My Wife is a Sassy Queen

Jonathan neither hugged the child back nor did he push him away.

The Prestons were unsure of what to make of it. They just assumed Jonathan was being courteous and showing respect to Madam Preston by not throwing the child off.

They all waited with bated breath for her response.

“President Smith, this is Kyle Preston, my great-grandson. His father is the current army Colonel of P city, Liam, who just transferred from Maple City.” Madam Preston loved Kyle and had no intention of hiding him away.

“He is usually very well behaved, so I am not sure why he is acting like this today. I hope you don’t mind. He is a child after all, and unfortunately, his stay in the family home has not been going as pleasant as I had hoped as you can clearly see.” Madam Preston said clearly apologizing for the bad behavior of her family members.

She loved Liam and Kyle dearly, both being her direct bloodline. While she was apprehensive about who Kyle’s mother had been, it was not good enough a reason to not acknowledge Kyle, who was her own flesh and blood.

Even if she did not like them, she would have responded similarly because Kyle looked too much like Liam to deny their relationship. And Jonathan was not stupid. He must have seen people’s dislike for Kyle right away.

The other family members were stunned.

They had not expected the matriarch to say something like that.

Those who had bad-mouthed Kyle were too embarrassed to say anything. They shuffled in their feet and tried to say something nervously.

Alisa tried to say something unpleasant and drag Kyle to the mud. Since her dislike was already revealed, she did not want to appear pretentious.

“Please forgive us, President Smith. He is Liam’s child but of unknown origins. Since Liam had never been married, it’s hard to call him a Preston. Grandaunt is too old and loves him too much to see any flaws, I am afraid.” She added righteously. She clearly had no regard for Kyle’s feelings.

Jonathan felt Kyle tremble in his arms. He finally raised his hands and hugged him back tight, caressing his back for comfort.

“Madam Preston, your family doesn’t seem like my Godson. As a child, he is even subjected to hearing such bad things about his origins. It’s bad enough his mother passed away shortly after giving birth, he is now subjected to such from the people who ought to love him and make up for the loss. His mother was a great woman whom my family owes quite a debt of gratitude. I had really hoped for a better environment for my Godson.”Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

His words caused a stunned silence. He had purposefully stressed on ‘Godson’ and repeated it twice for effect.

He did not mind the crowd as he added, “I hope you won’t have any objections if I take him away. Liam will fetch him back when he returns. And I assure you he will be treated very well.”

Jonathan had liked Madam Preston’s answer and he could see that she loved Kyle. It’s just their family was quite large and most of the relatives were quite the bloodsuckers.

Jonathan treated Madam Preston respectfully. He casually called Kyle his Godson which gave a clear message, Kyle was under his protection.

The entire family had assumed Kyle’s mother was a nobody. But seeing Jonathan mention her as someone whom he owed a debt of gratitude, they were all stunned.

They looked at Kyle with renewed eyes as they saw Jonathan hold him tightly.

It was clear that he had come there to fetch Kyle.

How important was Kyle to be personally fetched by President Smith who was the richest man in P city and was on top of the pyramid?

They could not have assumed that Kyle’s mother was someone related to the Smiths, moreover, Kyle was clearly familiar with Jonathan. No wonder he had jumped into his arms as soon as he had seen him, which was out of his character.

Liam and Jonathan also knew each other.

The entire Preston family was left to digest that shocking news.