Kendra squinted at the approaching “man” who walked with a strikingly similar gait to Emmeline. Oh, you’re back! Quincy just woke up,” Kendra smiled as she informed Emmett, unaware of everything that had just happened that afternoon.

“I can help you carry her!” Emmett said with outstretched arms.

“You?” Kendra chuckled. “I wouldn’t expect a man to know how to carry a baby!”

“Well, I carried my younger brother when he was a baby,” Emmett explained. “It’s no problem for me at all!”

Abel walked over and overtook Emmett instead, grabbing hold of Quincy and carrying her into his arms in one swift move. “Let me do it,” Abel told Kendra. “You can go ahead and prepare dinner.”

“Dinner is already prepared, Mr. Abel,” Kendra informed him. “You’re back a little later than usual today.”

“Mm,” Abel grunted softly. “Some things got in the way.”

Behind him, Emmett stuck out his tongue childishly.

Kendra took over Quincy once again as they entered the dining hall. “Why don’t you both head upstairs to change and wash up first? I’ll get the dishes out,” Kendra told them.

for their respective rooms. Back in her room, Emmeline inspected her fake mustache and made sure it was

Murphy is here,” Luca informed

does she want?”

asked her to bring something over,” Luca explained. “Should I

might just tell on me if

into the compound. A few minutes later, Evelyn entered the house with two big gift boxes and headed straight for

Rosaline prepared some lamb stew to soothe your tummy, so I’m here to deliver it!”

and be closer to him, but she had not expected the wicked man to still be around! Abel was even serving him food and feeding him pieces of meat he had cut

to fill up that

“You dote on me

I’m a proper man,

you’re always so patient and gentle with me, almost exactly like my mother,”

impossible, you know that?” Abel scolded, but his voice remained gentle. “Why can’t you

has a horrible temper!” Emmett objected. “You’re

food, you can say I

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