The woman’s airy voice carried her words straight into Joshua’s ears.

His eyebrows screwed together tightly.

In the house, Nellie quietly sneaked a glance at the clock.

20 minutes had passed since she sent the photos to her father.

No matter how far away he was, he shou1d’ve been here by now!

So the little girl pursed her lips, lifted her phone discreetly and sent another message to Joshua.

“Daddy, where are you?“

The notification ping from his phone rang loudly in the hallway outside.

The few people eating inside stiffened immediately. The sound… came from right outside their door!

Neil was the first to react, jumping down from his chair and walking to the door, opening it.

“Mr. Lynch?“

The little guy looked at the man at the door with confused eyes, then suddenly turned and looked at Nellie, as if remembering something.

been seen through

standing in the entrance, his eyes displaying a hint of

apartment building

even clearly

Then their conversation…

his darkened expression, he seemed to have

lips curled up in a slight smile. “Mr. Lynch, you’re here? You came just in time, we’re having dinner now,

it seem like he was the head of the family instead of

darkened like an

raised his deep, bottomless eyes

awkwardly. “Come

not look good if he stayed in the hallway for

her words, Joshua narrowed his eyes slightly, raised his foot and stepped

extra chair to the table. “Sit.“ Joshua frowned and

table was only big enough to sit

looked like an intruder. At the thought of Luna’s

deepened

the table was tense and

Nellie mustered up her

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