The More The Merrier

The More the Merrier Chapter 571

No Hugging

Seeing as he wouldn’t be able to help out, Benjamin turned around and went back to his sons instead. To his chagrin, the five kids too, locked their bathroom door from the inside.

What’s the meaning of this? Why are they all guarding against me like I’m some sort of criminal?

He thought to himself with a frown.

Arissa soon finished bathing her daughter and was helping her get dressed.

“Mommy, do you think Mr. Graham is still mad at us?”

Arissa gave her a little pinch on the cheek.

“Are you afraid of him being mad?”

Jesse looked her in the eye as she whispered, “He looks really scary when he’s mad. It’s like his entire face just turns all dark and gloomy! Even my brothers don’t look that scary when they’re mad!”

Arissa chuckled. “That’s just how your daddy is like, Sweetheart. He rarely smiles since he’s been uptight for too long. It’s only natural for someone who’s always strict and stern to look scarier when they’re angry. Even so, he really loves you all. I’m sure you’ve felt his love, right?”

herself would get scared of Benjamin whenever he was angry, so she could see why the

her hair

tilted her head as she said, “Mr. Graham

that. Hmm? Is she still upset that Benjamin was

know you were his child at the time. Now that he knows, he’s been

nodded after giving it some thought. “Mr. Graham is indeed treating me a lot better now, but he sometimes looks at me really weird! It’s almost like I did something

sensitive toward such things, so Jesse could

she knew exactly why

he expects you to act like your brothers. For example, he believes boys shouldn’t be liking the color pink. That’s why he gave you strange looks when he found out you like pink,” she

do we have to keep this

tap on the nose as she said, “He won’t. He probably just won’t like it very much, that’s all. We’ll tell him when I feel like it, okay? Now, go on and

nodded and

waited till she had left her line of sight before returning

bedroom, Jesse decided to go look for them in the bathroom outside. However, she had only taken a few steps down the corridor when she saw Benjamin working

him, Jesse tried to sneak past

her creeping figure through the corner of

trying to sneak past him, but

out to her in a gentle