“I don’t know,” Harold answered with his mouth full of food. “I didn’t see Daddy when I woke up this
morning.”
George swallowed the food in his mouth and said, “There are a lot of things to take care of at the
Winters Corporation. Daddy must’ve gone to work at the company.”
“It’s Saturday today. Mr. Duke doesn’t need to go to the company,” Mr. Brown said with a smile.
“Is that true, Papa Brown?” George frowned. ‘Although the company staff was not required to work
during the weekends, Daddy worked every day of the year, especially since there have been a lot of
company affairs recently. Daddy should be in a hurry to deal with them…’
“Of course, it is,” Mr. Brown continued. “Mr. Duke has arranged activities for the four of you. I’ll send
you kids over after you’re done with breakfast.”
“What kind of activity?” Harold asked curiously.
“Young Master George, Harold, and Alden are required to take an IQ test at the IQ testing facility.”
After hearing Mr. Brown’s words, Harold immediately shook his head and said, “I don’t want to go!”
George raised an eyebrow. “Haven’t we taken the test before?”
“That was in the past, now is the present.” Mr. Brown smiled and said, “Ms. Adina and Mr. Duke intend
to enroll Young Master George and Harold in preschool, and most prestigious schools require an IQ
test report. So you have to go take the test.”
“I guess I don’t need to go, then,” Alden said with pursed lips.
“Mr. Duke intends to do a comparison.” Mr. Brown said calmly, “If Young Master Alden’s IQ is higher
than Young Master Harold’s, then he’ll consider changing the sequence.”
“That’s impossible!” Harold suddenly became nervous.” I’m much smarter than Alden. I’m the second
child, and the second older brother. I don’t want to be the younger brother!”
“We’ll know once you’ve done the test,” Mr. Brown smiled.
Adina was a little hesitant.
The kids did not really need to take IQ tests or anything of the sort.
It was unnecessary to rank them in order of intelligence.
Duke would hurt Hal if he did that.
She was ready to oppose when she noticed Mr. Brown winking at her.
She realized right away that the intention here was to get the kids out of the way.
“Madam Winters said that she wants to take Miss Melody out to go jewelry shopping. Miss Melody, do
you want to go?” Mr. Brown asked softly while carrying Mel in his arms.
“Yes, I want to buy a lot of shiny jewels!” When Mel answered, her eyes shone brightly like pearls.
Adina was speechless.
She did not particularly adore jewelry, and she wondered why Mel was so obsessed with it.
Mr. Brown had to use a lot of coaxing and lying before the four kids finally got in the car. Each of them
gave Adina a cheek kiss before they left.
Adina remained in a daze even after everyone left the house.
It was clear that Mr. Brown took the children away on purpose. So, what was next, then?
While she was spacing out, she received a text.
It was from Malvin. (Addy, I’ll come to fetch you in two hours. Wait for me.]
Adina’s heart started picking up pace. She sat down on the couch while slowly typing down her reply
and sent it. (Okay.)
Was that man going to finish what he started yesterday?
She suddenly felt excited about it. What should she do?
“No, I can’t get nervous. Relax. I need to relax.’
Adina hurried upstairs, reapplied her makeup, opened her wardrobe, and tried on each piece of
clothing one by one.
She suddenly found her available wardrobe lacking, and now that she was going out with a guy, she
did not know what to wear.
She tried on many outfits before settling on a beige skirt with a knitted cardigan on top. After that, she
went downstairs and waited patiently.
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