Chapter 1529
Chapter 1529
Not long after Jayden and Julien were home, Karen Joy arrived with her son Larry. Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.
Before entering the house, Karen Joy held Larry's hands in her palms and reminded him, "Larry, not only are Uncle Jayden and Auntie Silvia back, Uncle Julien has brought Auntie Vanessa and Lawrie home too. As this house's young master, you must take good care of them, okay?"
Larry replied sensibly, "I know what to do, Mommy."
"Mommy?" Larry suddenly changed the way he addressed her, which made Karen Joy feel a little unaccustomed. "Did you learn that from Lawrie?"
Larry threw himself into Karen Joy's arms with a smile and said, "I was just joking with you, Mom."
Karen Joy gently twisted Larry's ear and said, "Naughty boy."
Larry turned around and ran into the house. When he entered the house, he saw Silvia, who had always doted on him, completely focused on Lawrie. He felt a little dejected but since Lawrie was younger than him, Larry decided not to take it to heart. "Auntie Silvia, your most adorable nephew is here."
"Larry is here." Silvia rushed over and picked up Larry. She kissed his face excitedly and said with a smile, "Larry, I haven't seen you for half a year. I've missed you so much that my heart hurts."
Larry said considerately, "With me by your side, your heart won't hurt anymore."
"Larry, you're really my little sweetheart." Silvia took Larry to Lawrie's side. "Larry, Lawrie, I heard that you two little guys have known each other for a long time. Can you two play with me today?"
Larry nodded, "Of course, Auntie Silvia."
Meanwhile, Lawrie hugged Larry excitedly. "I miss you, Larry."
Silvia pretended to cry and said, "No, no, you two can't leave me alone and play by yourselves. You two have to play with me. If you don't play with me, I will be very sad."
Larry took Lawrie’s little hand and said, "Lawrie, let's play with Auntie Silvia."
"Okay," Lawrie agreed.
Silvia said happily, "Shall the three of us play hide-and-seek then?"
Lawrie and Larry nodded simultaneously.
"Okay."
Silvia said again, "I'll be the seeker this round, and you two can go hide. I'll come look for you guys."
Listening to Silvia's instructions, the two were completely hyped up as they nodded their heads repeatedly. "Okay! We will hide."
Seeing Silvia behaving this way, Karen Joy was somewhat distressed. She went over and said, "Silvia, you haven't seen me for such a long time. Don't you miss me?"
"Of course I do." That was what Silvia said, but all she did was take a brief look at Karen Joy before she put all her attention back to those two boys again. She held both of them in each hand and said, "But I miss these cute little babies more."
Karen Joy was speechless.
How could the gods be so cruel?
They knew how much Silvia loved children, but they would not give her one. If God could bless her with a child, she would definitely be in seventh heaven.
Silvia waved her hand at Karen Joy impatiently and said, "Okay. You should go hang out with Mom and our future sister-in-law. These two boys want to play with me. I don't have the time to keep you guys company."
Karen Joy once again did not know what to say.
She sincerely prayed again, hoping that God would grant Silvia a child, so that Silvia could also experience the joy of being a mother.
Karen's voice then sounded, "Just let Silvia attend to them. Come here and have a seat."
"Okay." Karen Joy went over and greeted Vanessa before sitting down. "Hi, Vanessa! I'm really happy to have you here, just make yourself at home, okay? More importantly, all of us are more than happy for you to be one of us."
Julien had not even mentioned anything about their relationship but Karen Joy was already talking about her being one of them. Vanessa was a little embarrassed as she greeted Karen Joy, "Hi, Miss Kyle!"
"Well, I was hoping that you would just call me by my name now but I guess that won't do. I'll still have to ask Julien to formally introduce you and Lawrie to us." Speaking of Julien, Karen Joy looked around and said, "Mom, where is Jayden and Julien?"
"They've gone to play chess with your grandfather." Karen replied.
"What about Dad?" Karen Joy asked again.
"Your dad has something to attend to. He'll be home later. By the way, make sure you remind Lionel that everyone is home today. Ask him to come over once he's done with his work."
"You don't have to worry about that, Mom. I've already reminded him about it. He'll be here in a bit."
Karen and Karen Joy were talking about their family affairs, so Vanessa wasn't able to join in the conversation. She fixed her eyes on Silvia, who was playing with Lawrie and Larry. When she first met Silvia at the door, Vanessa thought that she looked somewhat familiar. Now that Karen Joy was here, Vanessa finally understood why.
Karen Joy and Silvia had quite a resemblance, especially from the back. At one glance, one might think that they were the same person.
Karen Joy scooted to Vanessa's side and said. "Vanessa, we are a family now. You can treat this place as your home. You don't need to be too formal with us, okay?"
"Okay." Vanessa looked away and smiled gently. "Mrs. Kyle, Miss Kyle, thank you for being so kind to me and Lawrie."
In the past, Vanessa didn't quite believe in Karen Joy when she was describing how friendly and gentle Karen was. But when she finally met Karen in real life, she had no choice but to believe it. It turned out that the Kyles were much friendlier and open-minded than she had imagined. They treated her like one of them, and none of them judged her for being a single mother.
In the past, she cared a lot about her extramarital pregnancy because she did not know who Lawrie's father was. On top of that, even her family was berating her and condemning her for getting pregnant before marriage.
The Kyle family was also her family, but they accepted her as she was. However, her own family could not even do that. Thinking about how her family treated her, Vanessa was disappointed. No.
Instead, the Love family was no longer her family, and she would not let them hurt her anymore.
"My mother is a nice person, isn't she?" Karen Joy said teasingly.
"Yes she really is." In fact, Vanessa's mother was the same too, but unfortunately, her mother had lost her life at such a young age. If her mother was still alive and could see how happy she was now, her mother would surely be happy for her.
"Mom, are you looking at me now?" Vanessa wanted to ask loudly, but she knew that it was not the right time nor the appropriate place to do so.
"You guys are too much, I'm not like you guys make me out to be." All this while, Karen had dealt with everything with a positive mindset. As long as a person was kind, Karen would treat them generously. But if the person had any malicious intentions, she would use equal means to get back at them.
"Mom, you really are that great. You don't have to be modest about this, okay? Let me tell you, Vanessa. When you marry into this family, she will treat you even better, so you have to get married as soon as possible, alright?" Silvia, who was playing hide and seek with Larry and Lawrie, interrupted before shifting her focus to the boys again. To be honest, Silvia was in the best position to testify for Karen's kindness towards her daughter-in-law.