Seven Children, One Family

"Mrs. Taylor, you're pregnant for eight weeks. From the ultrasound, it looks like there's more than one baby in your belly. But we'll have to wait another two weeks to make sure."

The doctor's words exploded in Gabrielle Zane's head like a lit firecracker!

She was still in shock when she walked out of the office with the ultrasound sheet.

She was two months pregnant with twins?

How surprising it was!

This was the most beautiful gift God had ever granted her!

She wondered if Ben Taylor would be as happy as she was to hear the news?

They had been married for two years. Although neither of them had used contraceptives, she hadn't conceived. It was unexpected that she got pregnant when they were about to divorce.

So they did not have to divorce?

It seemed that God was still treating her well.

Gabrielle was staring at the ultrasound sheet with a joyful expression when she suddenly heard a familiar voice.

"Ben, the doctor just told me to be careful in the early stages of pregnancy, so don't worry. I will definitely deliver a healthy baby to the Taylor Family."

At the woman's soft voice, Gabrielle intuitively looked over.

A tall handsome man and a woman in a white dress walked side by side in the hallway.

The man's thin lips were set in a serious line, and the pretty woman with bright eyes and teeth was looking at him affectionately.

"Ben? Joyce?" Gabrielle's astonished gaze fell on the ultrasound sheet in the woman's hand, and her face turned pale, "You... Ben, we have not divorced yet! I cannot believe that you can't even wait for that moment!"

Joyce Smith, Ben's ex-girlfriend, dumped Ben for no reason two years ago. His family forced the latter to engage in a flash marriage.

The wife in the marriage was Gabrielle.

Gabrielle was keenly aware that she and Ben were not a real couple. But she always thought that as long as they had a child, their marriage would last.

However, reality slapped her in the face.

Joyce came back with a child of Ben... And what about the baby in her belly now?

"Gabrielle?" After a glance at the list in Gabrielle's hand, Ben's bright eyes went dark, "You're pregnant?"

"Does it matter? Your mistress also has your baby anyway!" Gabrielle clenched her lower lip, trying not to lose her temper. But the sight of intimacy between the two made her angry. "Ben! I agree with our divorce! Immediately!"

After she exclaimed, her breathing almost stopped, her hands clenching the ultrasound sheet.

How happy she was about the news in the first place and how heartbroken she felt now as if her heart was being torn.

"Gabrielle!" Ben's eyes flashed with a trace of anger, "It's you who agreed at first, now you regret? What do you think I am! Divorce? Don't even think about it!"

His words confused Gabrielle. It was him who repeatedly reminded her that their marriage would only last for two years, no matter what. Did he change his mind? Did he have a few feelings for her?

At the thought of this, her heart fluttered with a touch of excitement.

But seeing the woman nestling against him dispelled the hint of excitement in her heart.

"Ben," Gabrielle took a light breath and said without emotions, "Since you have cheated on me, what makes you think I should continue to put up with you? Who gives you the qualification?"

Ben gritted his teeth, "Gabrielle!"

"What's going on? Why is there such a big crowd here?"

"It seems the wife and the home-wrecker are both pregnant and are arguing with each other!"

"How can home-wreckers nowadays be so shameless?"

The scene that a wife fight with a mistress was always eye-catching.

Joyce, who had kept silent all the time, turned pale and pulled Ben's sleeve slightly, sobbing, "Ben, I'll go first..."

After glancing at Ben and the ultrasound sheet in Gabrielle's hand, she ran away with her face covered and a vague look in her eyes.

"Joyce!" Ben looked with indecision at Gabrielle and then at Joyce, who suddenly stumbled as she ran. Ben's eyes sank, "Gabrielle, I'll have my assistant take you home. Wait for me."

After saying that, he ran out after Joyce without giving her a chance to speak.

When the man turned around, Gabrielle's heart throbbed violently, like being torn apart again, tears trickling down her cheeks involuntarily.

There was a moment she thought that he loved her when he refused to divorce, but his actions now undoubtedly made her feel like being ruthlessly stabbed by a sharp blade once again.

The night was misty.

