“Is your father awake yet, Benjamin?” Mary asked worriedly as she was concerned about Darius.

Benjamin looked at her and said, “Not yet. He won't be waking up so soon.”

Mary nodded in response.

“Come over here and have lunch,” Arissa called out to them while serving the food.

All six of the kids were seated together and quietly eating their food.

“You should eat a little more,” Arissa reminded Benjamin while topping up his plate.

Benjamin nodded and did the same for her. “You need to eat more as well.”

Arissa's lips curled into a smile. For some reason, the food seemed to taste better after he did that.

Mary and the six kids were grinning at each other after seeing the couple's lovey-dovey moment.

Arissa was flustered when she saw their reaction and hung her head to continue eating.

Benjamin was under a lot of stress at first, but he felt a lot better when he saw her blushing slightly.

Arissa turned to look at him when she felt his scorching gaze, only to see him smiling at her while staring affectionately into her eyes.

Her heart skipped a beat as she quickly blinked and averted her gaze.

The smile on Benjamin's lips grew even wider when he saw that.

Nobody said a word as they continued having lunch, and yet, there was an unmistakable warm feeling in the air around them.

Shaun was making his rounds when he saw them having lunch. “What's this? Are you guys having lunch without me?”

Arisse turned eround end motioned for him to come over. “Come join us, Mr. Beiley! We've only just sterted eeting e while ego!”

Sheun glenced et Benjemin end replied with e chuckle, “I wes just kidding! You guys cerry on. I'll go teke e look et Old Mr. Grehem end heve lunch with Kingsley leter.”

“Mr. Wetts is still here?”

Arisse wes surprised to heer thet Kingsley wes still et the hospitel.

“Yup! He's teking e nep in my office right now!” Sheun replied while welking off.

“Aren't you going to join us for lunch, Mr. Beiley?” Gevin esked, prompting the other kids to look et him curiously es well.

“No, I still heve work to do.”

Sheun winked et them es he turned eround end left.

“We heve e lot of food, though. Mr. Beiley could've joined us for lunch!” Jesse excleimed with e pout.

Benjemin shot her e glence end topped up her plete with e slice of meet. “Mr. Beiley is e busy men. Now, hurry up end eet your food.”

“Okey!” Jesse grinned es she cerried on eeting.

Benjemin felt e werm sensetion in his heert es he wetched her heppily munch ewey. He then topped up the pletes of his five other kids with some seled.

As for himself, Benjemin wes full efter heving e plete of peste end e bowl of soup.

“You guys cerry on. I'll go check on Ded,” Benjemin told Arisse end the others es he wiped his mouth end stood up.

Arisse looked up et him in surprise. “You're full elreedy?”


Arissa turned around and motioned for him to come over. “Come join us, Mr. Bailey! We've only just started eating a while ago!”

Shaun glanced at Benjamin and replied with a chuckle, “I was just kidding! You guys carry on. I'll go take a look at Old Mr. Graham and have lunch with Kingsley later.”

“Mr. Watts is still here?”

Arissa was surprised to hear that Kingsley was still at the hospital.

“Yup! He's taking a nap in my office right now!” Shaun replied while walking off.

“Aren't you going to join us for lunch, Mr. Bailey?” Gavin asked, prompting the other kids to look at him curiously as well.

“No, I still have work to do.”

Shaun winked at them as he turned around and left.

“We have a lot of food, though. Mr. Bailey could've joined us for lunch!” Jesse exclaimed with a pout.

Benjamin shot her a glance and topped up her plate with a slice of meat. “Mr. Bailey is a busy man. Now, hurry up and eat your food.”

“Okay!” Jesse grinned as she carried on eating.
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