Fine. You can eat with your hands this time. But promise me there’ll be no more next time,” said Corinne with a sigh when she saw his hands were sticky with barbecue sauce.

‘Bryan’ quickly nodded and said, “I promise, Mommy! Thank you, Mommy! Thank you, Aunt Francine!”

Corinne thought there was something off about ‘Bryan’, but she could not point out what she found so odd about him.

He still looked the same as ever, but his behavior was very puzzling. Then again, kids could be unpredictable, so it still made some sort of sense.

‘Maybe I’m overthinking it. The white polo tee could be just a mistake on his kindergarten teacher’s part… Just like Francine said,’ she thought.

Corinne took a few bites of her food absent-mindedly when her phone suddenly vibrated.

She picked up her phone and saw it was a message from Lucas.

[Corinne, I’m outside the mansion. Please come out if you’re free. It’s urgent.]

stuck by her decision to not go back to being a Rivera, though

her at the Holdens’ mansion, so that meant his

her utensils and got up. “Please excuse me. A friend has dropped by for a visit. I need to go

and simply said,

join us for dinner since

her hand. “No, it’s okay. I don’t think he can stay for long. Please continue with the dinner,

said nothing else

of the mansion gate and immediately saw a black minivan

and the driver quickly got down to open the

into the car,”

Corinne

at her and then at the mansion gate. He sighed with disappointment when he saw

out the kids to let me see

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