Zachary withdrew his arms lamely. Although he seemed very nonplussed on the surface, as though he couldn’t care less about the kids’ behavior, he felt very disappointed indeed.

Turning to Ruby, he said, “I’ll entrust the kids to you then.”

“Of course, of course! I’ll take very good care of them. Don’t worry, Mr. Nacht!” Ruby and the other higher-ups exclaimed at once, nodding vigorously.

Zachary took one last look at the kids before leaving.

As he walked away, Jamie stared after him. He opened his mouth to say goodbye, but seeing as Robbie wasn’t saying anything, he decided to keep quiet too.

“Goodbye, Uncle Zack!”

 

In the end, it was Ellie who opened her mouth first. She sounded a little cautious despite her adorable voice—nonetheless, she still managed to melt Zachary’s heart.

He turned around to look at her, his lips curving into a smile. “Goodbye!”

 

“Goodbye, Uncle Zack…” Jamie finally summoned up the courage to wave to him.

Zachary returned his wave. He then turned to look at Robbie, who had remained silent up till now.

Robbie seemed a little aloof. He looked down at the ground instead of Zachary, but waved politely anyway.

turned to leave

least, he could confirm that the children did not detest him. This meant

Ruby said, leading the way back to the drop-off

teachers called, gesturing at the students to settle down. “These are from Robbie, Jamie,

raised his hand and said, “Thank you to

stopped dead in his tracks. He turned around to look at the children,

fat little thumbs awkwardly, bowing her head to look

mouth as though he wanted to say

Jamie returned their smile gamely and chirped, “No problem! Hope all of

let out another whoop of happiness before returning to their

sudden wave of relief wash over him. Children were rather simple creatures. If you were kind to them, they would be nice

home when she heard a sudden commotion of cars outside the

outside the gates. Under the watchful eyes of the bodyguards, a group of workers was delivering a bunch

most of

but she didn’t ask

Rawlston hissed urgently. “Ms. Windt

might wake Ms. Nacht up if they moved

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