Love At The Right Price

Chapter 16

A troubled look came over Tim’s face when he saw the old woman before him crying. Why is she crying? After a moment’s hesitation, he went up and eyed Elle with scrutiny, asking warily, “Are you my dad’s grandma?” Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

“That’s right. I’m your dad’s grandma.” Elle brightened up again after wiping her tears away. My great grandson is so bright and clever. I have to take him back to the Holt Residence and raise him properly, she thought.

Tim stared at Elle quietly without saying a word. Now that I look at her, she does look a bit like Daddy, he thought. His eyes, which were the spitting image of Frank’s, darkened. “My mom told me that many human traffickers say the same thing to fool kids like me. You say you’re my dad’s grandma. In that case, who is my dad? What is his name, and where is he working?”

Unaware of what Tim was up to, Elle replied without the slightest hesitation, “Your dad is Frank Holt, the heir of Cloud Industries. His company is the tallest and most magnificent building at Deacon Town’s financial center. Am I right, Timmy?” Then, she took out the photo she had prepared beforehand and showed it to the boy.

Tim calmly took the photo, and sure enough, it was a photo of Frank. Tim had known about Cloud Industries when he was abroad. With assets of hundreds of billions, it was a company owned by a distinguished upper-class family of financial magnates. An economic newspaper had once reported that the Holts were so rich they might not even realize how rich they were. Well, if it’s Cloud Industries… Tim curled his lips. Okay, only such an outstanding father could be good enough for Mommy. Only Mommy is dumb enough to stubbornly believe that Daddy’s doing an indecent job.

On the other hand, Elle was happy that her great-grandson knew to be wary of strangers. She said to Laura next to her, “Look! Our Timmy’s so clever.”

Laura replied, “Yes, Old Madam. Little Master is a child of the Holt Family, so it’s only natural that he is an outstanding little boy.”

Elle stretched out her hand toward Tim. “Timmy, come home with me, okay?”

Having seen the photo, Tim was convinced that the old woman before him was his great-grandmother. But Great-Grandma only asks me to go home with her, he thought. He stared at Elle, asking, “What about my mom, then?”

Elle remembered what Frank had told her. Tim was his son, but the woman who gave birth to the boy might not end up becoming his wife. After pondering for a moment, Elle knitted her brows. “Your mom’s not a decent woman. Let’s have another woman as your mother instead. Just let your dad marry whoever you like.”

Tim’s face screwed up in annoyance at Elle’s words. “Mommy’s the best mother in the world! She loves me more than anyone else does. I wouldn’t have grown up until now if it weren’t for her working hard to provide for me,” he said in displeasure. “Great-Grandma, if you don’t like my mom, then don’t like me anymore.” I hate whoever hates Mommy.

Upon hearing Tim’s words, Elle panicked at once. This won’t do! The more she came into contact with the boy, the more she liked him. This cute little boy is the apple of my eye! The Holt Family’s child has to return to the family. Immediately, she smiled and coaxed the boy, saying, “Alright, alright. I like your mom too. Let’s bring her home too.”

Tim let out a sigh. “Sigh, probably not.”

“Why?” Elle and Laura looked at each other in puzzlement.

Tim pouted his lips with a helpless expression. “Mommy doesn’t like Daddy, who always has all kinds of weird women around him who wants to be my stepmother. But I have my own mother. Great

Grandma, I’m never gonna leave my mom. Whoever she marries in the future, I’ll call him Dad.”

What? How dare that woman marry another man while bringing Frank’s son with her, letting a descendant of the Holt Family acknowledge another man as his father! Frank’s so useless; to think that he has yet to do anything about that woman after having had a child with her! No, I mustn’t let this happen! Elle’s shrewd eyes flickered. Since that’s the case, I’d better let Frank marry that woman. Since Timmy’s so clever, Frank should hurry up and have another smart little baby so that his good genes won’t be wasted. She patted Tim’s head lovingly. “Don’t worry. I’ll definitely make your father pull himself together to win your mom’s heart!”