As soon as Alice started crying, Joshua could not help but feel sorry for her. He sighed and pulled her into his arms. “No, please don’t think that. I’m just… really busy with work lately.“

He lifted his head to wipe away the tears from under her eyes. “It’s okay. I’m home now.“

With her head down, a triumphant glint flashed across Alice’s eyes. She nodded meekly and said, “ That’s okay. If you’re busy, you should do work. All I needed to know is that you don’t hate the kids or me, that’s all.“

Joshua gently patted her back to comfort her. “How could I hate you?“

He let go of Alice and bent down to hoist Nellie into his arms. “Come on, let’s eat.“

“Okay! “ Alice replied. She watched as Joshua headed t o the dining room with Nellie in his arms before she turned around to glower at Neil. “You recorded me? You’re not so stupid after all.“

at her. “Well, I learned from the best, though you managed to outsmart us in the end. I guess I underestimated you. “ With that, he turned around and swaggered

eyes. She wanted so badly to punish these two rascals, but she was afraid that it would arouse Joshua’s suspicion. How dare

” Joshua called. ”In the future, you can eat dinner whenever you feel like it. You shouldn’t have to

stuffing herself with food. She gulped down

said, ”If it’s not time for dinner yet, you can ask Mommy and Daddy

our regular meals.” Neil pursed his lips in indignation. ”Who should I listen to, then? Ms. Alice or

and said, ”Of course

only listen to him from now on, and we don’t have

Alice’s face turned pale.

cast her a glance. ”You still have to

I guess I don’t have

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