“Mommy, when are you going to come back?” came Ellie’s voice from the other end of the line.

 

Then, the three other younger children began butting in. “Aunt Charlotte, Aunt Charlotte, come back quickly to tell us bedtime stories!”

“All right. Aunt Charlotte will be back soon. I’m on my way,” Charlotte coaxed gently. “Shower first, okay? Then you can wait for me to come back to tell you stories.”

“Okey-dokey!” the three children sang in unison.

“Mommy, are you with Daddy?” Even Jamie had come over to ask. “Will you be coming back together? Could you ask Daddy if he can bring my Transformers over?”

 
 

“We won’t—”

“Of course,” Zachary interrupted. “We’ll be there in half an hour. I’ll bring your Transformers over.”

 

“Okay, thanks, Daddy!” Jamie cheered.

“My laptop too, Daddy,” Robbie reminded. “I’ve forgotten about it this afternoon because I was in a rush.”

“Got it,” Zachary said to the children. Unbeknownst to him, the look on his face had softened. “Shower first. Daddy will be there soon.”

“Okay. Bye, Daddy.”

be waiting for

“All right.”

 

the gentle smiles remained on their faces until they looked at each

say yes to them? I didn’t agree to let you come to

you planning to walk back?”

she was not driving; She and

Charlotte then turned to Lupine and instructed, “Call Morgan and tell her to pick us

she took out her

have to do this?” Zachary frowned. “Firstly, this will waste your time. Secondly, it’ll affect the children’s moods. Moreover, your

he was right. When Zachary heard nothing else from her, he instructed Ben, “Get

chanced a glance at Lupine before making

the kids be happy for a night. Zachary’s only doing this for the kids. All we need to do is

the Nacht family’s bodyguard had brought

Zachary stepped out of the car,

eyes at her before walking straight toward the

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