Chapter 266

After walking Yvonne to the door, Stefans watched Jeremy rush over to take her into his arms.

“Im really sorry, Yvonne…“ Jereiny lowered his head, looking utterly deflated and guilt–ridden.

Yvonne, startled by his sorrowful expression, immediately pounced forward and wrapped herself around his leg like a little koala–warm and clingy.

Yvonne said, “Jeremy, I don’t blame you at all

Her tiny hands clutched him tightly, her soft, fair face looking like a steamed lam–downright pinchable.

“It was my own fault. I lost my balance–it wasn’t you,” she assured him.

But now, seeing how down he was, Yvonne’s laps posted slightly as she clung to his leg, looking quite aggrieved herself.

Honestly, even if she had fallen, she still wouldn’t have blamed Jeremy.

Now he was officially the villain in this story. Just wonderful. That kid’s had impression of him probably went from “mildly annoyed” to “must be stopped at all costs.”

And right then–as if things weren’t chaotic enough–a loud, high–pitched rooster crow echoed from afar, slicing through the air like a battle cry.

It sounded like the poultry version of a bodybuilder.

But that wasn’t just imagination. The crowing got closer. And shakier.

All three instinctively looked down, just in time to catch a white blur flash past them.

Yvonne and Jeremy instantly knew what it was. Stefan, however, was still in the dark.

In a blink, that white blur–specifically, a very excited fox with a chicken in its mouth–charged right up the stairs.

noise and chaos rivaled a

the chicken into the room. upstairs, wait for the inevitable screams,

the plan

in the world’s most awkward staring contest with the three people standing in front of it.

in utter disbelief. Jeremy’s eyes narrowed with a

squawking like its life depended on it

kinda

slowly, painfully, unclenched its jaw. Chicken feathers flew everywhere, drifting down like confetti in a snowstorm.

chicken shrieked in triumph and promptly launched itself straight at

the once–depressed siblings moved in perfect sync. One thing out her arms to shield Stefan. The other shoved him backward into

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impact, eyes squeezed

nice slap to th

from a

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her head as a launchpad, the chicken

the exact same thought. “Oh no. Stefan’s gonna freak out”

i–but not from

raised a hand and smacked the airborne chicken mid–flight like

in shock, and sailed off the second

palm, eyes narrowing in visible disgust

of

her head up and exchanged a bewildered glance with

smaller until it was practically

of chickens

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