The Alpha's Four Hidden Heirs (Natalie and Samuel) novel Chapter 23

Chapter 23

NATALIE

After hanging up the phone, I turned around and looked at Yandel and Ross.

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“Something came up. I have to go. Yandel, Ross just joined Dream Company. Give him the support he needs to begin his research.”

Without waiting for Yandel’s reply, I rushed off and left the office building. I didn’t have the time to go get my car so I hailed a taxi and headed straight toward the Bowers residence.

After arriving. I paid for the fare and got out of the car. I had barely got to the ornamental gate when I saw Gavin pacing back and forth with an anxious expression.

When he saw that I was finally there, his face lit up.

“Ms. Edmund, I’m so glad you’re here. I was afraid that you wouldn’t come after a phone call from a butler like me…” He says sheepishly or nervously.

“Don’t worry about it. There’s no way that I could have stayed away. Bring me to the children and ask the kitchen to prepare some oatmeal porridge that is easy to digest.” I instruct him. If Alpha Bowers can watch his children starve, that’s him, I’m a mother, I can’t do that.

“I got it.” He says and then he leads me into the house.

1 stopped outside their bedroom and I listened in at first, to know the state of things before I went in.

I could hear the sound of their stomachs growling and it made my heart ache and they were doing all of this just to see me?

“Sophia, hang in there. We are Daddy’s children. I’m sure he won’t let us starve to death.” I hear Franklin say to his

“We need to let Daddy know how determined we are to see that woman. If we give up now, our efforts will go to waste.” He reiterates.

I

gave Gavin the signal and he knocked on the door.

“We’re not going to eat. Don’t you dare bring food in here to sway me and Sophia. We won’t eat a bite! We’ll only eat when you let us see that woman!” Franklin whined behind the door and he was trying to sound brave but I could hear how weak he sounded.

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At that moment, I feh a knot in my heart.

I did not know why those kids were so attached to me, but the truth was I felt the exact same sery aboun therry

I mean after hearing about their hunger strike, I dropped everything and left Yandel and Ross to come here, the only other people that I would do something like that for are Clayton and Xavier

Perhaps at the back of my mind I had started to think of them as the pair of twins I had lost long ago. Lost because I refused to believe that they were dead.

After gathering my thoughts, I knocked on the door again.

“Are you really not going to open it? I’ll leave then.” I tell them.

“Sophia, am I hallucinating from missing her too much?” I hear Franklin say and it makes me smile.

A few seconds later, I could hear the door unlock.

As the door clicked open, I saw Sophia wearing a yellow tutu skirt.

She was holding a teddy bear in her arms. It had a pair of dark eyes that glistened as beautifully as Sophia’s.

“Sophia…”

As 1 uttered those words, the tears in Sophia’s eyes rolled down her little cheeks.

Not only that, she ran towards me in her little legs and she hugged my leg as tightly as she could and then she started crying and I knew those years weren’t just because she was hungry.

My heart melted immediately, and her mind was in a mess as I held back my own tears.

I immediately knelt down and held Sophia in my arms to comfort her. “Don’t cry. I’m here

now.”

There was no stopping Sophia. Even though I was comforting her, she kept on weeping.

I felt a sting in her heart as I held the sobbing little girl.

Where the hell was Alpha Bowers, he should be here to see what his reckless decision has caused. I mean I get not saying yes to your kids every time, but it would’ve taken him nothing to just call me and I would have been here immediately and all of this could have been

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prevented.

Meanwhile, Franklin put up a tough act before walking over to me.

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“What took you so long? Don’t you know how hard it was for me to wait for you? Why must I be the one to call you all the time? Can’t you call or visit us? Aren’t you our friend? Did we do something wrong?” He asks me.

I was at a loss for words.

“There won’t be a next time! Don’t let me do this again. It’s not easy starving myself, I’m just a kid you know.” He tells me.

I looked at Sophia and then at Franklin. I could feel my heart swell with love and sadness.

These two kids… They’re so silly. How could they starve themselves like this just to see me? But it also shows how strongly they love.

“All right, I understand. This will never happen again. I promise you. You two must be so hungry. Let’s go and eat now, okay?”

It was clear that now I was here, they were having a hard time sticking to the hunger strike. Now that they got what they wanted, they went downstairs with me obediently.

In the dining room, Gavin already had the housekeeper prepare all sorts of delicacies for the children.

The three of us then took their seats at the dining table.

Feeling famished, the children immediately began devouring all the food.

I kept reminding them to slow down while peeling shrimps for them. I paid attention to distributing them evenly, so they wouldn’t fight over the food.

This was a habit I had gotten from taking care of Xavier and Clayton.

The boys got along well usually, but they would fight if one of them felt that I was spoiling the other a little more.

After Franklin and Sophia finished eating, their bellies were round and full of food.

However, Sophia still had room for dessert. I made a gesture at Gavin, who brought over a chocolate mousse cake right away.

With that, I felt a tug on my sleeve.

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I turned my head and saw Sophia’s sweet little smile. She was holding a spoonful of cake to my mouth.

There was no way that I could say no to such a little cutie? I did not give it much thought and took a bite.

At that moment, a man’s low and magnetic voice came from the entrance.

“Are Franklin and Sophia still on their hunger strike?”

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