Chapter 109

Hazel’s kids were bubbly the next morning, and Daisy’s swollen cheek, though still red, had gone down.

“I’ll

snap her fingers when next I see her,” Silently swearing to herself, Hazel applied soothing ointment.

As she tended to them, Liam spoke up suddenly. “Was Mr. Princess here last night?”

Hazel continued her gentle application, asking, “Why do you ask?”

“No reason,” Liam replied casually, but there was a spark of mischief in his eyes.

“Was he?” he probed again, unable to contain his curiosity.

Hazel sighed, realizing there was no evading Liam’s questions. “He was,” she admitted, watching as Liam nodded in satisfaction. She looked away turning her focus back to Daisy. Liam reached out picking up a colorful glass ball bead from the potted plant nearby.

The beads were a subtle communication method between Liam and Ethan. Liam had given Ethan several colorful beads with a specific pattern. “Drop one in the plants whenever you stop by,” they had decided. It

for Liam to know if Ethan had visited, just in case their mom didn’t let him see them. The simple yet effective communication system allowed Liam to confirm Ethan’s visit even when he had been asleep.

was a way

Hazel, now done with the soothing balm application, shifted her focus to brushing Daisy’s hair. “I don’t think Mr. Princess likes his wife very much,” Daisy declared her observation innocently.

like her; people only get married to people they like,” Liam interjected, his explanation. reflecting the uncomplicated understanding of relationships that children often hold. Hazel couldn’t help but smile at the simplicity of Liam’s perspective, where marriage was based on and equated to love. Daisy confidently asserted, “Well,

a from nod and wide smiles at the thought that they

talk about most

we would leave, we’d go somewhere far away. Hazel murmured to herself. In the meantime, she would just

to her kids talk more

attempting to temper their

she’s part of his family,” Hazel reminded them, guarding against the budding optimism that Ethan might choose them over Bella. However, Daisy, with her honest simplicity,

mean.”

grabbed her arm.

chimed in with a

her to go home,” Liam added,

especially against a woman. It was unlike him. It however confirmed that his distressed state last night was genuine when he apologized and

storytelling, Liam animatedly described

delivery. But Liam wasn’t finished. With a determined expression, he continued,

her half made hair and

said no! Look at his arm;

wanna

for that. Guards, take her

Ethannn,” Daisy shrieked dramatically, collapsing onto

but she got the message. She felt a tinge of relief, Ethan had

settled back down

wife, I still love him,” Daisy declared stubbornly, her determination evident in her young eyes. “One

help

mean?” she asked, intrigued

It would be just you and me and mommy and Mr. Princess.” Liam smiled at his sister, sharing in the dream of a

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