Gabrielle dismissed Ben's assistant and wandered for quite a few hours before returning to her apartment.

The apartment was a gift from her parents when she was eighteen. The house was still standing, but her parents had passed away in a car accident two years ago.

She had no family now except Ben.

The less she held, the more desirous she was to keep everything she had, but their marriage was like the time slipping through her fingers, which was impossible to retain, no matter how hard she tried.

Even Ben had betrayed her.

"I have nothing left..." Walking in the dark pathway, she seemed overwhelmed with loneliness, with tears welling up in her eyes.

After a thought flashed across her mind, Gabrielle sniffled and touched her stomach with a gentle smile around the corners of her mouth, "Although I'm all by myself, I still have my baby."

Even if she divorced Ben, she still had the baby to accompany her.

As she was reassuring herself, she felt a sharp soreness in her neck and lost consciousness...

When she woke up, Gabriel felt as if she was in a glacier at 30 degrees below zero, cold as hell.

After shaking her eyelids to open her eyes, she found her hands and feet tied and half of her body floating on the black sea while gusts of wind sent shivers through her.

There was a speedboat parked on the sea at the side.

"Uh-uh-uh..." Gabrielle tried to shout for help in panic but found her mouth was gagged!

This was murder!

A sense of fear struck Gabrielle, but the thought of her baby in the belly encouraged her not to give up.

Suddenly, the rope in her hand was cut off, and her body sank quickly.

"Ugh..."

Before having time to react, Gabrielle was totally beneath the surface. As her breathing became difficult, she desperately tried to get above the surface but soon sank again ...

A familiar voice suddenly sounded overhead.

"Sir, I have done what you asked me to do."

The voice shocked Gabrielle.

She knew who it was! It was Ben's assistant! So who else could it be but Ben he was talking to?

It turned out that the reason why Ben told her to wait for him at home was just a makeshift to calm her down. As his mistress was pregnant, he could not wait to dispose of her.

She knew he had not ever loved her, but she never expected that he would be so cruel as to kill her!

He knew that she was carrying his child in her belly! It was said that even a person as villainous as a snake would not harm his children, but Ben was worse than that! What a cold-blooded, heartless devil!

Gabrielle's heart seemed to be as painful as being pierced with a thousand holes.

She continually sank in the water with the air in her lung reducing and her consciousness fading... The sense of choking and terror swamped her.

Her babies, her poor babies... They even did not have the chance to come out of her belly and have a glimpse of the world.

Gabrielle was so resentful that she had made up her mind: If she survived, she would avenge the people who attempted to kill her and her baby.

Four years later.

It was a cold winter day. The River City Airport was very busy despite its lonely surroundings.

A woman in a red top dragged a large trolley case and walked out of the pick-up gate at a steady pace.

The short, slim-fitting down jacket with black chinos outlined her perfect figure. The brown wavy hair falling naturally in front of the chest made her look appealing and sexy.

Although the sunglasses covered most of the face, the left part still looked pleasant, particularly her red cherry lips, which were extremely seductive.

However, those travelers were not attracted by her beauty but a row of children behind her.

One, two, three, four, five... Six little boys wore white down jackets with cartoon patterns and black harem pants with short hair, looking cute and lively.

Not only were their clothes the same, but also their delicate faces.

Baby faces, baby skins, small noses, chubby mouths... Even their cool expressions when they were eating lollipops were the same!

The six little boys, who all wore sunglasses with hands crossed, proudly followed their mothers as if they were already used to the wired looks in others' eyes.

Gabrielle looked back, and the corners of her mouth twitched. She felt that her sons looked like a row of huskies.

Yes, they were her babies she had given birth to after she survived.

She thought it was just twins in her belly, but, to her surprise, it was seven...

How strong Ben's genes were!

"Wow! I can't believe it's sextuplets! They are so cute!"

The amazing voice drew more people's attention.

Twins were a magnet for attention, let alone sextuplets!

A few energetic young girls excitedly surrounded the children, whose bodyguards prevented those girls from hugging them.

With a slight frown, Gabrielle sped up her steps to get away from the crowd as soon as possible.

Suddenly, she bumped into a sturdy figure.

