Chapter 381: Ten Kids.
Seeing Collins having fun with her misfortune, she realized she had been abandoned by them all concerning this. Having no one to turn to, Arissa turned to Nicklaus for help, "Nick," she needed someone to speak up for her. Collins seems to have joined Jocelyn and Adele.
Nicklaus’s long fingers trailed down Arissa’s neck. His black eyes bored into her brown ones and he said, "I think they are right on this. You shouldn’t bother yourself,"
Arissa frowned. She turned to him to help her and he decided to join them. Her curiosity was high at the moment. Whenever Adele and Jocelyn share a wink that way, it means a lot of things.
They have done it a couple of times in the past and the case has never been favorable with her at the end.
Seeing Arissa feeling so alone and devastated, Adele decided to ask another question and let go of the one she and Jocelyn asked themselves with their eyes. "How many more kids are on the way?" she asked, sounding less suspicious as she placed both fists under her chin and relaxed on the couch.
Arissa wiggled her brows, "I can tell this wasn’t what you were about to ask earlier," she called them out.
Adele stretched her legs out and shrugged her shoulders once more. "I’ll make up for that but for now, answer this first," she bargained.
Arissa rolled her eyes and relaxed properly on Nicklaus, "One," she gave out a one-word reply and one could tell that their joke earlier got her.
Adele’s face dropped, "Just one?" she relaxed into her seat and added, "I expected to always visit a house filled with kids,"