Chapter 0272

AIDEN

I looked down at the small figure that was staring up at me with large, innocent eyes, a colorful children's book sprawled open on the floor between us.

"Sorry!" she waved at me and said with a small apologetic smile, her tiny hand fluttering in the air like a butterfly.

I couldn't help but smile back at her. She had a really contagious smile that seemed to light up the entire hallway.

"That's alright," I answered as I bent down to pick up the book that lay at our feet, its glossy pages slightly crumpled from the fall.

"Wow," I heard her gasp, and I looked up at her, puzzled by the sudden excitement in her voice.

"I want that kind of pen," she said with cute puppy eyes, accompanied by an adorable pout that could melt even the coldest heart.

"What kind?" I frowned as I rose to my full height and looked down at the book in my hands, turning it over, wondering where she saw a pen.

"That one," she said and pointed at my chest, her small finger almed directly at my breast pocket.

I looked down and saw the silver pen nestled in my pocket. "Oh," I hadn't even realized that I had absent-mindedly taken it from the reception hall earlier.

"You can have it." I took the pen from my pocket and handed it to her, watching as her eyes lit up with delight.

to ear, her small delicate fingers wrapped around

"Thank you!" she exclaimed.

another 'thank you,' she took her book from me, cradling it against her chest. She opened the first page and wrote in it with the pen, her tongue poking out slightly in

at the 'A' she scrawled in the book with an arched brow. To be honest, there was nothing

yeah, I guess," I

she said firmly, as if daring me to dispute her as she scrawled another curve with

care.

you once again." Then her brows slightly furrowed into a cute frown as she added, "You should be more careful when you're walking, though, so you don't bump into people. People don't really like getting bumped into,

her sudden shift into a scolding mode. So this little munchkin

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I countered, unable to resist engaging in

frown deepened, creating little wrinkles on her forehead. "How is

weren't looking your way either. We both bumped into each other because we were both distracted," I

her little shoulders sassily with her brows hiked up her hairline. "I guess we are even

she would come back and talk to me more. Even if it was to scold me, I would

at the end of the hall with a worried expression on

Amie look back with an innocent expression. She locked gaze with me and shrugged. Then she turned and continued walking while admiring her

and when she saw the nurse walking toward her, she giggled and

This kid is a handful," the young nurse muttered under her

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