smile looking at the kids. But just as they thought they could walk all over the kids, Nina came forward and confronted them.
“You have no right to ask us to leave. Mr. Levant invited Mommy over. That makes Mommy his guest. I don’t see why we should leave unless Mr. Levant says so,” Nina spoke up in a determined and confident voice.
Standing right in front of Nina, Portia chuckled in disbelief. She was not expecting a little girl like Nina to retaliate.
“Do you think you can use Levant to shut me up? Do you know who I am? I’m his mother! He has to listen to me!” The duchess raised her voice.
The kids looked at each other in surprise. This is Mr. Levant’s mother?
Maya pursed her lips and started a discussion among her siblings. “Mr. Levant is so nice to us, I can’t believe he has such an evil mother.” She purposely said it loud enough just so the duchess could hear it.
“I know right! I don’t believe this woman. She must be a fake. There’s no way Mr. Levant has a mother like her,” Nina agreed.
What the kids said hit Portia’s sore spot and she was infuriated.
Her biggest regret in life was not having a kid of her own—and Levant was not her biological son.
She clenched her fists in uncontrollable rage as the kids exposed the biggest pain in her life. “Seize these impudent kids and throw them out of the estate! Now!” she shouted at the servants.
The kids widened their eyes in bewilderment when she heard the duchess’ order.
There was no way they would allow this evil woman to throw them out like this. They knew Mommy would be worried if she could not find them when she returned.
“Run!” Juan shouted as he saw the servants charging towards them.
The four children started running as the servants hastened their steps behind them.
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