Chapter 1577

Ben stared at the plate of orange slices.

Jamie instinctively reached out to take the plate away. "Your Uncle Ben doesn't eat-"

"Thank you, Charlie. I happen to feel like having some oranges," he interrupted smoothly, as if it were the most natural thing in the world. Jamie froze for a moment.

Wasn't Ben known for being picky, never touching food that didn't look perfect? And he rarely ate anything prepared outside his own kitchen.

While Jamie stood there, still surprised, Ben casually ate two pieces of the unevenly cut orange slices and even went as far as to compliment Charlie. "You cut these very well."

As Charlie beamed with pride, Jamie could only look at the plate of roughly cut orange slices in disbelief, unable to muster a single word of praise.

*

A little while later, after sending Charlie off to play in his room, Jamie sat down across from Ben. "You're here for something, aren't you?"

"You don't have to treat me so coldly," Ben replied.

"And how should I treat you?" Jamie shot back sharply, her gaze unwavering.

Ben's expression darkened.

make this difficult," Jamie

school now," Ben said, shifting the topic. "Wilfred came to see me yesterday

with surprise and excitement. "Charlie can go to

wasn't necessarily barred from school, but it came with its risks. Schools weren't as controlled as home, where every bump and bruise could

terrified of something going

few printed documents. "These are the options. Take a look and see which

the documents

carefully. It

had already pre-screened the schoots, each one meticulously selected. It was impossible to miss the effort he had

tone became gentler. "This one

on a school, lunchtime was just around the

talking a bit more

Weren't all those details already listed in

meat hour approached, Ben finally stood up. "You're about to eat, so I should head out. Once you're ready, let me know. I'll take Charlie to his first day at

She didn't object

running

leaving? Stay and eat with us!" Charlie tugged at Ben, refusing to let

room wasn't far from the living room, and the door had been

at Jamie, then said

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