“Okay…” The children were disappointed, but they obediently went to bed.

 

Zachary stood up and walked out of the room. However, he only took two steps before knocking into the corner of the table.

Thump! The loud noise startled the children.

“It’s nothing, it’s nothing. It’s just too dark in here,” he reassured them as Ben darted over to support Zachary.

Charlotte was at the doorway, and when she saw the scene, a strange feeling washed over her.

 
 

She abruptly felt that there was something odd about Zachary.

Zachary had undergone strict training since he was a child; he possessed superior physique and senses than the average person. Even if the entire room was dark—the room was still lit with a dim wall lamp—he should be able to walk around without crashing into anything.

 

Moreover, she realized he seemed to have been careful on his way to the outside of the room.

Furthermore, Ben seemed excessively nervous.

“Daddy.” Robbie ran out for Zachary, but he spotted Charlotte by the doorway. “Mommy!”

her. “Ms. Lindberg, you’re here. Mr. Nacht has been sitting on that

with him as

to know that you know,” Zachary

 

“Mommy, Daddy he…”

go back to your room with Jamie and sleep,” Charlotte

mouth, but in the end, he swallowed the words that were at the tip of his tongue. Instead, he said, “Daddy hasn’t had a drink after telling us such a

happily. “However, it’s late now, and I should be going back. Rest earlier,

drink before you leave,” Charlotte promptly said. “Otherwise, the boy might think that

you.” Zachary grinned before leaning toward her.

swift response. “Emma,

“Understood.”

sure to reject him if he were

peeked at Zachary,

middle of the story earlier, Zachary’s vision had abruptly gone blurry. He could not read the words in the book, so that was why he had come up

at the side, his heart racing. However, with Robbie’s cooperation, Zachary managed to keep up with

blurry sight, when he stood to leave, he knocked onto the corner

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