Noah, Vicente, Leon and John were stunned. They didn't expect Anne to notice John standing in the back so quickly.
Leon looked away nervously. He couldn't say anything, fearing he would get thrown into the firing line as well.
Noah was in the same predicament. He opened his mouth but couldn't muster up any words.
"My bodyguard." Vicente reacted quickly. Right now, her words were the only things to go by. "He is the bodyguard and teacher I've hired for the children. When they grow up, he can teach them how to protect themselves."
"What's his name?" Anne continued to pry.
Vicente swallowed and said, "I met him on the street this afternoon. He is an excellent fighter so I brought him back with me. Because of Nina's accident, I was so busy that I forgot to ask his name."
"What's your name?" Vicente turned to look at John. She had heard from Nina that John was a man of power who was always on the ball, so she thought that it was impossible for John to come to C Island without being prepared.
The only thing Vicente could do was hand the problem over to John and see if he could wriggle his way out, hiding the truth.
"Sean Lu," John replied calmly.
"Okay." Anne didn't interrogate him anymore and just looked away. "The babies are premature so they'll need all the exercise they can get from as young as possible. You will be responsible for taking care of the two children from now on."
A hint of surprise flashed through John's eyes.
He didn't want to take care of another man's children, but he saw it as an opportunity to get close to Nina.
If he agreed, Leon didn't need to rack his brain to find another way for him to get close to Nina.
"Okay," John agreed willingly.
Leon and Noah hadn't calmed down yet. They didn't know if they were out of the woods or not yet.
Vicente couldn't figure out what Anne was thinking. 'Does she really not know or is she just pretending for some reason?
Anyway, John can stay with us.
At least this problem has finally been dealt with.'
"Vicente, where are the babies?" With a big smile on his face, Bruce was eager to see his two grandchildren. "I want to hug them."
"They have to be in separate incubators for now." Anne rolled her eyes at her husband. "No one can hold them right now. The bacteria all over our bodies are harmful to them."
Since Bruce had never given birth to a baby, he obviously didn't know any of this. Moreover, his children were term infants when they were born, so he knew nothing about premature children.
Hearing that the babies' health might be affected, he immediately felt nerves flood his body. "Okay, I'll wait for the doctor to say that it's safe to see them."
"I just took a photo through the glass. I'll show you." Vicente took out her phone, clicked on the picture and handed it to the three of them.
Seeing the photo, Leon frowned. "They're a little ugly."
"So were you when you were born." Anne cast a glance at Leon. He shut up obediently and made room for his parents to look at the picture.
When he stepped back silently, he couldn't help but take a few more glances at the photo.
Those were his sister's children. He would love them no matter how ugly they were.
Thinking that there would be two children following him and calling him their uncle, he couldn't help but let out a hearty laugh.
Bruce and Anne had no time to pay attention to their son, who was immersed in his fantasy, and their eyes were fixed on the babies in the photo.
"They are so small, they probably weigh next to nothing. They're much smaller than Nina was when she was born. They have to be taken care of really well." Bruce had countless worries about the babies.
Anne said worriedly, "I'll contact the nanny who took care of Leon. When he was born, he wasn't in good health at the time. She took good care of him. I don't mind paying her a lot more money to help us again."
"I also remember her. No matter how much it costs, we have to hire her." Bruce enthusiastically agreed with his wife.
The two of them stared at the photo for a while. Even though it wasn't the clearest of pictures, it still flooded them with joy.
"Vicente, have you given the babies names? How about I do it?" Bruce said cheerfully.
Vicente didn't want to disappoint Bruce, but she had already discussed the names of the children with Nina.
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