Joshua put the phone down and took his phone out to call Alice.
The moment the call got through, a familiar ring tone came from the entrance of the elevator at the end
of the corridor.
Joshua subconsciously turned to look.
A tear-streaked Alice looked panicked as she rushed over frantically. “Is Neil and Nellie alright? Why did
they have to come for a body checkup?“
Seeing Alice’s tear-streaked and worried look, a layer of detest washed over Joshua.
When he went back home to pick up Neil and Nellie, he even deliberately asked Lily whether Alice knew
that the kids suffered the night before.
“After you left last night, Mrs. Lynch entered the room and never came out again. This morning, once she
got up, she headed straight down for breakfast and left straight away.“
Lily’s voice still rang in Joshua’s ears. “After making Neil and Nellie drink milk, she never stepped foot in
the children’s room anymore.“
Joshua looked at Alice walking over with teary eyes, and he suddenly felt miserable.
She was someone whom he loved deeply; he waited six whole years for her to return to him. However,
when she finally did, he realized she had changed tremendously. She was much different than the Luna
Gibson he remembered.
Even at that moment, when he looked at her tears, he could not differentiate if they were real tears or
fake ones.
Alice kept saying that she was Neil and Nellie’s biological mother and how the loss of her children for the
past six years almost cost her her life.
At that moment, it was her time to spend quality time with her children, but it was only a week yet he
already saw her aloofness and impatience toward them.
That was not how a mother who missed their children should act.
“Joshua.“
When he saw her, Alice ran up to him and stood before him. “Joshua, how are the kids? I just reached
home when Lily said that you and Lucas took the kids to the hospital.“
Then, she raised her hand to wipe her tears. “I came as fast as I could, “ she wept. “What happened?“
Before Joshua could say anything, Nellie rolled her eyes at Alice and said, “We’re fine. Daddy was
worried we might get sick from drinking too much milk. He only gave us a body checkup.“
Upon hearing Nellie’s words, the worry on Alice’s face receded a little.
As long as it was not a DNA test.
Alice coming to the hospital so anxiously was obviously not because she was worried for the kids,
but she dreaded that Joshua might find out that something was wrong.
Neil and Nellie promised her that they would not encourage Joshua to take her for a DNA test, but that
did not mean Joshua would suddenly have the idea on his own.
At that thought, Alice let out a sigh of relief. She looked at Nellie reproachfully. “I ‘ve already said to not
have so many snacks. Look at you both. Not only have you drank so much milk that you couldn’t have
your meal, but you also got your body in trouble. You have to listen to me next time. Eat on time and
snack less, do you hear me?“
Then, Alice looked at Joshua smugly, vying for credit. “See, Joshua? You told me to let them have
snacks before, and this is what happens. I think you shouldn’t bother with them in the future. Let me— “
“Let you continue torturing them?“ Joshua coldly interrupted her before she finished.
Joshua glared at Alice coldly with his deep, endless gaze. “Alice, has Luna been taking care of your
children for the past six years that caring for the kids is a troublesome matter? If that’s the case…“
Joshua sneered, “I ‘d rather let Luna look after the kids.”
“Yay! “ Nellie applauded excitedly. “Nellie can be with Mommy again! “
Alice’s face turned pale. She grabbed Joshua’s hand. “ Joshua, what do you mean by this?“
“What do I mean?“ Joshua could no longer hold back
the anger in his heart. “Alice, what did you say when you first came back? You said you loved your
children, that even if they don’t like you, you’d try to win their hearts with your sincerity. You said that
you’d take great care of them with all your might, to let them forget about Luna. What happened then?”
Joshua took out Nellie and Neil’s test report. “The doctor said that if it weren’t because of the medication,
the two of them would’ve ended up in the hospital last night already! When Luna told me that you forced
the children to consume stuff so that they wouldn’t have the appetite for dinner, I didn’t believe her! I
thought you, being the mother of these two kids, would never go to such an extent! “
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