Twins in Her Womb (Bianca and Luke Crawford novel) novel Chapter 239

Everyone who had participated in the meeting was thoroughly exhausted, though Luke looked as though he was an emotionless robot. He strode energetically toward his office.

"Daddy… mmm…"

Rainie was the first to wake up when she heard her father's steady footsteps. She mumbled and rubbed her eyes.

Luke nodded at the little girl and tried to smile at her, though his smile was more like a reluctant stretch of the corners of his mouth.

Previously, his interactions as a father toward his children were more like formulaic obligations rather than gestures of intimacy.

That was the first time that he showed some kindness to his children.

Rainie was shocked when she looked at her dad. She thought that he looked better when he was crying.

She planned to tell Miss Bea that Daddy was acting weirdly today, as though he was a cunning wolf who wanted to lure an innocent little rabbit into his den and snap its throat…

Whoosh! Rainie hid behind the couch.

Perhaps Daddy was not himself today.

Luke did not know what his daughter was thinking. He thought that the smile was kind, gentle, and fatherly.

He sat in his comfortable office chair and deliberated how he should communicate with his children. At that time, the secretary came into the office with a cup of freshly brewed Americano. She nodded to him and left the office.

Luke took a sip of the coffee. Then, he looked at the confused children and finally took out three things from a drawer.

Two of them were the same. They were colorful picture books.

The other was a document envelope made of kraft paper fastened by string.

The two children blinked, wondering what their father's intentions were.

Luke was not used to indulging his children. He tossed the picture books on the dark-colored office table and told them, "These are for you. You can take one each."

"These are for us?" Lanie and Rainie did not know what was going on, though they quickly hopped down the couch, scampered over to the office table that was almost as tall as them, then tiptoed to look at what was on the table.

Their attention was immediately captivated by the colorful picture books.

"Thank you, Daddy!" Lanie tore the wrapping apart, threw it into the trash can, and eagerly flipped through the picture book.

Rainie was also tearing away the wrapping, though she was looking at her brother's book as though Lanie's book was somehow better.

Luke silently observed his two children.

He did not expect that he understood what they wanted. A simple picture book could brighten their day and even make them forget that they were hungry.

Just when he was feeling smug about making his children happy, he opened the envelope containing the DNA test report.

He believed that if he was correct about his decision to give his children picture books, then his speech to them later should be correct too.

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At the same time, Yvonne's mother and her lawyer arrived at the police station.

After asking around, Mrs. Gideon and the lawyer eventually could meet Yvonne.

Yvonne thought that her tears had already run dry after crying out of fright for no less than a hundred times. However, once she saw her mother, she burst into tears again. "Mom! Mom… you have to save me…"

Mrs. Gideon stepped forward, hugged her daughter, and patted her back. "Don't worry. I've brought the lawyer here today."