“What a dumbass.”

Sebastian turned toward her, fixing his gaze on the woman who was slipping into slumber.

“Is it painful?” he asked.

“No…”

Sasha was drifting into sleep when she heard him speaking vaguely.

For the past five years, she had constantly kept her suffering to herself and told her children she was fine despite how much pain she felt.

Her brows stitched tightly because of the pain and she flipped on her side to cuddle in his arms. His warm embrace made her pain much more bearable.

“You’ll be fine.” His voice echoed softly in her ears as he patted her to sleep.

Over at the Hayes Residence, the somber house instantly became vivacious with the arrival of the three children.

Everyone—except for Frederick—was electrified when they knew they were coming.

“Matteo, do you want to go to my house? I happen to have a lot of delicious food at home,” one of the relatives offered.

“Matt, you and Ian should come to my house instead. I have a huge playground at my place. You guys will love it!”

“Cut it out. I asked them first.”

about having the children over at their respective places,

There was not a single person who would say no to the children, but the main reason was that they wanted to curry

they could not get out of the situation, Matteo decided to just

y’all ask

quickly nodded in

herself occupied with the little yam plant in the garden, trying to dig it out of the soil. She had heard that Frederick was the one

other choice but

man was pleased when all the

After Frederick’s father built the family business and had three sons of his own, he asked all of them to come over and stay together to make

able to house everyone. One would easily get lost wandering around the compound unguided. It would take more than a

break away

he found out that

to your place, Roderick.” Frederick spelled

“Alrighty!”

Roderick found out the children were going home with him,

head high in pride and marched out of the

given y’all the green light

to

Ian a curious gaze. “He’s the one who gave me the

Ian nodded briefly.

was a hint of despise

reluctance elicited a

when they found out the children were

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