Thrilled, the little girl asked, “Hooray! Are we finally living as a family of five once Mommy and I have fully recovered?”

Caressing the little girl’s cheeks, the man urged, “I’ll try to see if it’s possible. Why don’t you go ahead and tuck yourself in? I’ll drop by and check on your mother.”

Ellie was afraid the duo would engage themselves in another conflict. She grasped her father’s hand and asked, “Can you promise me not to pick on Mommy?”

He kissed her on the cheek and assured her, “You need to calm down because I won’t pick on her. Just go ahead and call it a day. I’ll see you on day after tomorrow.”

Ellie nodded and stared at her departing father with an aggrieved look as he sneaked his way out of the window again.

The ones stationed outside of the room heard the creaking sound of the window, but the moment they turned around, Zachary was nowhere to be seen anymore.

 

They thought they had been seeing things and paid no heed to it. After all, it wouldn’t be much of a surprise for the windows to creak during such a heavy downpour.

who had sneaked his way to Charlotte’s balcony, could feel his heart racing, thinking he might go berserk if Louis

 

into Charlotte’s room, he saw

Charlotte, who had put on a white nightgown, slept like a log on the bed. Her legs and

when he thought Louis must have seen

Louis was almost roused from his sleep due

rushed over to Louis’ side and launched a

In the nick of time, Zachary held

jealous as Zachary might be, he knew Louis meant no harm. To be precise, Louis was merely there to keep Charlotte safe since she might be in great pain whenever there was a heavy downpour. Therefore, he had

in the direction of the balcony to draw the

window, but they paid no heed

his coat and joined Charlotte in

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