The Billionaire Twins Need A New Mommy! novel Chapter 444

Chapter 444: Family

All her life, Lola never had a place where she truly felt at home. With Loren—sure. But since then, there hadn’t been a place she could safely call her own. Not with the Youngs, where she never felt safe. She had even searched for it in the deepest hell of the underground, but found nothing.

Strangely enough, in all those places, people easily threw around the word family. Yet hearing it only made her question whether that was truly what family meant.

So it felt utterly strange to hear, "Welcome home, Lola," and for the first time, feel that it was sincere.

It felt like home... and yet, she barely knew these people. This was her first time meeting most of them in person, but her heart knew right away. Her long search for a home was over.

She was home.

A place she knew she could go to, even — or rather, especially — on her worst days. She didn’t want to think too far ahead or make assumptions, but she couldn’t help it.

"Eat plenty!" Allison said warmly, snapping Lola out of her thoughts. "Atlas told me all your favorites, so we’ve been trying to perfect them for your taste."

Lola smiled at her future mother-in-law, who still carried the kind of beauty that aged gracefully. Just looking at her made Lola wish she could age like that too — with grace and warmth.

"You should listen to her."

Another voice came, making Allison and Lola turn. Across from them sat Jessa, Penny’s aunt. "If you don’t, somebody else will eat that."

As if to emphasize her point, Jessa puckered her lips and pointed in a direction. Lola followed her gaze, and her eyes landed on Penny.

Penny frowned. "Auntie, what are you talking about? It’s not like I’m going to snatch her food."

"You snatched mine!" Slater immediately jumped in, gasping dramatically as he tried to stab a piece of meat from his sister’s plate, only to get slapped. "Mom! Look at her!"

"Slater, Penny, there’s plenty of food." Allison pinched the bridge of her nose. "Stop fighting."

Jessa clicked her tongue, shaking her head at the two. "The only thing that ever changes with these two is their clothes. Throw them back into school uniforms and it’s the same scene all over again."

"Aunt Jessa, it’s not Third Brother’s fault," Nina — the Bennets’ adoptive daughter — chimed in with a gentle chuckle. She carried a calm, graceful smile. "Penny did take a slice of his meat."

"See?" Slater exclaimed. "I’m not lying!"

"Third Brother, no one said you were," Nina teased lightly. "But if I were you, I’d eat faster. Otherwise, your plate will be empty."

At that, Slater looked down, only to find half his food already gone. Penny was still chewing and giggling diabolically.

"Penny, control yourself!" he huffed, pulling his plate away. "I’m so busy, and this is the first time I’m eating Mom and Aunt Jessa’s cooking. How could you?!"

"Penny’s actually banned from the restaurant for two months," Kiara — the Bennets’ second daughter-in-law, married to their second son Hugo — said casually, without even looking up as she guarded her own food. "And you’re making yours an easy target for her. Didn’t you wonder why she sat beside you?"

"What?" Slater’s nose scrunched. He turned toward Jessa and his mother, both of whom ran the restaurant. "Is that true? Did you ban Penny?"

"We didn’t have a choice," Jessa sighed. "That woman will eat our entire restaurant if we let her. How are we supposed to run a business if she devours everything in sight?"

Penny pouted. "Aunt Jessa, how could you say that?"

"It’s because Penny kept ordering so much that we were always out of stock," Allison explained, rubbing her temple. "It was good for business, but we do have regular customers to worry about."

It wasn’t like Penny ate everything daily, but she ordered from their restaurant so frequently that it messed up their inventory. It even started to look like the restaurant was profiting solely from her. So, they temporarily banned her to make room for their actual customers.

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