"Then I return home today. My mom is already of old age. If there is anything wrong with her..."
Coralie did not manage to finish her sentence.
In all honesty, if Lillian really went too far, Coralie wouldn't know what to do. After all, she was still Skylar's mother.
"Coralie, you have really grown a backbone now. You think you're so great because you bore a grandson for the Holland family, don't you? I must tell my son what kind of person you truly are and let him see it for himself!"
After Lillian finished, she hung up the phone rudely.
During the weekend, Coralie had called up several kindergartens she had seen before, hoping to send Hendric over, but she had not found a suitable one. Only the private kindergarten was willing to accept him. In desperation, Coralie could only send Hendric back to the kindergarten before.
However, on Monday morning, Coralie had already made up her mind to send Hendric to kindergarten. As soon as she walked to the door, she saw that Lillian had arrived with a group of people and said that she would be sending Hendric to the Royal PreSchool.
"I'm not going!" Hendric protested.
Hendric held onto Coralie's hand tightly with his little hand.
Lillian squatted down and looked at Hendric, who was hiding behind Coralie. She smiled and said, "Hendric, you're the grandson of the Holland family. You're going to inherit the Holland family's business in the future. You have to receive the best education. You can't be like any normal child. Are you aware of that?"
"Aunt Ford, Hendric is still young. I'm not sure what the future holds for him."
What Coralie truly meant was that it was hard to say whether or not Hendric would inherit the Holland family's wealth.
However, Lillian misunderstood Coralie's words. She jumped up and accused, "What's wrong? What kind of tricks do you have up your sleeves this time? I am telling you that Hendric is a child of the Holland family. My stance depends on your obedience towards me so if you follow my rules I'll consider accepting you if you marry into our family."
Lillian had thought it through over the past two days. She had to come up with any ideas that would make Coralie stay back. If she really took Hendric away, no one would be able to do anything about it.
And there was one thing that both Lillian and Coralie definitely shared common grounds with and that was that they both had to wait until Skylar came back.
"Why don't we go to the kindergarten today, Mom?" Hendric seemed to know that Coralie was in a dilemma as he listened to Lillian's words. Hence, he suggested going there to avoid putting Coralie in a more compromising situation.
"Hendric, didn't you say that you didn't want to go?"
Hearing this, Coralie quickly squatted down and asked Hendric.
By the side, Lillian fanned the flames. "See that? Even a child is more sensible than you."
Hendric held Coralie's neck and said, "I don't like the children in the previous kindergarten because they used to say rude things about you. I don't want to play with them," Hendric explained.
It was then that Coralie realized that this was why Hendric was in such a state.
"Well, give me another two weeks and I will definitely find a suitable kindergarten for you, okay?" Coralie said softly.
"Okay."
Hendric nodded.
Lillian became unhappy when she heard those words. "Why are you still looking for another kindergarten? There is no other kindergarten better than the Royal Pre-School in A City. All the teachers there graduated from prestigious universities," she said.
"Let's go."
Coralie didn't want to argue with Lillian anymore, so she led Hendric to the car that Lillian came in.
Over the next two weeks, Coralie had been looking high and low for a suitable kindergarten. Now, there were many children, and most of the kindergarten slots were full. Even if there were slots, they were all small kindergartens. Coralie was worried about it.
She continued looking around and finally found a better private kindergarten. Coralie had already made an agreement with the kindergarten's director that she would bring Hendric to the kindergarten two weeks later.
Two weeks later, Coralie went to pick up Hendric with an anxious heart.
This time, she was punctual. When Coralie arrived, she found that Lillian was not late this time, and had also arrived at the kindergarten on time.
When Lillian saw Coralie, she immediately said, "Today I must take Hendric away!"
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