Married To My Billionaire Stepbrother-Chapter 394: Defending Her Son

Meanwhile, Serena had already made her way to her sons. She calmly looked at Aaron, who was protecting his brother, with all he could do.

"Step aside." Serena instructed.

Aaron moved as he talked in defence of his brother, "Mom, that woman was at a fault. She said you are..."

Seren looked at Aaron, and the little guy kept quiet. Alexander patted Aaron’s head gently, knowing how much he cared of his younger brother.

Serena knelt in front of Aiden, who was still fuming, his little fists clenched. "Are you alright?" Her voice and her gaze was soft.

The little boy finally regained his senses as he looked at his mother. "That woman said bad things about you, so I silenced her." There was not a tinge of guilt in his eyes.

"Did you hear him?" Mallory exclaimed. "He just—"

"Keep quiet," Aeldric warned his daughter, while he observed his grandson with pleased expressions.

Serena didn’t lose her calm or scold Aiden, nor did Alex interfere. Aiden was different from other kids, and only Serena knew how to handle him when he was angry.

"Calm down first," Serena said as she held his hand.

"You’re asking your son to calm down instead of scolding him for murdering someone? What kind of mother are you, raising such barbaric kids?" Mallory lost her temper.

Not answering her, Serena simply hugged Aiden. "Come with me. Let me clean your hands."

She took Aiden with her to the washroom.

Once they were gone, Mallory turned to Alexander. "Is this how she raised your kids? What kind of woman are you with? She didn’t even flinch to see what her son had done as if it was nothing new for her. Has your son killed people even before?"

"You pay attention to your kids first," Alexander said indifferently and went to his family.

Meanwhile, Aeldric was pleased. "I don’t like that woman, but she raised perfect grandsons for me. This is how Riverdales should be."

"You want your grandsons to turn just like you?" Marina asked.

The old man alughed in pride, "Can’t you see they are already like me. Riverdales are born this way."

Marina simply frowned at her husband’s usual behaviour. There was no cure to it and she didn’t want to try it.

"But who was it? Aiden or Aaron?" Mallory asked, "Whoever it was, we need to punish him. They can’t harm their family members."

No one answered her as no one knew who it was. Both looked and acted so alike except for on some rare occasions when one of them acted arrogant.

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Alexander took the three to his room once Aiden was calm and clean in the washroom.

Serena sat next to the little boy and caressed his head gently. "Aiden, I know you must be truly angry, but haven’t we talked about this before?"

The little boy now looked entirely different from his angry self just a while ago. He looked like an innocent young boy who had been wronged.

"We’ve practiced how to control anger so many times. Did you forget my teaching? Do you want to fail me?" she asked, keeping her tone as soft as she could.

Alexander and Aaron sat quietly next to each other, letting Serena talk with Aiden.

"I didn’t want to, but that woman wouldn’t stop saying bad things about you," Aiden said. "She even called us—Aaron—a bastard."

"Whatever she says, it won’t harm any of us, right? So what’s the use of wasting our energy on them?"

"I can’t hear anyone saying bad things about Aaron and you," Aiden replied. "It angers me."

Serena continued talking to him while he listened quietly, nodding to everything she said.

Later, she pulled out a bottle from her bag and offered one tiny pill to Aiden. "You must be tired."

Aiden took the pill, and Serena put both kids to sleep. She looked at them with worry.

Alexander sat next to her on the bed and gently hugged her. "Don’t worry."

Serena hugged him back, trying to calm herself, and said, "You know Aiden’s condition. We cannot let him stay with your father. It will only worsen him, and we don’t know what will become of him."

"I know. I’m equally worried for him," Alexander said. "Until we’re here, try to be patient. I’ll soon prepare to send you three away."

She looked up at him. "Won’t you come with us?"

"You know the answer," he looked back at her. "You know what would happen if I followed. You’re not new to this dangerous world."

She sighed and said, "It feels like my own sins are coming back to me in the form of punishment to my kids."

"Shh! Don’t say that. Trust me—I’ll protect you well," he said. "Once we go downstairs, you can guess what my father will say. I can’t oppose him directly, so we have to get him to some settlement to borrow some time."

"I understand."

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Both of them went downstairs, where everyone was waiting for them.

They had already watched the video footage of what exactly had happened.

The woman who was harmed indeed had said truly harsh words.

But seeing a little kid picking up the fruit knife from the fruit basket placed on the table, then moving towards the woman sitting in the chair, and slicing her throat in a moment without even blinking once, was more terrifying.

He looked utterly determined to kill his target.

"There she is," Mallory said with disdain as she looked at Serena. "A mother who is raising a barbarian."

Serena calmly looked at Mallory. "Isn’t Riverdale a family of barbarians? What’s so surprising if my son kill one or two people that you want to teach me how to raise my children?"

Mallory seethed in anger at Serena’s bold words, "You... How dare you say that—" freeweɓnovel.cøm

"You can curse my innocent son all you want, but I can’t defend him? Is this how it works here?" Serena said, her gaze sharp.

"Father, this woman isn’t as simple as she looks," Mallory commented. "When she arrived, she was calm like a goat, and now she’s showing her true colors. She is even encouraging her child killing someone."

Aeldric observed Serena, his eyes narrowing. This woman was truly not simple.