Never Late, Never Away

Chapter 3254 Pretend Parents

“Here we are. This building is where the children reside in.”

The three of them came to the building right next to the director’s office. The four floors here were occupied by the orphans that had been taken in. Jake and Megan noticed that some rooms had their curtains drawn, and they could see the children sleeping peacefully through the windows.

At the sight of this, Jake didn’t want to rouse the children from their slumber. He then motioned for the director and Megan to turn around. However, a door flung open just as they were about to leave.

All three of their gazes snapped over to the opened door. There, a small figure rubbed her eyes as she walked out. The little girl wore pajamas that were clearly too thin to shelter her from the gusting winds. Her tiny body trembled ferociously whilst she stared at them with rounded eyes.

Megan’s face scrunched in concern. She wanted to scoop the child up and take her back into the warm room. However, the child darted behind the door frame before Megan could. The little girl managed a timid squeak, “M-mister director… are these my parents? Are they here to pick me up?”

Hearing this, the three adults fell silent. An inexplicable emotion flashed in Megan and Jake’s eyes as they locked gazes. They felt pity and were unsure of how to respond to the poor girl.

Maybe Megan was soft-hearted, or how the tiny girl stood hopefully whilst being blown by the cold winds. The girl reminded Megan of how she hid away and cried miserably after losing her parents. Forcing away these painful memories, Megan slowly crouched down before the little girl. She cast a gentle gaze whilst tenderly caressing the child’s cheeks.

were supposed to pick you up. Please don’t

have them crushed abruptly, Megan thought to herself. She knew this feeling well enough from the countless times that she had

feelings, someone else will eventually tell her the truth and burst

with big, round eyes. Bubbly laughter then came from her lips, shocking the adults. She continued, “That’s okay. Mister director says I should get used to these

so understanding towards hurtful things that children her age shouldn’t know of… Megan sighed. She pressed

Megan—it was Jake’s. “How about this? She and I will be your pretend parents for the night. We’ll tuck you in and sleep by

her peace of mind. She whirled around to frown at him as if

tell that she was shocked by his words, but he couldn’t

obviously gone past the

director? Megan’s eyes widened. She shot onto her feet and slammed a hand

she quickly scolded him through gritted teeth,

his throat to capture their attention before eyeing the ground,