"Sorry." She hurried to apologize for her good manners, but when she looked up and saw the person in front of her, she froze instantly.

It was him!

Ben!

She did not expect that she would run into him on her first day back home.

Gabrielle's eyes flashed with a trace of nervousness as the image of her drowning came to mind. In a moment, she felt like being in the cold seawater once again and was struck by a deep sense of fear.

Her fists could not help but clench. She repeatedly reassured herself that she had no reason to be afraid as she was no longer the previous self.

In addition to fear, there was grief and resentment in her mind.

It was him that tried to kill her!

If not for the sunglasses covering her eyes, Gabrielle did not doubt that her gaze was enough to put him to death!

She took a deep breath and managed to compose herself.

She did not need to rush to kill him now as there would be many future changes. She would not let go of this hateful man so easily!

Gabrielle calmly raised her face and continued talking, "I didn't see you." Her voice was lighter this time.

Ben frowned and was about to leave without any reply when he was stunned by a casual glance at the woman's profile.

"Do we know each other?" Ben asked involuntarily, for he felt that the woman in front of him looked vaguely familiar and was similar to a person in his memory.

But four years ago, that woman disappeared, leaving nothing but a miscarriage operation and a signed divorce agreement.

He exhausted every possible means to find her, in vain.

He was angry that she actually ruthlessly aborted their child, left a divorce agreement, and vanished!

He always remembered the shame of being abandoned and the pain of losing his child.

If she came back, he would make her pay a high cost!

Gabrielle was slightly stunned. Discerning an element of confusion and surprise from Ben's gaze, She slowly curved the corners of her mouth with a mocking arc. Then she quickly hid her emotions, unhurriedly lifting her hands to take off her sunglasses.

"Sir, do we know each other?"

A face with exquisite makeup was completely revealed in front of Ben's eyes.

Her face was as small as a palm, skin as smooth as silk, eyes as pleasant as peach blossom, as well as eyebrows as vivid as a three-dimensional image, all of which made it hard to tell her real age.

Her face looked so impeccable that even Ben, who had seen countless beautiful women, was amazed.

But this face was far removed from Gabrielle's water hibiscus-like one in his memory.

"No." Ben collected his breath and said with a cold expression, "It's a mistake."

The feeling was very similar, but the appearance and the voice were both different, so she could not be the woman in his mind.

Ben was somehow disappointed at the thought.

"Oh?" Gabrielle raised her eyebrows with a quizzical smile, "Really?"

The Taylor Family's second youngest would mistake someone else?

Ben suddenly became annoyed.

Did the woman think that he was finding an excuse to talk to her?

How narcissistic she was!

She could not be Gabrielle, who was gentle and good-natured instead of arrogant and self-righteous.

Ben let out a cold grunt and left by her side without hesitation.

Gabrielle did not loosen her fists until the man walked away.

As she expected, even Ben could not recognize her.

Four years ago, she was luckily rescued by a passerby and brought to F Country. When she was three months pregnant, the doctor found that there were seven babies in her belly. To survive and keep her babies, she made a deal with a mysterious man, who asked her to change her face and voice to pretend a girl with the same name as her and use her identity to live her life.

A few months later, she survived and delivered six sons...

Now, the reason why she came back to this place full of painful memory was to avenge herself and her baby who went to heaven!

She was pregnant with seven babies, but because of her vulnerable body affected by that incident, she could not successfully deliver the youngest one.

The loss of her youngest baby had always been the biggest pain in her heart.

And now, as the culprit stood before her eyes, Gabrielle made an effort to refrain from confronting him on the spot and opening his chest to see if he got a heart!

She thought to herself, "Ben, I'm back. I'll make you pay for what you owe my girl and me!"

"Mommy, I want to pee."

Gabrielle was about to leave when she heard the anxious voice of one of her children.

She turned around and looked over.

It was the third child in the row on her right, whose face was red and eyes were rolling around, looking smart and mischievous.

"Mommy, I almost cannot resist."

He was the third oldest, named Mike.

Gabrielle hastily put down her suitcase and said, "Mike, don't worry, mommy is taking you to a bathroom."

