Twins in Her Womb (Bianca and Luke Crawford novel) novel Chapter 54

Lanie said to Rainie, “Grandpa Charles told me that mommy has a boyfriend already, so there’s no chance she was going to get together with daddy.”

Rainie nodded her head without fully understanding what she heard.

“Then let’s find a girlfriend for daddy. I think Miss Bea is a good choice.” Blanche decided to give up. ‘It isn’t because daddy doesn’t want mommy, it’s because mommy has a boyfriend already.’

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During breakfast.

Allison Tanner came from upstairs. She had already dolled up her face and said to the table full of people, “Dad, I’ve got something up and will be going out now.”

Old Master Crawford looked up and was about to say ‘go ahead’ when Susan Armstrong interrupted.

She raised a brow and laughed. “You’re dressed so beautifully, and your lips are so red as if you had just eaten a child alive. Are you going to meet up with a man?”

Other than Old Master Crawford who did not look pleased, no one else was the least bothered with the bickering that happened daily for more than 10 years.

Allison remained calm. “Susan, don’t worry, I’m not you. I won’t find another man just because I can’t withstand loneliness. Zachary passed away young, I wouldn’t allow him to be unrest in the afterworld.”

“Who are you referring to about not being able to withstand loneliness?!” Susan turned around and angrily threw the chopsticks on the table.

One of the maids quickly held unto Susan who was about to leap forward to have a catfight with Allison.

Susan pointed at Allison and yelled, “If it wasn’t you who seduced my husband, I wouldn’t be in such a state now. You f*cking wh*re. Sh*t! I just lost my appetite looking at your stupid face early in the morning!”

Allison noticed that Old Master Crawford was about to burst into anger and she smartly refused to engage in a verbal bicker with Susan. She took her limited edition LV handbag and gracefully left the mansion.

Susan had all the anger but no outlet to release it that she had to pound her chest in frustration.

The maid quickly helped Susan upstairs to get some rest.

Louis frowned and instructed the butler, “Get the doctor here to have a look at my mom.”

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Allison only managed three hours of sleep last night and hardly slept the rest of the night.

Allison had heard everything from behind the windows when Blanche and Rainie had been discussing asking their father regarding the whereabouts of their mother at the garden last afternoon.

The identity of the children’s biological mother was so mysterious that even Old Master Crawford who was the head of the house back then knew nothing about it...

Charles Finn and Faye Thomas were a couple that kept the secret so well that no tests or indirect questioning could get a single clue from them, including monetary bribery.

Before Allison went out this morning, she tried to pry some information from her grandson when nobody was around.

Lanie only said, “Daddy only said that my mommy is still alive. When I tried to ask further, he told me not to go overboard...”

Luke was infamous for having a bad temper thus the children dared not probe further.

Allison could not help but wonder, ‘Is Rainie and Lanie’s birth mother my son’s secret lover? Or some girlfriend that even I as his mother don’t know about? Or perhaps, it was some under table trade to get the children?

‘Whatever method my son used, there must be a clue that I can find to seek for this woman that gave birth to my son’s children.

‘What has my son got to hide from his own mother?

‘To give birth to a son for an aristocratic family was equivalent to giving birth to the next successor in line. That woman is so patient. I don’t believe that she won't want to marry into the Crawford family and live a good life?’

As a woman herself, Allison believed that she understood women very well. No woman could withstand the temptations of getting into a rich family.

Once in her car, Allison made a phone call.

The person on the other line answered the call soon enough.

Allison looked out the window and coldly said, “I’m about to reach soon. You’d better not be playing any games, Kevin Rayne. I’m warning you, this will be the last time, otherwise, don’t blame me for ignoring our past relationship!”

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