Before they knew it, darkness took over the sky.

After acting as a driver and mover for the day and giving Roxanne a gift, Lucian naturally stayed back for dinner.

Once they had their fill, he played with the children for a while before taking his leave.

“It's getting late, so I'll be going home now. Essie—”

Before he could even finish, Essie declined, “I want to stay with Mommy!”

Lucian threw her a glance before continuing, “I'll leave Essie with you for the next two days. Tell me if you can't manage, and I'll come and pick the children up.”

Archie and Benny's eyes lit up when they heard Lucian's words.

Given how smart they were, they caught the most important part of his sentence—he considered them his children.

Even though they couldn't address him as “Daddy” yet, he had already seen them as his own.

were ecstatic when

filled with delight upon receiving permission to stay with

with a

a

do anything in particular, Estella would be

drove back to

he stepped in, he was greeted by

you doing

took a seat in the armchair

can't I drop by? What's

his frosty expression. “Essie's not here.

were a married couple who happened to

on Sonya's face

be thanking me for allowing Essie to acknowledge her instead. Don't you think it's unfair to me to let Essie stay with her and allow her to enjoy the fruits

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