Michael let his armor down the moment Carmen told him sweetly, “Here, Daddy, I’ll blow on the mosquito bites for you.” He had planned to sneak out at midnight so that he could secretly return all her newfound pets to their rightful owners, but he was so moved by his daughter’s warm gestures that he found himself relenting instead.

Michael certainly had not expected Carmen to bring a lamb into the courtyard while he was doing the dishes.

“Daddy, can I—”

Michael faltered and screamed inwardly, No, you can’t. You can’t!

He quickly began to dissuade her but alas, his painstaking attempt to do so had convinced Carmen that she wanted two lambs instead.

Once again, Michael was at a loss for words.

By the end of the day, two baby lambs were added to Carmen’s collection of farm animals and Michael let out a dry sob as he heard the lambs bleating in the yard.

But the moment he turned to see his little girl snuggled up against him, he felt all his resentment and frustration dissipate into nothing.

It had been a long day. Flipping over, Michael pulled his sweetheart into his arms and fell asleep shortly after.

At midnight, a few people showed up outside of Michael’s house.

 

“Alright; Dan has already led the guards away. Wait for me here. I’ll be back before you know it!” Sophia instructed quietly as she went over to where Dimon and the others were standing. There was a large bag slung over her shoulder.

Dimon watched as she dashed over to the courtyard, looking clumsy with the heavy bag in tow.

 

Sophia had scoped out the landscape during the day and had taken note of the camera that was positioned by the front entrance. She avoided it and headed over to a hidden part of the courtyard, where she knew the dog hole would be.

When she came upon this dog hole during her stake out earlier that day, Sophia had made sure that she would be able to squeeze through it without being captured by the camera.

Dimon watched as Sophia found the hole and crawled through it. Once she had managed that, she reached out an arm and said, “Dimon, give me the bag.”

Cringing, he handed the bag over to her.

actions had forced Michael into crawling through a dog hole once upon a

the tables had turned since, seeing as Sophia was now doing the exact

Sophia slung the bag over her shoulder and

would not apply to the one in the courtyard. She carefully navigated her way around the latter and made her way

of using refrigerators, the

quarter of a lotus root, a couple of eggs,

cooked that corn… I’ll take

sure that it still

pork belly and potatoes—all of which she deemed as essential food items. She had also brought lollipops, jellies, chocolates, a packet of cigarettes and chewing gum. Then, she lowered a sealed pack of ready-made chicken drumsticks and pig trotters into the cellar before finally putting in the fruits, which

sunset so they would be fresh

filled with food items was now deflated as Sophia emptied its contents into

noticed when, at some point,

happily piled junk food into the

kept quiet as he watched her stock up the cellar, which was already running out

top of the

small as she crouched by the cellar. She was a study in enigma, like a

a deep hunger within him that he

coursing through his body in heated passion and he only had one thing

grabbed Sophia and pinned her against

and pinned himself against her. A large pair of hands clasped over

his breath stirring her hair in a

relaxed upon realizing that it

called out gently, reaching

her stature, she could only cling onto Michael by reaching

earlobes. Sophia could

cooking and the heat of the stove had since died down, so he knew it wouldn’t scorch Sophia if she

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