Seeing someone trying to take their mommy, the two little ones immediately became defensive.
"No way, this is our mommy. If you want a photo, go find your own mommy."
"But my mommy isn't as pretty as yours."
The little boy spoke innocently, making Deanna laugh and cry at the same time.
The boy's mother, who heard this from behind, felt publicly embarrassed. Her meticulously made-up face darkened considerably.
She doubted if he was his biological son as he criticized her in front of other kids.
To avoid further embarrassment, she quickly called him back, "Enrique, come back here!"
"No, I want to take a photo with the pretty lady."
Enrique Fry was the little boy who wanted to take a photo with Deanna.
His words elicited good-natured laughter from the surrounding people.
Jessie, Enrique Fry's mother, felt both amused and exasperated.
She looked apologetically at Deanna, "Mrs. Mercer, I'm sorry, my child just loves beautiful things."
"It's okay, little one, come over here. Let's take a photo together."
Deanna gently waved at Enrique.
Seeing this, Enrique's eyes lit up, and he ran over excitedly, "Thank you, pretty lady. You are so nice."
Looking at the cute little boy, Deanna couldn't help but smile. She patted his head and said he was a good boy, then looked over at Jessie.
"Jessie, why don't you join us too?"
"Well, I won't refuse then."
Jessie smiled gracefully and walked over to Deanna.
After taking the photo, Deanna said to her, "Once the photos are developed, I'll have Gregory bring them to school for Enrique."
"Whatever is convenient for you, Mrs. Mercer."
Jessie smiled warmly.
At this moment, Lance came over with the camera.
The two little ones saw him and clamored to see the photos they had just taken.
Lance naturally didn't refuse them. He squatted down and started showing them the pictures.
Seeing the gentle Lance in front of her, Jessie was amazed.
She was also from high society and had seen Lance at a banquet once.
But Lance she saw back then was completely different from the one in front of her now.
One was cold as ice, keeping people at a distance; the other had retracted all his sharpness and was gentle and refined.
Of course, Jessie knew that this drastic change in Lance was all because of the woman in front of her.
And to be fair, the woman in front of her standing next to Mr. Mercer made a perfect match-a talented man and a beautiful woman.
Thinking of this, she smiled and said to Deanna and Lance, "With such a beautiful scene, shouldn't Mr. and Mrs. Mercer take some photos together? How about I take some family photos for you?"
"That would be great, thank you, Auntie."
Before Deanna could respond, the two little ones happily handed the camera to Jessie.
Jessie took the camera and smiled gently at the two little ones, "You're welcome."
As she was about to leave with Enrique, something unexpected happened.
Enrique twisted his body, not wanting to leave with Jessie. "I don't want to go. I want to take a photo with the pretty lady."
"…You little rascal, hurry up and leave. They are taking family photos; what are you doing here as an outsider?"
Jessie was speechless with anger and regretted not curbing her child's love for beauty earlier.
When they got home this time, she would have to discipline this rascal properly.
Unaware of his impending doom, Enrique resorted to a child's ultimate weapon-crying, making a scene, and rolling on the ground.
Jessie was truly at her wit's end with this troublesome child and looked to Deanna for help.
Deanna was also stunned but then found it amusing.
She had never encountered a child who liked her so much besides Gregory and Chloe. Her heart softened as she said, "It's okay. Let the little one join us for the photo."
As soon as she said this, Enrique's crying face instantly turned into a bright smile directed at Deanna.
"I knew the pretty lady wouldn't leave me out. Mommy, hurry up and take our photo."
After saying that, the little guy snuggled up to Deanna.
At this moment, both Deanna and Jessie realized they had been tricked by Enrique's acting. They were both exasperated and amused.
The least happy were probably the two little ones.
They felt their status was being threatened and were very resistant to Enrique's approach.
"You're not part of our family; you can't be in our family photo."
Chloe said as she tried to push Enrique away from their mommy.
Gregory also looked over defensively.
Seeing that they didn't welcome him, Enrique scratched his head and said innocently, "How about I become your big brother? Then we would be a family."
Jessie never expected that her son would abandon even her in order to spend more time with Deanna.
Deanna and the two little ones were also stunned.
They never expected Enrique to say something like that.
Once they realized what he meant, the two little ones were furious.
Especially Gregory, who glared at Enrique with adorable fierceness. "We don't want you as our big brother!"