The Triplets My Ex Never Knew About novel Chapter 50

Chapter 50: Chapter 50: Do We Have a New Dad? Who Is It?

Estelle Lockwood and her two children didn’t see Nathaniel Sloan.

After she spoke, Mia and Zachery were silent for a moment before speaking with the maturity of little adults.

"Mommy, we’re not little kids anymore! A dog couldn’t have left a mark like that. It was obviously a person!"

Estelle Lockwood’s face flushed red, and she slowly closed her eyes.

’What on earth have her two darlings been watching?’

Zachery’s eyes darted around. "Does that mean you have a man now, Mommy? Is he our new daddy? Is our new daddy handsome?"

Estelle Lockwood felt like she was about to faint. "..."

She forced herself to remain calm. "Darlings, there’s no new daddy. A dog really did bite Mommy’s lip... It was the one Chapman keeps in the backyard, named Snowy. You remember him, right? Mommy was playing with Snowy yesterday and he nipped me."

Chapman did, in fact, have a small white dog.

Zachery didn’t believe her for a second. "Mia, do a reading and find out where the person who bit Mommy’s lip is."

Estelle Lockwood froze. Nathaniel Sloan raised an eyebrow slightly, curious to see how she would explain her way out of this one.

’Is she going to say I’m a dog?’

Mia immediately nodded, pulled out three copper coins, and began her divination.

Five minutes later, Mia said dejectedly, "Zachery, something’s wrong. The divination says the person who bit Mommy... uh, no, the dog... is right here in Imperial Crest! It looks like it really was Snowy!"

"Here in Imperial Crest?" Zachery was also hugely disappointed. ’Who in Imperial Crest would bite Mommy? It couldn’t be Chapman, it couldn’t be Ms. Riddle, and it couldn’t be Christian... so that only leaves...’

"BOO-HOO-HOO! Our new daddy is a dog!"

Nathaniel Sloan closed his eyes as a vein throbbed at his temple.

...

After much persuading, Estelle Lockwood finally managed to placate her two darlings and get ready to leave for Rosalind Garden.

When she got downstairs, she saw the doctor from the previous night eating breakfast in the dining room, but Nathaniel Sloan was nowhere to be seen.

Estelle Lockwood frowned. ’That bastard. His injuries haven’t gotten worse, have they? He’s not backing out today, is he?’

’That’s not an option. Signing the documents, finalizing the contract—everything for Rosalind Garden had to go through Nathaniel Sloan. I can’t afford any delays.’

"Where’s Nathaniel Sloan?" Estelle Lockwood asked Chapman.

Chapman glanced at Zane Grant and said guiltily, "Mr. Sloan... he’s sick."

Estelle Lockwood didn’t notice Chapman’s odd behavior. "Sick? Even if he’s sick, he needs to get up. Is he going to pull through or not? Dropping the ball at such a critical moment."

Zane Grant nearly choked on his steamed bun.

’He was deliberately testing this woman. If she really was Mrs. Sloan, shouldn’t she show at least a hint of concern upon hearing that Nathaniel was sick?’

Besides, even though Zane Grant hadn’t been in the country five years ago, he’d still heard some of the rumors about Mrs. Sloan.

—Timid, gentle, and obedient.

How was that in any way similar to this woman named Yara Lockwood?

"Ahem, Miss Lockwood," Zane Grant couldn’t help but interrupt. "Nathaniel is fine. He just had to take an urgent international conference call for Evernight International. He needs to make a key decision, so he’s in a meeting upstairs. He should be done in about ten minutes."

Estelle Lockwood relaxed.

Zane Grant asked, intrigued, "Miss Lockwood, why aren’t you asking who I am?"

Estelle Lockwood glanced at him, seemingly baffled. "Why would I need to know who you are?"

Zane Grant cleared his throat. "I’ve been good friends with Nathaniel for years. I know a lot of things about him. Aren’t you the least bit curious?"

’In the past, whenever Noelle Lockwood wanted to get closer to Nathaniel, she would always try to butter him up, his friend, hoping to find a way to get nearer to him.’

’Zane Grant had grown used to it.’

But to his surprise, Estelle Lockwood was silent for a long moment before suddenly letting out a cold laugh. "Curious about Nathaniel Sloan? Hah."

Zane Grant: "...?"

’What was that "Hah" supposed to mean? Was she mocking him or Nathaniel?’

But Zane Grant didn’t dwell on it. Nathaniel had said that Yara Lockwood was Christian’s private doctor, and Christian’s health had indeed improved significantly lately.

But they were heading to Rosalind Garden, so he would be taking care of Christian for the next few days.

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