Bianca cleared her throat again, squinting her eyes, and proudly asked, "Can I pick a few?"
"As you wish," Alessia said, curling her lips.
Bianca's personality hadn't changed a bit. She was still a paper tiger who liked to put on airs, not really scary, but rather cute.
After hearing Alessia's words, Bianca couldn't pretend to be calm anymore. She happily clenched her fists.
"Just as I please? Then I'll pick a few!" Indeed, this Al was as generous as she liked.
Bianca, excited, obviously forgot about the need to discount her fondness for Al.
Eleanor stood obediently aside, and with a few words from Alessia, she almost completely won over the hypocritical Bianca.
She blinked and cleverly stepped forward, grabbing Bianca's hand and leading her into the house. "Auntie, I know where Mommy's dresses are. Let me take you to pick them."
Alessia watched the aunt and niece enter the house and followed them in, closing the door behind them.
Back inside, Alessia saw Mrs. Cate and Christian waiting in the living room.
"Mommy." Christian walked up to Alessia, tugging at her sleeve coquettishly.
Seeing Christian standing here so well, Alessia guessed what was going on.
She rarely looked serious. "Christian La Rosa, explain!"
Christian stuck out his tongue and sat down on the sofa with Alessia, starting from when he started competing with Christopher on the computer...
In fact, when he and his brother saw Dad appear at the door, they guessed that Dad might have seen him come home and followed him.
Fortunately, his brother was smart. He immediately called Aunt Bianca and they changed their identities back. With their tacit cooperation, they were able to safely overcome this crisis.
Although Mommy now knew, as long as he and his brother could still follow Mom and Dad separately, it wouldn't affect the overall situation, and they could continue their matchmaking mission.
After listening to Christian's explanation, although Alessia was mentally prepared, she couldn't help but rub her forehead.
Only her mischievous children could pull off such a scheme.
This kind of deceiving maneuver must have been inherited from that jerk.
But she named her son Christian, and that man named his eldest son Christopher. This crappy fate was truly annoying.
In the meantime, Bianca had already picked out the clothes and come downstairs.
As the saying goes, sweet words butter no parsnips.
As Bianca passed through the living room, she hesitated and looked awkwardly at Alessia. "Are you really moving out?"
Just now, Eleanor had told her what had happened before she arrived.
"Yeah!" Alessia nodded.
She had just sent a message to Hannah. Although Hannah was on a business trip abroad, she had already prepared a house for her. Hannah's assistant would arrive soon.
Although Bianca was reluctant to part with her nephew and niece, she felt that Alessia's decision was correct.
Her brother was very intelligent, but he hadn't discovered the existence of Chris and Elle yet. He just hadn't thought about the possibility of having triplets.
Once her brother realized the existence of Christian and Elle, it would only be a matter of time.
Bianca tucked her stray hair behind her ear, pursing her lips awkwardly. "Do you need any help?"
"No need, I've already sorted it out," Alessia said. "When I move in, I'll send you the address. You're the children's aunt, so you can come to see them anytime."
Alessia's generous attitude in handling things satisfied Bianca, and her awkward expression softened a bit.
Then she heard Alessia say, "You should know that I am Al. If you have any problems with clothing design in the future, you can come to me."
"Really?"
With this promise, Bianca's remaining bit of awkwardness and pride disappeared completely.
She quickly put down the bags she was holding and sat down on the sofa next to Alessia.
"Yeah," Alessia nodded, indicating that she would keep her word.
With this promise, Bianca's words flowed freely, and she immediately asked Alessia some questions that had been troubling her in clothing design.
Alessia's professional answers made Bianca admire her even more.
Bianca's gaze drifted away, and she couldn't help but start to worry about her brother.
Her sister-in-law was so outstanding, yet today she was involved in a scandal with someone named Dylan Frost. What if she was taken away by another man?
Unable to hold back, Bianca blurted out, "Sister-in-law, didn't you just return to the country? How did you find a house so quickly? Who helped you?"
Alessia's expression froze for a moment. She had been married to that man for three years, and Bianca had never called her sister-in-law before.
Now that she was divorced, she was suddenly being called sister-in-law.
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Alessia pursed her lips and corrected, "It's not common. Just call me by my name."
"Okay, Sister-in-law"
Bianca readily agreed, and she moved closer to Alessia, continuing to ask, "Sister-in-law, you still haven't answered me. Who helped you find the house?"
With a smile on her face and a playful look, Bianca's behavior had a hint of Elle's shadow.
Alessia knew that no matter how much she corrected her, Bianca wouldn't change.
Whether it was a name or a title, she could go with it.
Alessia looked away and said, "You've met her before, Hannah Das."
"Hannah Das! Sister-in-law, is she really your god-sister?" Bianca's eyes were filled with curiosity.
After all, the information David found at the resort hotel showed that her sister-in-law's name was fake, so she naturally thought that her relationship with Hannah was also fake.
"It could be considered as such!" Alessia replied casually.
According to what Hannah had said that day, this way of addressing her wasn't wrong either.
With Alessia's confirmation once again, the curiosity in Bianca's eyes grew stronger.
The Das family couldn't be compared to the Carter family, but they were also a prestigious family, and Hannah was a legendary figure in the business world.
Her sister-in-law could become Hannah's god-sister, a renowned fashion designer known as Al, and could also produce many popular songs for Dylan Frost.
How could someone like that be just a rural woman who didn't even finish junior high?
There must have been a misunderstanding at the time.
She used to blame her grandmother for forcing her brother to marry her sister-in-law for her own selfish reasons. Now it seemed that she was wrong.
Bianca glanced at Alessia beside her, who had a calm expression.
Could her sister-in-law be hiding another identity!
Back at the Carter residence, Bianca quietly put the retrieved dresses in her room before going to find Dominic.
"Dom, did you know? Alessia is Designer Al!"
Dominic was working in the study. He was tall, and his features were still handsome. Upon hearing this, he didn't look up, but his fingers paused on the keyboard as he replied indifferently, "So what."
Bianca tried to persuade him, "Dom, Alessia is Hannah's god-sister, a golden lyricist, and Al. She is talented and shouldn't lack money. When she married into the Carter family, it might not have been for money after all. Abandoning Christopher might have been a misunderstanding!"
"Misunderstanding?" Finally, Dominic raised his head. His deep eyes were like a bottomless abyss, filled with danger.
Bianca, driven by impulse, suddenly felt afraid as her brother's harsh voice rang out.
"Bianca, are you naive? The human heart is never satisfied. Even if someone is talented, it doesn't mean they have good character!"
Bianca lowered her head, holding her breath and not daring to speak. It wasn't because she was convinced by his words, but simply because she was intimidated.
Dominic rubbed his temples, looking like he was losing patience. "If there's nothing else, leave!"
Bianca immediately turned around and hurried away without daring to raise her head.
Dominic watched her retreating figure, leaning back in his chair with a thoughtful expression in his eyes.
His ex-wife was cunning and quick-witted. When did his naive and innocent younger sister get subdued!
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