Ben glanced down at Jamie's hand tightly holding his own. A faint smile flickered in his eyes, but the somber look on his face didn't fade completely.

Jamie noticed and assumed he was still upset. Unsure how to console him, she simply kept holding his hand, refusing to let go.

That was precisely what Ben had intended.

"It's about time to pick up Charlie, isn't it?" Jamie finally finished reading the case file, stretching as she glanced at the clock.

It was already 4:00 PM. Preschool ended at 4:30, so if they left now, they would arrive just in time.

Ben had already grabbed the car keys. "Yeah, let's go."

Fortunately, traffic wasn't bad, and they arrived at the preschool quickly.

Jamie was scrolling through her phone when she suddenly said, "Nina messaged me. She's busy today and can't pick up Orion. She asked if we could swing by and get him." They exchanged a look.

up one more child

nearly empty fridge. "I think

an extra guest, it might not suffice. Since Orion rarely came over and Nina often helped them out, Jamie didn't want to serve him anything subpar. "We'll just

moment and agreed as it made sense. With that settled, they picked up Charlie and

Charlie was over the moon. "Yay,

posture. Before starting the car, she made sure Charlie

school happened to be close to the preschool. They quickly

once the two

was

seen each other for a while, the boys had a lot to catch up on, and their lively

about what they were saying,

caught her in

his face, he scolded her, "Mommy, how could you eavesdrop on us? Didn't you

couldn't help but chuckle

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