Lizzy was naturally pretty. After all, both parents were so good looking, so no matter which of them she inherited, it would not go wrong.
However, Lizzy was still secretly paying attention to her figure.
Nell noticed that Lizzy had been secretly reducing her portion recently. Lizzy also did not like to eat meat and only chose low-calorie vegetables and fruits.
She could not help but sigh.
After all, she knew clearly that beauty was not the most important thing at Lizzy’s age. It was more important to grow taller and to nourish the body.
Thus, at every meal, Nell would put in great effort to make Lizzy eat more meat.
Lizzy saw that she could not hide, so she had to eat the meat that Nell put in her bowl.
She got curious and asked, "Mommy, who’s Daddy talking to on the phone?"
Nell looked at her and said softly, "Children should stay out of adult matters."
Lizzy gave an "oh."
She then quickly gorged down her bowl of food and said, "I've finished eating."
Little Viemond was her little follower. As soon as his sister was done eating, he refused to eat either.
He mimicked Lizzy and put his bowl down. With his baby voice, he said, "Mama, I'm done too."
Nell looked at the big kid and the little kid, and felt a little helpless.
She took a napkin and wiped their mouths, then said, "If you’re done, then go play."
The two children cheered as if they were pardoned, and immediately ran to the playroom in the back.
Nell looked at their departing backs, lost her smile, and shook her head helplessly.
She sat alone at the dining table and looked at the table full of exquisite food, but somehow she did not have much of an appetite.
She turned around and saw that Gideon had his back to her and was still on the phone.
Nell’s eyebrows were slightly knitted.
Although Gregory did not explain what it was about on the phone earlier, her intuition told her that it must be something big.
Otherwise, someone as proud as Gregory would not be able to cooperate with Gideon.
As she considered this, her eyebrows furrowed deeper and her heart became more unsettled.
Not long after, Gideon ended the conversation.
He came back and Nell asked, "How was it? What did he want with you?"
Gideon gave her a faint glance, returned the phone to her, and said, "Let’s talk after we finish eating."
Nell choked.
She was clearly curious, but since he had said so, she did not probe further and ate her dinner obediently.
After dinner, Nell asked the nanny to watch over the two children in the playroom and when the time came, bathe and put them to sleep.
Only then did she return upstairs to her bedroom with Gideon.
As soon as he entered the bedroom, Gideon said, "Gregory asked me to work together, saying that he found out who sabotaged the plane and who’s hunting you down."
Nell shook fiercely!
Her eyes were wide open with disbelief.
Since the plane incident and after she and Nancy had returned safely, she had sent many people over there to find out who was the mastermind that wanted them dead.
However, the batches of people she sent out one after another were all like rocks that had sunk to the bottom of the ocean. No news came back.
Later, they finally found out a little bit of information regarding the whereabouts of the killers who were chasing her.
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