Benny frowned and corrected himself, “It only hurts a little!”

To emphasize his point, he even made a gesture of a pinching hand with his thumb and index finger.

Seeing how insistent the kid was, Roxanne couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Lucian, too, smiled and patted Benny on his head. “You're a tough boy, Benny.”

Upon hearing his father's compliment, Benny held his head high and beamed with pride.

Archie, on the contrary, felt a twinge of envy for his brother and glanced at his mother.

Argh. I wonder when Mommy will accept Daddy's proposal. That way, I'll also have a chance of being praised by Daddy in the future...

“How's his injury? Is it serious?” Lucian asked as he turned to Roxanne, who was still treating Benny's wound.

recently to treat bruises, and it's pretty effective,” she explained. “In the meantime, however, Benny will have

Benny had long heard from his mother, but even so, he

boy's face and smiled. “There, there. Remember to be

been comforted by his father, Benny nodded

of exasperation flashed across Roxanne's eyes when she realized her son was

Lucian that long, yet he's

medicine over in a while. Take some with you when you leave,” Roxanne

nodded without

Benny's injury, Roxanne still had a lot on her mind, so she told the kids to run along and

Lucian were

soon he saw how distracted the woman

Essie home, but in the end, I still

anything, I'm pretty sure this visit was her idea. I'm so worried that my mistake might ruin

things to my father. He won't mind

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