Chapter 377: Why Did You Suddenly Ask This?
In the evening, when Olivia returned home, Emily had already picked up the two children and prepared dinner.
Seeing Olivia enter, the two children greeted her with concern, “Mommy, you must be tired!”
As they spoke, the children looked up at Olivia’s face with wide eyes, noticing that she seemed particularly exhausted today.
Seeing this, the two children exchanged worried glances, understanding that Mommy must have had a tough day at work.
Olivia had been running around all day for medicinal herbs and was utterly exhausted. Seeing the worried expressions on her children’s faces, she forced a smile and bent down to pat their heads, “Thank you for caring, my darlings.”
As soon as she finished speaking, the children ran off from under her hands and thoughtfully brought her slippers, placing them at her feet.
Olivia smiled with relief.
After taking off her coat, the two children eagerly helped her hang it up.
The children were small and struggled quite a bit before they managed to hang the coat on the rack.
Olivia just smiled and watched them, patiently waiting until they had hung up the coat before leading them to sit by the dining table.
“Mommy, eat some vegetables!”
As soon as she sat down, her bowl was filled with two pieces of vegetables that the children had picked for her.
Seeing how considerate the children were, Olivia felt all her fatigue from the day melt away, her face full of smiles.
“Mommy, was work tiring today?” Ethan leaned half over the table, looking at her expression.
Olivia smiled reassuringly, “Seeing you both makes Mommy not feel tired at all.”
The children looked skeptical.
Olivia picked up some vegetables for each of them and said with a smile, “Eat up.”
She thought the children would be quiet while eating, but Ethan’s innocent voice rang out again.
“Mommy, when are we going abroad?”
Beside him, Sebastian also looked at his mommy with wide eyes.
Olivia was taken aback and remained silent for a few seconds before saying, “There is still some work at the research institute that needs to be finished. Once Mommy is done, we’ll leave.”
Ethan pressed on, “Does that mean it will still be a while before we go?”
Olivia nodded noncommittally.
“Will it be a long time?” Ethan didn’t know why but kept asking persistently.
Olivia frowned slightly and met his gaze, seeing the anticipation in Ethan’s eyes.
Seeing this, Olivia felt a pang of guilt.
The two children clearly enjoyed their life in the country but had to follow her around because of her work.
But thinking about Lily lurking in the background, Olivia could only steel herself.
Seeing that she hadn’t answered for a long time, Ethan urged anxiously, “Mommy!”
Olivia snapped out of it and forced a smile, “Mommy isn’t sure either. Why did you suddenly ask about this?”
The two children exchanged glances and showed disappointed expressions.
Seeing their expressions, Olivia felt puzzled.
“Today at kindergarten we saw Sophia. Although she still wanted to play with us, we felt that Sophia was unhappy.” Ethan’s little voice was full of concern. After speaking, he looked at Olivia with a pleading expression, “Mommy, can we leave a little later?”
Thinking of Sophia made Olivia’s heart ache. She remained silent for a while before shaking her head firmly, “Once work is finished, we will leave. Don’t you miss Grandpa?”
The two children lowered their heads in disappointment, “We miss Grandpa, but we also don’t want to leave Sophia.”Text © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.