Kendra squinted at the approaching “man” who walked with a strikingly similar gait to Emmeline. Oh, you’re back! Quincy just woke up,” Kendra smiled as she informed Emmett, unaware of everything that had just happened that afternoon.

“I can help you carry her!” Emmett said with outstretched arms.

“You?” Kendra chuckled. “I wouldn’t expect a man to know how to carry a baby!”

“Well, I carried my younger brother when he was a baby,” Emmett explained. “It’s no problem for me at all!”

Abel walked over and overtook Emmett instead, grabbing hold of Quincy and carrying her into his arms in one swift move. “Let me do it,” Abel told Kendra. “You can go ahead and prepare dinner.”

“Dinner is already prepared, Mr. Abel,” Kendra informed him. “You’re back a little later than usual today.”

“Mm,” Abel grunted softly. “Some things got in the way.”

Behind him, Emmett stuck out his tongue childishly.

“Why don’t you both head upstairs to change and wash up first? I’ll get the dishes out,” Kendra told

sure it was properly in place before changing and going back downstairs.

Abel, Ms. Murphy is here,” Luca

this time? What does she want?”

to bring something over,” Luca explained. “Should I let

then since it’s Mom’s instruction. She might just tell on me if I turned her away,” Abel

Evelyn Murphy’s sports car into the compound. A few minutes later,

to soothe your tummy, so I’m here to

She thought to herself in annoyance. She had used the lamb stew as an excuse to visit Abel and be closer to him, but she had not

more to fill up that skinny frame of yours,” Abel told

smiled affectionately. “You dote on me more than

I’m not your mother or your grandmother. I’m a proper man,

so patient and gentle with me, almost exactly like my

impossible, you know that?” Abel scolded, but his voice remained gentle. “Why can’t you describe me like your

a horrible temper!” Emmett objected.

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