Chapter 7 Indulgencel
The implication was that without someone teaching him, Joel couldn’t have known all these things.
Ethan remained silent, but his tightly pursed thin lips and the sudden chill in the air around him indicated his displeasure.
Joel was a perceptive child. Although Ethan did not speak, he could still sense Ethan’s displease Joel wanted to explain.
“It wasn’t Mom who said it. It was…”
Before he finished, Kaylyn interrupted him.
“Joel, I know Ms. Sutton didn’t say so. Someone who passed by must have done it, right?”
Joel did not understand the implied meaning behind Kaylyn’s words. He thought that Kaylyn was impressive, even knowing this. He nodded earnestly.
“Yes, I heard it just now in the restaurant from the conversation of some strangers at another
table.”
Kaylyn said gently, “Joel, I believe in you.”
Joel was about to smile, but then it seemed like he thought of something, and his expression
became serious.
He looked at Kaylyn sitting in the passenger seat, stubbornly wanting an answer.
“Ms. Greer, would you become a home wrecker?”
Ethan frowned and was about to speak but was stopped by Kaylyn.
She gently shook her head at Ethan and then said to Joel, “Joel, have you forgotten? I only have a maximum of six months left.”
Usually, Joel would call her Kaylyn directly.
But he addressed her Ms. Greer so unfamiliarly just now, which caused a sense of crisis to arise inside Kaylyn.
Although Joel was only five years old, he could not be regarded as an ordinary child.
Joel was taken aback as if he had just remembered this matter.
Joel didn’t know why he had asked such a question.
He felt some regret and annoyance.
Joel thought, “How could I possibly doubt Kaylyn? She is so kind and gentle.
“Moreover, she doesn’t have much time left.”
Although Joel was intelligent, he was only five years old.
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He didn’t notice that Kaylyn never gave him a definite answer.
He subconsciously bit his lower lip and apologized, “Ms. Greer, I’m sorry.”
Kaylyn smiled and gently said, “Alright, let’s not mention this matter anymore. Joel think about what you want to eat later. I will take you to eat.”
Joel quickly put the previous incident behind him and happily chatted with Kaylyn about food.
“Kaylyn, I want to eat fried chicken today!”
Kaylyn agreed without thinking, “Okay.”
Ethan, however, said, “Kay, you are in poor health. The doctor advised you not to eat fried and oily food.”
“It’s not a problem if I don’t eat it often,” Kaylyn replied and then turned to give Joel a glance.“Besides, Joel likes it. What’s the point of living such a rigid and disciplined life? Sometimes, we have to indulge ourselves a little to make life enjoyable.”
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Joel suddenly thought of Stella, who demanded a strict diet for him, thinking Kaylyn was the one who understood him.
Stella only used to control him.
The next morning, when Joel came downstairs, Ethan was reading the newspaper in the dining
room.
Joel rubbed his eyes and came downstairs with a sleepy expression. Ethan frowned and said, “Joel, why haven’t you gone to kindergarten yet?”
Joel lowered his head and said, “No one woke me up, so I got up late.”
At this moment, Lila Newell, a maid, came out of the kitchen with breakfast. Ethan looked unhappily at Lila and asked, “Why didn’t you wake Joel up?” Lila was surprised to see Joel still there, and then she awkwardly explained.
“Mr. Dodson, usually it was Mrs. Dodson who woke up Joel.”
Ethan’s face turned cold.“Mrs. Dodson prepared meals and woke up Joel. What are you supposed to do?”
Ethan was cold and reticent.
Five years ago, Lila began to work here, and she had never seen Ethan get angry.
At this moment, Ethan, who had long been in a dominant position, had a domineering aura, causing Lila to involuntarily shrink.
However, thinking about all the efforts that Stella had put in over the years, yet not being appreciated, Lila couldn’t help but feel sorry for her.
“No, Mr. Dodson, Mrs. Dodson said that you and Joel have weak stomachs and cannot eat anything casually. We need to specially prepare herbal soup.
“To cook some herbal soup would take at least two hours, and the production process is especial complicated. In order to learn to make herbal soup, Mrs. Dodson taught herself traditional medicine for a long time.”
Herbal soup?
Ethan’s eyes flickered slightly.
No wonder his stomach problem hadn’t recurred for a long time.
Lila continued, “Later on, both you
take a break.
“But…”
and Joel’s health was finally restored, and Mrs. Dodson co
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Lila glanced at Ethan and muttered, “Once, when Mrs. Dodson delivered food for you, Ms. Greer happened to have low blood sugar due to hunger, and you gave her the herbal soup that Mrs. Dodson prepared for
you.
“After Ms. Greer had herbal soup, she found it particularly appetizing. She chatted with Mrs. Dodson and learned what it was. Ms. Greer mentioned that her doctor had advised her to have herbal soup to nourish her body. Unfortunately, she couldn’t find anyone who could make it, and she praised Mrs. Dodson for being so good at it.
“Mr. Dodson, then you said that since Mrs. Dodson had to cook for troublesome to cook for one more person.
you and Joel, it was not
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“Mrs. Dodson rejected, saying that Ms. Greer’s taste was different from yours and she was afraid it wouldn’t meet Ms. Greer’s expectations.”
“But Mr. Dodson, you and Joel told her that you would eat whatever Ms. Greer wanted to eat and Ms. Greer could send the menu to me and Mrs. Dodson.
“I was in charge of purchasing, and Mrs. Dodson was responsible for cooking it.”
Just as Lila finished, her phone vibrated.
After taking a glance at her phone, Lila handed it to Ethan.
“Well, Ms. Greer sent another menu.”
Ethan took a casual glance and found that it was a group chat for three people.
They were Kaylyn, Lila, and Stella.
Most of the time, only Kaylyn texted messages.
Kiki:“Today I want to have three dishes and a bowl of soup.”
Below was the long recipe that Kaylyn sent, which could fill the entire screen.
Before Ethan finished reading, Lila quickly snatched the phone and swiftly replied with a “1“. Ethan looked at Lila’s bustling actions in astonishment.
Lila noticed Ethan’s puzzled expression and began to explain.
“Last time, because I was doing cleaning, I couldn’t reply in a timely manner. As a result, when lunch was delivered, Ms. Greer seemed to have suffered some great grievance and refused to eat
at all.
“Ms. Greer later fainted due to low blood sugar and was taken to the hospital for rescue. After waking up, she said that she was a dying person and that no matter how much she tried to make up for it, it would be a waste. She even mentioned that it would be better not to trouble Mrs. Dodson too much.
“Mr. Dodson, you were angry at Mrs. Dodson that time, accusing Mrs. Dodson of deliberately neglecting Ms. Greer. No matter how I explained, neither Mr. Dodson nor Ms. Greer believed.”
As Lila spoke, she took off the apron.
“Mr. Dodson, Joel, please go ahead and have breakfast. I need to go and purchase vegetables firs If I delay any longer, the vegetables won’t be fresh anymore, and Ms. Greer will think that Mrs. Dodson intentionally wants her to eat stale food, trying to harm her.”
Lila thought, “By then, she will complain to you again.”
Just at that moment, a line of words suddenly appeared in the
group chat.
Lila instantly stopped in her tracks.
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