Chapter 403 - Are you mad? (1/2)
The rest of the day, Lexi spent her day personally getting her hands on any of the files that could fully prove that Hannah Gan was innocent— or even though she wasn't that pure, at the very least, it was not her on the video. She and Nico Zhuang hustled as Nico Zhuang contacted a friend to locate the IP address of the uploader.
After that, when it was close to six in the evening, Lexi finally decided to fetch the twins since it was her schedule today to fetch their children. Hence, with the help of the personal investigations she had done, some of the negativity caused by Avah Tong, Jessica Dai, and Mr. Gan gradually lessened.
”Hi Mom, Dad,” Arriving at the living area of the mansion where the two grandparents were already playing with the twins; with Frederick Yang carrying baby Evan who was wearing an astronaut costume in his arms while Lillian Yang carrying baby Lara as the little girl was wearing a cute dress matched with the same designed hairband.
If a person didn't know any better, they might think that the twins went to a costume party. However, this kind of attire of the twins that were akin to a prince and princess had become normal. Why? It was her parent's fault!
During her pregnancy, or rather, even before that, their purchases of baby clothes and pieces of equipment had become a nonstop haul. Hence, for the twins to try each of the clothes even once, they have to wear it before it wouldn't fit anymore. After all, the twins were growing chubbier by each passing day— it was very evident on their cheeks, arms, and leg rolls.
”Who is that? Did you see who just came? That's mommy? Mommy?” Frederick Yang changed his tone as he sounded excitedly young while talking to Evan Lu and guiding his gaze as he pointed at Lexi's entering figure.
Instead of going to the twins, Lexi plopped down on one of the sofas with a heavy sigh. After all, her parents would always want to spend even just a second longer with the twins even though they, Lexi or Ethan Lu, would drop them off every day to the Yang Mansion.
”Something wrong, dear?” Sensing the extra exhausted aura emanating from Lexi, Lillian Yang marginally arched her brows as she patted Lady Lara's small back and hushed the clingy baby girl.
Lexi glanced at her keen mother who was always the first person to detect if there was something bugging her. Alas, Lexi didn't want to alert her parents as she has to talk to Ethan Lu first. It might sound a little selfish, however, Lexi wouldn't worry her parents if she was not certain about her husband's real situation.
”Nothing, Mom. I am just tired. Abigail had this artist who was allegedly being involved in a scandal so she asked me to do her a favor to see if I can tone things down since she's out of the country.” Shrugging her shoulders, Lexi forced her lips to stretch into a smile as she sounded as if nothing serious happened today.
Of course, her parents would always believe her hence, Lillian Yang didn't press on the matter anymore and only gave a few pieces of advice to her daughter about her non stop hustling. Overall, the night in the Yang Mansion was peaceful as usual until Lexi and the twins along with their nanny's bid their farewells to the two grandparents.
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When Lexi arrived at their own home— Ethan Lu's villa, she of course, like a mother she should be, spent her time playing with the twins before she personally cuddled them to sleep. It was ten in the evening when she heard the room door of the twins silently creaked open. Hence, Lexi's closed eyes slowly opened and saw Ethan Lu wordlessly approach them.
”Hey, love…”
”Shhh…” Upon hearing his fairly audible call, Lexi gently shushed as she carefully slid herself out of the bed not to disturb her twins. Doing this almost every night in the past months, Lexi had mastered the craft of stealth hence, she successfully got out of bed without waking up the twins.
As if on cue, Ethan Lu walked over to the other side as he cautiously carried Lady Lara Lu and brought her to her pink crib while Lexi had to transfer Evan Lu to his own crib. Thankfully, Evan Lu didn't wake up after Lexi placed a pacifier in his mouth. After all, her little guy was the one who would always cry and throw a tantrum if he was abruptly disturbed in his sleep.
”Daddy missed you two.” Placing a slight peck on their foreheads, Ethan Lu whispered the same sentence into their ear as he indeed missed his kids and his wife. To him, this day felt rather longer than usual and going home was the only good thing that happened today.
Turning to Lexi who was staring at him with her arms crossed under her chest, for some reason, he knew that they had to talk about something.
”Let's talk, downstairs.” Tilting her head towards the door, Lexi glanced at her twins for the last time before she left the room while Ethan Lu tucked his children in before he followed his wife.