The door of the room opened at this moment, and Jayden came back with the two kids. Amanda was
holding a balloon butterfly, and when she ran over, the butterfly also swayed in her hands as if flapping
its wings.
She asked as soon as she came in, “Where’s Jos?”
She wanted to give the balloon to her brother.
Andrew crossed his arms and thought that Joshua was a boy and wouldn’t like such things at all.
Jessica came out of the room and said, “Jos is sleeping. Don’t disturb him.”
Amanda pouted and headed towards Matthew, calling out intimately, “Daddy.”
Matthew carried her on his lap, tucked her hair, which was a bit messy, behind her ear, and asked
softly, “What did you do today?”
Then Amanda told him about the places she had visited.
Jayden greeted Boyce and went inside. He was old and a bit tired after spending all day with the
children.
Andrew sat straight by the side, watching Amanda sitting in Matthew’s arms.
Boyce patted Andrew, “I find you are getting quieter and quieter.”
Andrew said icily, “Should I be like my sister and let my dad hold me? I’ve grown up. Isn’t that
ashamed?”
Boyce laughed.
Amanda then stared at him with wide eyes and said, “You are just jealous of me being hugged by
daddy, right?”
“Huh! Childish!” He slid off the sofa and went inside after saying that.
Boyce smiled at Matthew, “Andrew is becoming more and more like you now.”
“I look like daddy too.” Amanda wrapped her arms around Matthew’s neck and asked him, “Daddy, do I
look like you?”
Matthew pinched her cheeks and said yes.
Both Amanda and Andrew looked like him, and now that they had grown up, they were 90 per cent
similar to him.
However, the younger one resembled Dolores a little more.
“I’ll go and see Jos.” Amanda got down from Matthew’s arms.
“Be gentle, and don’t wake him up.” Matthew said.
“Okay.” After saying that, she took the balloon butterfly and went into the house.
After about an hour, it was time for dinner.
Jasmine was helping Coral serve the food. Dolores was also helping in the kitchen. Now that Joshua
was asleep, and Jessica was here now, Dolores washed her hands and walked out of the kitchen to
Jayden’s room. She was just about to knock on the door and found that the door was open. There was
a big gap, and she could vaguely see Jayden standing on the balcony coughing.
The window of the balcony was closed as if he was afraid that people might hear him.
Dolores knocked on the door, and Jayden found her pulling open the balcony door and walking over.
“Dad, are you sick?” Dolores asked with concern when seeing him not looking well.
Jayden froze for a moment and waved his hand, “It’s nothing. I just have a cold.”
Dolores nodded, “There’s medicine at home. I’ll bring it over to you later.”
“I’ve bought it.” Jayden said.
Dolores was still uneasy, “Do you want to go to the hospital for a check-up?” He was getting older, and
she had recently noticed that Jayden didn’t carry Joshua anymore, which he used to love to do.
“It’s just a cold. Don’t worry.”
Dolores pursed her lips and said, “Then come out for dinner.”
Jayden nodded.
In the dining room, dinner was already served. Jayden washed his hands and walked over to sit at the
main seat.
Together with Jasmine and Boyce, there was a table full of people.
Today’s dinner was very sumptuous. The seafood was quite plentiful at this time of the year, and there
was a lot of it.
Dolores peeled shrimps for the two kids. Andrew said, “Mommy, you eat first. I’ll peel them myself.”
Amanda said, “I want to peel them myself too.”
So Dolores put the peeled prawns in her hand on Matthew’s plate, and the two kids peeled them
themselves.
Amanda peeled one and ate it first. She felt it tasted good and continued to peel it. Shen then got out of
her chair and ran over to give it to Jayden.
Jayden smiled kindly, “I didn’t love Amy for no reason.”
Amanda chuckled and said, “Grandma, don’t be jealous. I’ll peel it for you right away.”
Jessica also laughed, “I was going to say did you forget about me? My granddaughter is dutiful and
hasn’t forgotten me.”
Andrew put the peeled shrimps on Dolores’s plate and the second on Jessica’s without saying a word.
Dolores reached out to touch her son’s head, putting the shrimp back into his bowl, “You’re growing
and need to eat more.”
“Andrew will grow taller.” Jasmine said, “I see that many kids his age aren’t as tall as him.”
Dolores also thought that her son did grow quite tall like Matthew.
She looked over at Boyce and then at Jasmine. Although they were both sitting calmly next to each
other, they looked awkward too.
Dolores knew much about Boyce’s nature, so she deliberately asked Jasmine, “Jasmine, are there
many boys at your school?”
Boyce subconsciously turned to Jasmine.
Jasmine nodded, “Quite a lot.”
“Are there any good-looking ones?” Dolores asked again.
This time Matthew looked at Dolores.
‘She’s like not enough for just having me as a husband, and even asked Jasmine if there were any
handsome boys at school. What do you want?’
“Are there any handsome and well-qualified boys pursuing you?” Dolores winked towards Jasmine.
At first, Jasmine didn’t understand what Dolores meant, but now she understood and said, “Yes.”
After saying that, she also reached out to touch the necklace around her neck and said, “This is what a
very handsome and well-endowed guy gave me.”
She even deliberately showed it to Boyce while saying, “Boyce, do you think it looks good?”
Boyce was speechless.
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