Seeing her faint smile, Jimmy Horne's eyes, increasingly resembling his father's unfathomable depths, flickered. When Camila started calling him Chief Blackcat, his handso little face turned dark again, and he growled lowly, "Stinky Camila, I'm not a cat!"
If he were a cat, then Camila would be the mouse, and he'd be the one to eat her!
"HEE HEE..." A crystal-clear laugh like the tinkling of bells escaped.
Camila Ruiz laughed wildly, utterly unladylike.
Ivan Horne had already burst into laughter, not giving his little cousin any face.
Florence Ford turned away to snicker.
"Kids, what's so funny?"
Julia and Rachel approached, laughing and asking curiously.
"Mommy, I've given Jimmy a new na," Camila Ruiz teased cheerfully, completely devoid of her ladylike image.
"Oh, what's the new na?"
Julia and Rachel both looked at Jimmy Horne with a smile. His face was darkened, as if he really wanted to gobble Camila up.
"Chief Blackcat."
"Chief Blackcat?"
The two won exchanged glances, then they too began to laugh.
Jimmy Horne's face was almost turning green.
Of all the surnas his father could have had, why Reyes? Couldn't he change his na and surna? All this talk about him being the next legitimate heir of the Reyes Family, and that he must change his surna back to Reyes. Reyes, Reyes, Reyes... Why not just call him Black Forest Gateau? It sounds so delicious!
"Slly Jimmy, actually, I still like calling you Jimmy, Jimmy Horne," Camila said seriously after laughing.
She had called him Jimmy Horne for years and had gotten used to it. She really didn't want to change it.
Jimmy Horne glared at her, pursing his lips and staying silent. His dark eyes flickered. One could only wonder what he was thinking.
"Alright, stop it, let's go ho."
Tired from walking, Julia called the children to head ho with a smile.
The group turned around and started walking back.
「After returning to the Horne Family residence」
Jimmy began to wait for his parents, who were out on a romantic date, to co back. He waited until after nine at night, when Noah Reyes finally brought Adele Horne ho.
Although the couple's affection was now stable and they had already had their al, Mila Anderson insisted on sothing. Until a wedding took place, Noah Reyes was not allowed to stay over at the Horne household, nor was Adele to move into Naless Manor. Therefore, after their daily romance, Noah had to bring Adele back.
Upon reaching the fifth floor, the two saw their beloved son sitting alone in the hall, looking sowhat lonely. Adele imdiately felt guilty. She had neglected her son these past few days.
"Jimmy."
Adele called out, walking over and sitting beside Jimmy Horne. "What's the matter?" she asked with concern. "Why haven't you gone to sleep this late?"
"Mommy." Jimmy Horne's little face was devoid of a smile. He lacked his usual joy at seeing his parents and looked rather despondent.
"What's wrong?" Noah Reyes, noticing his beloved son was sullen, also walked over and asked with concern.
Jimmy Horne tilted his little face upward, looked at Noah Reyes, and said very earnestly and seriously, "Daddy, I don't want to change my na. I want to be called Jimmy Horne."
Noah Reyes squatted down and held his small shoulders. "Why don't you want to change your na anymore?" he said. "You had no objections a few days ago. Daddy has already picked a few nas for you to select a nice-sounding one, how about that?"
"Daddy, I don't want to change my na!" Jimmy Horne repeated.
He wanted to be called Jimmy Horne! Stinky Camila said she liked it when he was called Jimmy Horne!
Noah Reyes and Adele Horne looked at each other, not understanding why their son, who had been fine a few days ago, was no longer willing to change his na that evening.
"Billy, tell Daddy the reason," Noah Reyes asked gently.
"I just don't want to change it. I like the na Jimmy Horne." He had been called Jimmy Horne for five years already, and he didn't want to change that, especially since Stinky Camila had said she liked the na Jimmy Horne.
"Then, how about changing just the surna?" Noah Reyes asked indulgently. The child is five years old and has his own thoughts. The na Jimmy Horne has been with him for five years. If he doesn't want to change it, I can accept that.
"Jimmy Reyes?"
Jimmy Horne wrinkled his little face. It wasn't as smooth to say as Jimmy Horne.
"Jimmy."
Adele picked her son up and sat him on her lap. "Did Camila say it sounded bad for you to change your na?" she asked tenderly. Mothers know their children best. Only his arch-rival, Camila Ruiz, could make her fearless son change his mind.
Jimmy Horne didn't respond, which was as good as an acknowledgnt.
Adele and Noah Reyes exchanged another glance. Their son was only five years old and was already completely under Camila Ruiz's thumb. As he grew up, it went without saying, he would surely be another man who doted on his wife to the heavens.
"What do you think we should do?" Adele Horne asked, looking at Noah Reyes.
Noah Reyes thought for a mont and then said, "The surna definitely needs to be changed. How about this? In Syrena, Billy will still be called Jimmy Horne. Once he leaves Syrena, he'll be called Reyes..." Noah Reyes didn't know which specific na his son would prefer, so he paused. He then fetched a pen and paper, wrote down a few nas he had devised over several nights, and handed the list to Jimmy Horne to choose for himself.
When Jimmy Horne heard that he would still be known as Jimmy Horne in Syrena, his mood improved, and he began to seriously select his new na.
Finally, he pointed to Josh Reyes.
Noah Reyes smiled happily. "Then, it's settled. You'll be called Josh Reyes."
Young Master Reyes. No matter which na his son chose, they were all picked by , and I'm happy with any of them.
The matter of the na and surna change, with Jimmy Horne's own intervention, thus reached this conclusion. In Syrena, he remained Jimmy Horne, the na everyone was familiar with and had called him for five years. Once he left Syrena and returned to the Reyes Family or entered the Emperor's sect, he would be called Josh Reyes.
One person, two nas.
Yet, they bore two completely different kinds of love.
「A private jet carrying two seniors in their sixties flew towards T City in Syrena.」
These two seniors were none other than Noah Reyes's parents: the forr head of the Emperor's sect, George Reyes, and his lawful wife, Yvonne Collins.
Yvonne Collins lived up to her na, maintaining snow-white skin. Even in her sixties, she appeared to be a middle-aged woman in her forties, still stunningly beautiful with a complexion to rival snow. She was gentle and kind, never contentious or angry. She had fallen in love with George Reyes at first sight and married into the Reyes Family. Irrespective of George Reyes having countless mistresses and children, she remained faithful and quietly endured the special rules of the Reyes Family. In fact, she was a pitiable figure, as pitiable as Mila Anderson—no, even more so, because she had to endure the existence of countless rivals in love.
When George Reyes chose her as his wife, she was brainwashed by the elders of the Reyes Family into accepting her husband's philandering with open-mindedness. Like the empresses of ancient tis, they felt burning jealousy in their hearts but had to put on a delighted face to help the Emperor select his concubines. Historical records say that the Emperor's choice of concubines mostly required the empress's consent and wasn't as casual as depicted in TV dramas and novels. Even the green cards the Emperor turned over each night were chosen by the empress.
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