Seeing Stefani was displeased, Reynold didn't dare delay any longer. He immediately came out of the bush with a sullen face and stood in front of her carrying his school bag.
As soon as Axel saw the dust on his pants, he bent down and patted them. "Young master, what are you doing here? Shouldn't you still be in a tutoring session?"
Reynold scratched his head and smiled. "No tutoring for today, so I can go home early."
Stefani narrowed her eyes. "No tutoring or are you ditching it?"
"I said no tutoring!" Reynold nodded earnestly. "I can't possibly lie to you!"
Axel just listened at the bickering with a flat face.
Could this mother have a little trust in her child? Hadn't he been studying every day at school and taking quite a lot of tutoring?
Stefani was also full of suspicion. Before she could even ask, the closed door of the villa slowly opened. Mellisa stood at the door and invited in a soft voice, "Everyone, do you want to come in to chat?"
Reynold was young and innocent. But after Axel and Stefani arrived, they couldn't ignore their existence.
After all, this was their territory too!
Stefani was very upset at this point. She glanced at Mellisa with a smile. "Why didn't you open the door for my son earlier? Didn't you see him standing outside?"
Mellisa hadn't answered yet, but Reynold stomped his feet then straightened his school uniform and said with a smile, "Mom, I just came here and haven't knocked on the door!"
Stefani couldn't utter anything in reply.
Seeing this, Axel smiled. "It seems that the young master also heard that Miss Mellisa and the others are here, so he can't wait to see. Madame, how about we ... come in and sit down."
Reynold also suggested from the side. "Mom, I want to come in and sit down too."
Stefani wouldn't back down if she had to argue with the rest of the Mayer family, but she was so soft in front of her son.
Everyone in the Mayer family knew how much she loved Reynold.
Her own son said so and the old woman was not very good at hiding it.
Stefani pursed her lips, she looked at Reynold excited and answered warmly. "Come in."
Reynold's eyes were sparkling, he stomped his feet in joy. 'My goddess, we can meet again!'
...
A few minutes later, there weren't any empty chairs in the living room.
Everyone didn't speak for a while knowing Stefani's position in the house.
Though the atmosphere was pretty tense, Reynold himself was not affected.
He sat beside Stefani with his back straight, holding his school bag in his arms as his eyes were sparkling at the sight of Lilia's figure.
He didn't speak, the boy kept looking at her and stared at her. He felt that this goddess was simply perfect. She was really beautiful! Her skin looked so good, her hair was also perfect, and even her sitting posture was very good.
Lilia felt a little uncomfortable with the boy's sharp gaze. She leaned on her husband, stared at his cheek, and tried to ignore Reynold's gaze by staring at Jean's handsome face.
Jean watched her movements. Even if he didn't speak, he immediately raised his arms to embrace Lilia and pulled her closer. He gently pressed the back of Lilia's head with his palm, trying to hide her beautiful face in his embrace.
He wouldn't really be angry with a 12 year old child, but the sharp gaze from the other party really made him unhappy.
It's not like he hadn't met anyone who was interested in Lilia, but most of them were independent and stable adults. Everyone carefully covered their thoughts and expressed their feelings implicitly.
But he crumbled at Reynold's attitude towards her.
It also made Jean realize that his wife's beauty and attractiveness was admired by many regardless of age.
This time, Stefani looked around as she held her teacup on the table, and rubbed it twice on her palms. "Lilia, Mellisa, I'm sorry. Reynold is still young and naive. This child does not mean to disturb you. As his mother, I apologize to you both on his behalf."
Reynold hugged the school bag in his arms, and when he heard his mother's voice, he turned his head to look at Stefani.
He didn't speak, but he furrowed his brows, and the brilliance in his eyes gradually faded. Why did he feel that his mother's way of speaking was a little stern and heavy?!
Even if Reynold was young, he wasn't an insensitive and senseless young man.
Looking at his mother's face and trying to think through what she had in mind, the boy also had his own guess.
Reynold lowered his head, vaguely feeling that this had something to do with him.
Simply put, he lowered his head like a well-behaved child and began to hold back his emotions and tears that threatened to drop.
Ah, his goddess was here, but he couldn't even ask for a handshake. So sad!
At this time, Mellisa lightly shook her head and replied with a calm expression, "We don't feel bothered, so there's no need to apologize. Aren't we family? So don't bother apologizing like that."
Stefani's hand instantly tightened in her teacup, she was quite taken aback by Mellisa's words.
She hadn't spoken about it yet, but she might already consider her a member of the family.
This chaos was caused by Reynold. Axel didn't dare to ignore and hurriedly said. "Miss Mellisa, Miss Lilia, young master has probably never seen someone as famous as Miss Lilia, so he ran here out of curiosity feeling excited. Please excuse young master's enthusiasm."
Now, Stefani was not happy.
"Excited?" Stefani bit on Axel's words, she then said with a chuckle. "Axel, what did you mean my son has never seen a famous person before? Are you saying he, as the descendant of the Mayer family, ran over here to meet two girls only to be caged outside like beasts? He doesn't deserve her to be treated like that!"
Initially, Stefani was a very tolerant and calm woman, otherwise she would not have been the close nurse next to Caleb for almost two decades, and finally accepted as a successor.
But when it came to Reynold, she could hardly keep her calm. Sometimes a mother's love can be too impulsive.
Axel was a little embarrassed because his words might be a little ambiguous. He nodded indifferently. "I'm sorry, Madame."
"Mom, why did you suddenly scold Uncle Axel?! It's true I have never seen a celebrity. I just wanted to see her even if it's just a glimpse," Reynold couldn't stand it anymore. He was young, reckless, and energetic. Ironically, he had to sound like he went against her mother just because he wanted to defend his goddess idol!
"You..." Stefani was worried, but she could not bear to scold him. The woman's face slowly turned dark, it was harder to see what kind of emotions flashed through her eyes.
Right now, the atmosphere in the living room was very awkward. Jean had been silent from earlier, he only glanced at Reynold then looked at Stefani and spoke in a calm voice. "Madame Stefani, we are busy and we have jobs in the real world. My wife and I took the time to come because Mr. Caleb asked us to come here. If our arrival disturbs your mood, we will happily go home tonight."
Stefani's expression was truly extraordinary.
All members of the Mayer family knew how much the old man was looking forward to this banquet that would be a confession of sins.
If she and Reynold made Mellisa and the other three angry and went home, there was no way that old man could forgive her!
Stefani's eyes started flickering, it seemed like she valued herself too high. Her current position could be said as unclear as she couldn't step up nor step down. She was clearly in a dilemma.
Axel glanced at her then patted his own knee and did not say anything.
At this time, Reynolds also knew that he was in trouble. He looked at Jean with sketchy eyes and a little accusation. The boy then pursed his lips and said, "I was... I was too excited when I heard you came and I ran and banged on your door without thinking. I understand the mess I made, that's why I apologize. I beg you please don't go."
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