Chapter 302

When Ivan awoke, he found himself in a somewhat unfamiliar environment. He rolled over and saw Julie,, sleeping peacefully beside him. Rubbing his eyes with a hint of excitement, he turned his head to see his dad lying on his other side, made a face, and then turned back to Julie, grinning to reveal two adorable little canines.

Waking up next to mom should be a privilege of babyhood, and sadly, Ivan couldn’t quite remember having that when he was a baby.

From the moment he opened his eyes, his little brain was working overtime.

Julie, stirred awake by the rustling beside her, opened her eyes to see the little boy grinning at her. Her heart melted instantly.

“Mom, I love you,” Ivan seized the opportunity to confess his sweet affection.

Julie, beaming with joy, cupped his cheek and kissed his forehead. “Morning, my Ivan.” As soon as she finished speaking, a slightly discordant voice chimed in, “I love you too.”

Kieran, propping himself up on one arm, leaned in close to Julie, his face begging for a kiss.

Julie poked his forehead with a finger, “Good morning, my Childie.”

“Where’s my kiss?” Kieran shot a look at his wife, clearly feeling the sting of unequal treatment.

Ivan turned and planted a kiss on Kieran’s cheek, “Good morning, my Kerry.”

Kieran threw back the covers, scooped up Ivan, clad in his bear pajamas, and headed toward the next room. “Do you know how you ended up here last night?”

“I was abducted by aliens?” Ivan, perched on Kerry’s shoulder, feigned shock.

“Hmm, more like a mental abduction,” Kieran teased, poking at his son’s head as he carried him.

Ivan, in a half-daze, suddenly remembered and exclaimed, “Oh! Right, it rained last night! My room was leaking, and my pillow got all wet! You don’t believe me? Go look! You only care about work and not your only son!!”

Kieran was speechless.

Julie, wrapped in her robe, followed the father and son duo out, surprised. “It really leaked? What kind of shoddy construction is this?”

to

did have

to fool me with your drool?” Kieran set the boy down and nudged him, “Go wash up and brush your teeth, Noah will take you

Drool?

Ivan huffed

“You’re so blunt, aren’t you afraid of hurting my beloved son’s feelings?”

about me, don’t you love me?”

face, “Of course I do!”

he declared, scooping her into his arms

set off for the

they were late. The guest who had checked in the previous morning

her phone and dialed the number they had contacted the day

no choice but to reach

how he tried, even through the company, Kieran

to have appeared out of thin air and vanished just as quickly…

hand in hand, Julie fretted, “Had I known,

night or today; you can find someone who goes missing, but not someone who’s hiding on purpose,” Kieran reasoned, slipping both their hands into the pocket of his

a good

promise to meet us and then disappear? Why not just refuse from the start? What’s on that USB drive, and who was in room 2404? And who keeps trying

isn’t complicated; the people creating these mysteries are,”

say make so much sense?”

glanced sidelong at her and smirked,

How

off at the restaurant before he

they didn’t hear from Zenith

times they shared. Julie saw in Kyle a glimpse of the

to her, but from Julie’s perspective, it seemed clear that he

as Kyle was at the hospital. Perched on a bench near the ward’s entrance, Julie was thumbing through messages on WhatsApp with

to greet him as friend or foe. So she offered a curt nod, her words tinged with formality,

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