Hmm?
Yvonne turned back and saw a little girl standing on the stairs with a pink princess dress on while staring a t herself hostilely.
The little girl looked like she was about five or six years old, but she looked much stronger and taller than other children her age. She had a chubby face and looked adorable. 1
Unfortunately, it was ruined by the expression on her face.
It was Anna Lancaster, the girl who led the other kids i n bullying Theo.
She was Jacqueline's daughter indeed. The look in her eyes and her tone was just like Jacqueline's, which wasn't very likable. 1
Although Yvonne didn’t quite like her, she didn't show it on her face. She pretended to not know anything and asked the man next to her, "Henry, she must be your daughter."
Henry frowned. He wanted to clarify that she was a stepdaughter, but then realized that Anna still did not know about her identity as his stepdaughter.
Therefore, he could only say, "Yeah." "She's adorable," Yvonne praised her but she didn't really mean it.
Henry didn't reply. He glanced at Anna who was standing on the stairs.
Adorable?
He didn’t think so at all.
"Who are you?" When Anna saw that Yvonne didn't answer her question, she became a little unhappy. She asked again as she stared at Yvonne with her eyes wide open.
This time, not only was the expression on her face hostile, but her tone also became hostile.
Henry narrowed his eyes. "Anna, watch your attitude!"
"It's okay, she’s just a kid." Yvonne smiled and waved her hand at Anna, "Come over, little girl. I'll tell you who I am."
Anna hesitated for a few seconds, then walked over with her short legs. "You can tell me now."
Her tone sounded like she was a little adult.
Yvonne tried to persuade herself to smile at her a little more lovingly as she said, "I’m your father's friend. You can call me Miss Smith."
"Dad's friend?" Anna looked at her deeply.
Yvonne nodded. "Yes."
Anna couldn't believe it. She turned to look at Henry.
Henry nodded slightly, "Anna, say hi to Miss Smith."
"No, I won't!" Anna retorted loudly and glared at Yvonne angrily, "Mommy said women are all bad and they all have bad intentions."
"What?" Yvonne was shocked. She looked at Henry blankly.
Henry scowled. "Anna, do you know what you're talking about?"
"Of course. My mother said that there are many women out there who want to get into Dad's bed. Mommy also said that if any woman in Dad's company tries to talk to me, that woman must be trying to please me in order to approach Dad. Dad, you want me to greet her, so she must be the vixen that's trying to get into your bed, just like Mommy told me!" Anna pointed at Yvonne and said angrily.
Yvonne was stunned by her remarks. It was hard to imagine a five-year-old girl saying all that.
Getting into her father's bed, approaching her father, vixen? Did a young child just say all that? Even adults would get embarrassed when saying things like that, but it seemed so natural to her even though she was just a child, which was really shocking.
What the hell did Jacqueline teach her child?
Though Yvonne was surprised, Henry was even angrier. His handsome face darkened.
He looked down at Anna who was in front of him coldly. "Anna Lancaster, did your mother teach you to
say all those things?"
Anna sensed his anger, and her tiny body trembled as she nodded timidly.
Henry clenched his fist so tightly that blue veins in his arm were all exposed. "What else did she teach you?"
Anna shriveled and said, "Mommy also said that if there are any bad women, I should drive them away. M y dad belongs to my mom, so we mustn't allow a vixen to take Dad away." 1
"Jacqueline! Conrad!" Henry gritted his teeth and squeezed those two words out of his mouth.
He couldn't believe this was how that woman taught her child.
Yvonne, who was beside them, heard this and touched her chin understandings.
No wonder the child appeared so hostile to her.
It turned out to be Jacqueline's way of teaching.
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