CEO's Tears Over Pregnancy Test Discovery

Karina nodded to the caretaker to signal she understood. After the caretaker left, she approached Dylan's desk.

Squatting down to his level, she looked at Dylan, who was fully absorbed in his block puzzle. "I know how to put this together. Would you like me to teach you?"

Dylan paused for a moment.

Karina pretended not to notice. "It's tricky, isn't it? And it seems like this block is part of a set. Are there more pieces somewhere?"

Dylan glanced at her, and Karina initially thought he would ignore her entirely.

To her surprise, he responded. "Yes, there are... in the room."

The sentence was short, but it was enough to make Karina's heart soar. Communication-even this little bit-meant there was hope.

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She followed him to his room to retrieve the rest of the blocks, and the two of them spent the entire afternoon building together.

brought in a meal,

Dylan barely glanced at the food, even as his stomach growled audibly. He showed no intention of picking

let that

she said, "This is the method I was teaching you, but I haven't shown you the rest yet. Do you want

stomach betrayed him with another growl. Karina chose not to point it out, instead nodding with understanding. "Alright. But I am hungry.

an unexpectedly adult expression, as if he were seriously weighing

children were exceptionally bright-some even showed signs of genius. But their brilliance often came at the cost of emotional barriers that kept them from connecting with

giving him the time he needed to

finally set down

blocks together, and by evening, they had

the doorway. Dylan jumped in surprise and looked up, startled to find

and even some of the

in admiration

Can I, Director?" another

director smiled gently. "Of course, but you'll need to

little girl immediately ran up