When Josie woke up, it was already the afternoon. Grape wasn’t in the room, and faint sounds of laughter and playful commotion could be heard from downstairs.

It had been a while since the house had been this lively.

After Josie freshened up, she stepped out to see Lachlan wearing an apron, cooking in the kitchen as if it were his routine. Meanwhile, Grape was seated in her high chair, eating her meal and asking all sorts of peculiar questions.

“Mr. Lachlan, why don’t you ever come to visit me? Is it really more fun back home? More fun than Sumanthova?”

Grape pouted with a puzzled look on her face.

Lachlan responded in a childlike tone, “I was just busy with work, so don’t be upset, Grape. It’s only fun when you are around. Without you, it’s quite boring.”

“Really? What about mom? Do you like mom?”

Lachlan laughed. “Of course I like her.”

“Then why don’t you become my father, so I can see you every day?”

absence of a father figure

stairs. “Children speak without reservations, so don’t take

“That’s not true. I want

darkened. “Stop throwing a

she often didn’t have much patience. She generally gave Grape a lot of

angry at a child?” Lachlan intervened, placing the

explained, “Grape, you have your own father, a role that no one else can replace,

tone was

charm of a mature man. He was kind, patient,

one side, lost

“Where is my father then? He doesn’t love me

a moment, Lachlan was at a loss for words. He

I told you that your daddy is

It’s going

like this, Josie couldn’t help but chuckle. “Time

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