It was already seven in the evening when Kelsie got back to the apartment building.
She glanced at the time and sighed warily. She didn't intend to stay out this long. Now, her children had stayed by themselves for over 4 hours.
Because of how worried she was, she failed to notice the vacant parking space in the parking lot and just rushed into the building.
Since the building was filled with working class people, she had to squeeze in with a lot of people who had come back from work the same time as her.
She impatiently endured being in that position until everyone got off and she got to the 49th floor.
She didn't exactly expect to see a quiet house, but the scene she witnessed when she stepped into the house left her in shock.
"The monster's close, Zade! He's going to eat me! Don't let him eat me!"
"Quick, hold my hand!"
Keira's pearly laughter filled the entire house as she ran around the living room with Zade holding her hand.
Chasing them was a man she didn't find familiar.
Their noise was too much for Jesse, so he plugged his ears with foam earplugs to focus better on his coding.
Hence, no one realized when she came in.
"What is going on?" Although her voice was low, Keira and Zade who happened to hear her stern tone, instantly halted and froze over.
Daniel stopped running too and glanced towards the direction of the voice.
Seeing them suddenly stop caused Jesse to plug out his earplugs and glance towards the direction they were staring at.
When he saw Kelsie, his eyes bulged fearfully and he suddenly realized what he had done.
When they came in ten minutes ago, Daniel didn't believe his eyes and immediately began to dote on Keira and Zade.
He promised to do anything for them, so Zade asked him to order a list of medicinal herbs for him.
Seeing this, Keira asked him to play with them and that was it.
They were kids after all, so it was only naturally that they briefly forgot they could be in danger by bringing in a man they didn't know to their house.
Jesse sat up and was about to take responsibility for what happened when Daniel beat him to it.
"Oh, so you're their mother." He mummed, smacking his lips together as he continued staring at her intently.
Earlier, he had only seen Kelsie's side profile as she got into the cab she ordered, so he had no idea she was the one he met a few hours ago.
"You must be really special to be the mother of my brother's kids. Most importantly, my brother has good eyes. Look how gorgeous you are!"
While he was complimenting her, Keira and Zade's ears tweaked slightly at the sound of 'brother's kids'.
Zade suddenly realized he didn't know who this man was while it slightly made sense to Keira why Daniel had instantly taking a liking to them.
Brother's kids? He was really mentally unstable.
But at least he was willing to buy them whatever they asked for.
Although, she couldn't wrap her head around what he meant by calling them that, she stepped closer to him and pulled him gently by his pant.
"Uncle Daniel, is your brother very wealthy?"
Kelsie's brows knitted into a slight frown upon hearing her.
Uncle Daniel?
Excuse me?
"Very wealthy? Tsk! My brother's the wealthiest bachelor in Silicone Valley!" Daniel bragged and smiled smugly.
Zade couldn't help it too when he heard him.
"Wealthiest man in Silicone Valley? Hmph! Silicone Valley isn't that big and it only has a few billionaires in it."
"If he's the wealthiest man here, then he doesn't stand a chance against those in other cities."
Daniel glanced down at him and scoffed lightly.
"Don't say what you don't know. My brother's the wealthiest man in the country! If you don't believe me, take up your phone and search…"
He was still talking when Kelsie spoke to her children calmly, "What did I say when I left today?"
Keira's shoulders slumped backward and she sighed guilty as she she lowered her eyes to the floor.
"You said not to open the door to anyone."
The words were yet out of her mouth when Daniel huffed and glanced at Kelsie.
"Anyone? I'm not anyone. These are my brother's children! Don't you dare categorize me as anyone!"
The triplets immediately frowned deeply. Zade and Keira, who had been all over him just a second ago, quickly stepped away from him.
They tolerated a lot of things, but the one thing they didn't tolerate was someone raising their voice at their mother.
Daniel saw the annoyed look in their eyes as they gazed up at him and a confused look crept onto his face.
He turned and was about to ask Keira what was going on when Kelsie suddenly took quick and long stride towards him.
Suddenly seeing a shadow appear in front of him made Daniel react defensively.
He instinctively took a fighting stance, but that only lasted for a second as Kelsie slammed her elbow into his rib cage.
When he bent over in pain, she slammed her elbow into his neck and shoved him to the floor with her foot.
Her actions were slick and smooth as butter.
He didn't know what was happening until she was towering over him with her foot pressing down against his chest.
"Who sent you?"
He was still in disbelief that a fully grown man like him had been sent to the floor by someone as petite as her, so much that he didn't know when he blurted out.
"Are you a thug?"
Kelsie's eyes dimmed slightly and she pressed her foot against his chest harder thinking he was trying to prove stubborn.
Feeling suffocated, he tried to take her foot off his chest all to no avail, before he screamed out, "No one sent me! I made sure no one came into the elevator on our way up. And you can be rest assured that Jett doesn't know I'm here."
Kelsie was slightly taken aback.
"Jett? Jett Adler?"
Daniel hummed in response.
"He doesn't know I'm here. And I understand why he's been hiding you away from the world. With the number of reporters swarming around him everyday, I honestly don't blame him for taking these extreme measures."
"With the way Jesse looks exactly like him, all those reporters need is one photo to know he has a child."
Recalling her children were watching, Kelsie took her foot off him and stared at him sternly as he got on his foot again.
"What nonsense do you keep saying? Are you drunk?"
Daniel used the next few seconds to catch his breath before he huffed.
"All I'm saying is that Jesse looks exactly like my brother. But you have nothing to worry about, even if he walks around this building, no one would recognize him. Why? Because not a lot of people know what Jett Adler looks like."
Kelsie's head was almost spinning from the countless mention of Jett Adler.
She had had enough drama for the day and didn't want to think much about something so trivial, so she dismissed the thought and pushed out whoever this person was out of her house.
She didn't quite remember, but she had read somewhere that Jett Adler was the only child of his parents. So what was this person babbling about?
He was obviously one of those many people who took on the identity of wealthy people to freeload off gullible people.
"Wait, what are you doing? I still need to play more with Keira!" Daniel desperately shouted when he found out he couldn't escape her grip.
Kelsie ignored him and proceeded to push him outside. Then she proceeded to clsoe the door, but he placed his foot in-between it, hindering her.
When she raised her eyes to look at him, he flashed her a bright smile and said coquettishly.
"Sister-in-law, how about you don't tell my brother of this? If he finds out I know, godknows if I'll be able to return from Zeen until the end of my 3 years of study."
"So do me this one little favor and don't tell him, okay? After all, my niece and nephews need their uncle to be around so he can dote on them and…arghh!"
He suddenly screamed and held onto his leg painfully when Kelsie stretched her foot and struck him.
"Don't come here again. I'd not only report you to the police for trespassing, but I'll also break your legs." She sternly warned and slammed the door in his face.
He didn't have the liver to speak up after what she said as a frightening chill went down his spine when he heard her.
But as soon as the door closed in his face, he couldn't help, but exclaim in disbelief.
"B-break my leg? Hey, are you really a thug?!"