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The family stepped into the lounge.
As soon as they entered the room, Natalie immediately felt something was off.
She halted her footsteps abruptly, scrutinizing the surroundings through narrowed eyes
and trying to put her finger on the exact problem of the place.
The two children and Shane stopped as well.
Connor blinked and asked in puzzlement, “What's wrong, Mommy?”
Sniffing the air, Natalie answered, “There seems to be a strange scent in the room.”
“What sort of scent?” Sharon cocked her head to the side with a bewildered expression on
her face. “I don't smell anything strange.”
“It's a milky scent,” stated Natalie finally.
Hearing that, Shane raised his brows slightly.
What a sharp nose she has! Who would've thought that she would catch that scent?
“A milky scent?” Sharon was dumbfounded at first, but her eyes lit up as she thought of
something. “Oh, I know what it is. That must be—”
However, before she could finish the sentence, Connor quickly cupped his hand over her
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mouth.
“You silly thing! You should've kept quiet!” he scolded her exasperatedly.
Knowing that she had done something wrong, Sharon merely blinked, mumbling
incoherently, “Mmm...”
I'm sorry, Connor. I didn't do that on purpose.
When she heard Natalie mention the milky scent, she automatically wanted to explain that
it must have come from Anders.
The words slipped out of her mouth before she realized that it was not yet time to talk
about it.
Natalie observed the two children's reactions, her eyes narrowing with suspicion. “Connor,
are you guys hiding something from me?”
“No!” Connor denied, shaking his head vehemently.
Sharon, whose mouth was still covered by her brother, nodded emphatically in agreement
as well.
However, the more they did that, the more it proved that their responses were
problematic.
Natalie was certain that they were hiding something from her, but since they were clearly
unwilling to spit out the truth, she decided not to force them. Instead, she turned her gaze
toward the man by her side. “Darling, tell me, what's going on? Why is there such a thick
milky scent here?”
Although Connor and Sharon both drank milk, they drank powdered milk, which did not
produce such a strong milky scent.
Only goat's milk or breastmilk smells like this.
Watching Natalie wracking her brain, Shane let out a light chuckle. “Why don't you make a
guess?”
“How would I know?” Natalie rolled her eyes at him. “In fact, I wanted to mention it earlier
when I smelled it on you just now. It was faint, but the scent was definitely there. I forgot
all about it after talking to you and the kids, though. So, tell me honestly. Why do you
carry such a milky scent? You haven't been drinking milk yourself, have you?”
The moment Shane heard those words, his lips twitched as his expression darkened.
What is she talking about? How could I possibly have been drinking milk?
Torn between amusement and exasperation, he held his forehead, asking, “In our family,
other than Connor and Sharon, who else do you think drinks milk?”
Besides Connor and Sharon, there was obviously only one person who drank milk.
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Anders?
At that thought, Natalie turned sharply toward Shane. Staring at him with widened eyes,
she opened her mouth as if to say something, but she was so overwhelmed with
excitement and disbelief at her speculation that she was not able to utter a single word,
and her eyes reddened in desperation.
Hugging her gently, Shane comforted her in a soft voice, “There, there. It's all right. Calm
down first and speak slowly.”
However, Natalie was so emotional that she could not keep still.
Of course, there was no way she could keep calm at that moment.
As the milky scent lingered in the lounge and on Shane's body, it could only mean one
thing—Anders was likely here.
As she thought about how secretive the children looked earlier and recalled Sharon's
unfinished sentence, she was positive about it.
Anders is really here.
At that thought, she instantly broke free from Shane's arms and headed toward the rooms
in the lounge.
The lounge was not that big and had only two rooms. Since Anders was not there with
them, he must be in one of the rooms.
Seeing a room with its door shut tight, she headed toward it.
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