Let's Protect Our Mommy!
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Bella went home, her forehead furrowed when she saw a pair of heels in front of her apartment door. “Who’s there?”
“Mommy?” her firstborn called out. Bella looked at her son.
“Who’s here?” she asked.
“She said she’s your younger sister, so we invited her in,” her son replied.
“My younger sister?” Then Bella realized something.
“Where is—”
“Sister.”
Thud...
Jace hugged Bella tightly. Bella did not reply. She was surprised that her sister had suddenly shown up and found out where she lived.
“I missed you,” Jace said.
Jace looked at her sister. “You didn’t tell me you already have children. Four kids? Quadruplets?”
“It's late. I just got home from work. We’ll talk about it tomorrow.” No more conversation. Bella asked her children to sleep, while Jace watched from afar, smiling. Not an ordinary smile, but a sly grin. Her eyes glanced at her cell phone, looking at a photo. “Are these four children his? If they are, whoa, this could mean a lot of money for me,” she said with a smirk.
“You didn’t tell me you had children,” said Jace.
“Who is their father? Are you pregnant out of wedlock? Are they illegitimate children? Are you a w***e?” Jace continued, her words impolite. Bella immediately gave her a sharp gaze.
“Watch your words,” Bella warned.
Jace just snorted. ‘Foolish woman. How dare she look at me like that! Let’s see later!’ Jace seemed to threaten.
“Mommy.” The quadruplets came to Bella.
Bella immediately squatted down, giving them kisses one by one.
“Mommy is going to work. Don’t be naughty, okay? Obey all the rules that Mommy gives you,” Bella said. The four children nodded. Then Bella left, and Jace followed.
“I'm guessing you don’t know who the father of your children is? Bella, you really are a w***e, aren’t you? So that’s why you went back to the village and lived with that useless grandmother?”
Grab!
Bella immediately grabbed Jace’s arm, looking at her as if she were a suspect.
“I told you to keep quiet if you didn’t have the slightest idea what was going on, Jace.”
Jace released her grip. ‘Damn! After years of being away, she has become very brave. It seems that this bitter life has changed her personality a lot! Tch!’
“I see your life is very miserable. You live in a small and stuffy apartment like this. You’re so poor. Aren’t you jealous of me? Look at my clothes, my bag, my diamond earrings. Aren’t you jealous? I live in luxury now,” said Jace, showing off her luxuries. She looked at Bella arrogantly. Bella didn’t react. She just turned around and walked away.
“Your nonsense is a complete waste of my time,” she said.
Jace rolled her eyes. ‘Tch. I was so disgusted hearing her words. She is already poor and arrogant too! No wonder her life continues to be poor! We will see! I will really make calculations for you!’ she said in an annoyed tone. But then a smile appeared on her face. She returned to her stepbrother’s apartment.
“Kids! Come here!” she called.
Adonis looked at the other siblings. “What do you think that woman wants to do?”
“Don’t know. But I felt an evil aura from that woman. She doesn’t seem like a good woman. She also always looked at Mommy with envy. Really a bad little sister,” Carlos replied, immediately nodded in agreement by the others.
“We will see. We must be alert. I'm pretty sure she has bad intentions towards Mommy. We have to protect Mommy from her,” said Bastian.
“Yes, you’re right. We have to be Mommy’s soldiers!” Adonis said. He held out his hand, the others immediately following.
“Let’s protect our Mommy!”
“Yes!” they said in unison in low voices, afraid of being heard by Jace.
***
"We still can’t find any new information about that woman, Mr. President. The information obtained is still the same as before,” reported Frederick, Arsen’s confidant.
Arsen, who was originally busy signing important documents, immediately stopped, his gaze growing colder.
“Are you sure you’re hiring professionals to do their job? Or are you just paying morons?! It’s been four years since that day, and the information you get from your people is crap!” Arsen couldn’t contain his impatience. He’d been patient for too long!
Frederick could only lower his head. “I’m sorry, Mr. President. I will hire new people to handle this job.”
Arsen snorted. “Make sure you do your job correctly, or you will suffer the consequences, Frederick. You know me. Now go and find her! Bring her to me as soon as possible!”
“Alright, Mr. President!” Not saying much more, Frederick immediately left the room to do his job. Arsen leaned back in his chair after Frederick left, massaging his forehead. His head throbbed with pain. The look of frustration was clearly visible on his face. Arsen Abercio, a man admired by many, was experiencing internal problems that not many knew about. He appeared fine on the outside, but he was quite a mess inside.
“Who is that woman? What did she do to me? Why does this have such a fatal effect on me?! Damn it!”
But then Arsen remembered the woman he met in the store. He fell silent. There was something about that woman that kept him thinking. Arsen immediately stood up.
“That woman. My instincts tell me there’s something about her. I will meet her again.”
Carissa watched the interaction between Bella and Jack, the security guard, with a flat look. She stepped closer.
“Bella!”
“Yes, Ms. Manager?”
“Go to the warehouse and check the stock. Write everything down,” she said.
Bella immediately agreed and went to carry out her orders. She was quite aware that her manager didn’t like her, though she didn’t know why. Was it because of her incident with Mr. Abercio? Since then, she had been treated badly by her manager. She had been working there for almost a month, staying because she needed the money to support her little family.
It was already time to go home when Bella received a call from a foreign number. “Whose number is this?”
Bella originally wanted to ignore the call, but the number kept ringing. So, reluctantly, Bella answered.
“Who is this?” she asked without further ado.
“It’s me. Your manager,” came the reply.
‘Ah, it’s her.’
“Yes, Ms. Manager. Can I help you? Is this your new number?” Bella asked, a little confused.
“Yes, I have something for you to do. Come to this place. I will send you my location,” said the manager. The call ended before Bella could respond.
Bella grumbled. She should have gone home, but she was given a sudden assignment. Bella first sent a message to her children, informing them of the situation. After sending the message, Bella left.
Meanwhile, at another location, the manager smirked when she saw Bella’s text.
“It’s time,” she said.
To be continued…
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