After Thea left and before Kenneth could speak, Terence said in a deep voice, “Nat, let's go.”
Natasha nodded.
“Where are you going?” Liam immediately asked.
Terence glanced at Liam, then looked at Kenneth, who was lying on the bed, and said in displeasure, “Back to the ward and keep our eyes off all this chaos!” Then Terence extended his hands to the two children. “Denise, Benjamin, come on!”
Looking at the situation, Denise and Benjamin understood that the best course of action at that moment was to go with Terence. Hence, they grabbed onto his hands.
“Bye, Great-grandpa. Bye, Mr. Handsome! We're leaving now,” Denise said, seemingly reluctant to leave.
“Bye-bye!” Liam's heart melted.
“I will come visit you!” Kenneth said to Denise and Benjamin.
Denise nodded with a smile in response.
Liam glared at Terence, who looked like a villainous old man.
If you want to leave, leave! Why must you separate them?
Hmph!
As soon as the door closed, Liam's face fell.
He turned his head to look at Kenneth on the bed, his eyes filled with resentment.
“You brat—”
“I know what you're about to say!” Kenneth interrupted before Liam could speak his mind. “You just want to scold me. Grandpa, you already have great-grandchildren. What else do you want from me?”
Liam sat down angrily and pouted like a dissatisfied child. “So what? I can't even touch them. It's heartbreaking! I want to take them out and have fun with them whenever I want. I want to show them off
to the world, but I can't!”
When he thought of Terence, Liam was at his wit's end. There was nothing he could do.
After years of friendship, he was only left with disappointment.
Kenneth smiled faintly and said, “Grandpa, it's only a matter of time.”
“What do you mean?” Liam looked at him.
“I remember you bought a manor with Old Mr. Watson before, right?” Kenneth reminded.
Liam nodded and said, “Yeah. What about it? We bought it for our retirement.”
Kenneth's lips quirked up. “Think about it. It's about time for you both to retire. When the time comes, both of you will be living together, and the children will always be by your side. You won't have to worry about that anymore!”
To Liam, Kenneth's words seemed to make sense. “But he's living with Nat. He won't go to the manor!”
“They are renting the house they are currently living in!” Kenneth said.
Liam looked at him.
“When the time comes, hand the manor over to Old Mr. Watson, and they will move in. Then you will get what you want when you move in afterward.”
“Will he agree to that?”
“Don't worry. Once you're there, he can't just chase you out, right?”
Liam thought for a moment and said, “Wouldn't that be a little too shameless?”
“Well, do you want your greatgrandchildren or not?” Kenneth asked.
As soon as Liam thought of the three children, he knew that being shameless was just a small price to pay.
“Of course I do!”
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