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.

Zachary turned to

the children did not

Nacht, I’ll send you off,” Ruby said, leading the way back to

presents,” the teachers called, gesturing at the students to settle

other, rather confused. Finally, one of them raised his

dead in his tracks. He turned around to look at the children, only to find that they were all looking

bowing her head to

as though he wanted to say

their smile gamely and chirped, “No problem! Hope

you!” The students let out another whoop of happiness before returning to their presents

wave of relief wash over him. Children were rather simple

at home when she heard

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

most of

confused, but she didn’t ask

quietly!” Mrs. Rawlston hissed urgently. “Ms. Windt

workers nodded immediately, afraid that they might wake Ms. Nacht up if

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