"Mommy, I want to!"

"Me too!"

Two more children raised their little hands.

Gabrielle was a bit amused at the picture that her sons went to the bathroom like a small team.

"Okay, okay, Harvey, Louis, don't worry, mommy's taking you there now."

"Yeah, yeah!"

Gabrielle looked at the left three, "Yankee, Tony, Jacky, what about you?"

The three little ones shook their heads obediently, "Mommy. We don't want to."

"Okay." Gabrielle nodded and told the three to stay where they were while she took others to the bathroom.

"Mommy, not the little skirt." Mike cutely refused.

The "little skirt" naturally referred to the sign of the women's washroom.

"Neither do I!" Harvey Zane and Louis refused in unison.

Mike, Harvey, and Louis were the most mischievous and active with the six sons' imaginative ideas.

Gabrielle asked helplessly while looking at the three boys who were so anxious and resistant, "What do you want then?"

Mike blinked and said first, "I'm already three and a half years old. I'm a little man now! I want to go to our boys' bathroom like my uncle."

"Me too." Harvey and Louis said at the same time.

Gabrielle looked around, finding that there was no one near them. She said, "Okay, you go to your boys' bathroom, and Mommy will be at the door. Don't run away."

"No problem!"

Gabrielle watched the three little ones go into the bathroom and raised her wrist to look at the time.

Luckily, the plane had arrived early, and she should arrive in time for the interview in the afternoon.

A soft voice sounded behind her when she was thinking.

"Pretty Ms, can you come in and help me?"

The sound almost softened Gabrielle's heart.

She subconsciously turned around.

It was a cute little girl poking her head out of the door of the women's bathroom.

She was about the same size as her boys, with a palm-sized little face and watery big eyes, as if they could talk. She had her hair on the top tied like a small ball with see-through bangs, looking pure and lovely sweet.

Gabrielle's eyes shone with excitement at once!

Her girl!

She had pictured countless times that if her daughter were still alive, she would dress her up beautifully, and the little girl in front of her looked exactly like what she had imagined her daughter would be.

Among her seven babies, only the youngest one was a girl, but unfortunately, her daughter did not have the opportunity to come to the world...

"Ms?" Rachel Taylor asked in a soft tone, "My dress is stuck. Can you help me?"

Gabrielle came to her senses and rushed forward, "Of course."

She dreamed of having such a sweet and lovely girl! Naturally, she would love to give her a hand.

Two minutes later, Gabrielle helped the child unzip her dress.

"Thank you, Ms!" Rachel revealed a smile with appreciation, " My name is Rachel. What's your name?"

"Rachel?" Gabrielle mumbled once and replied with a smile, "Nice to meet you. My name is Gabrielle."

At her words, Rachel's eyes flashed with excitement, and she suddenly jumped over to hug Gabrielle's leg, "Mommy! I finally find you!"

Gabrielle was stunned, "What?"

Where did the little kid who recognized her as her mother come from?

Although she felt happy to be hugged by Rachel, she gently pulled her away.

"Rachel," Gabrielle said in a light voice as she held the child's shoulders, "I'm not your mother."

Rachel's eyes darkened, but she quickly pouted and said stubbornly, "You are my mommy!"

Words from the maids at home that her father had an ex-wife named Gabrielle. She had asked the housekeeper that ex-wife meant a former wife. So how could she not be her mother?

"I..." Gabrielle was about to say something when Mike's voice sounded outside.

"Mommy! Where did mommy go? She's not lost, is she?"

"She must have gotten lost. Mommy did it last time."

"I think so too!"

Gabrielle found her speechless.

Was she, in her sons' mind, a person who always got lost?

"Mommy, where are you?" Mike exclaimed with concern.

"Mommy!" Harvey and Louis followed suit.

Gabrielle answered immediately, "I'm here."

She was turning to go out.

"Mommy!" Rachel hugged her leg while her eyes filled with tears, "Mommy doesn't want me?"

Gabrielle's heart melted instantly.

But...

She looked at Rachel, not knowing what to do.

Ten minutes later...

Gabrielle got into a nanny van with seven children.