Ethan’s cold eyes narrowed ever so slightly as he wondered, What does she mean by throwing her to the wolves? Wait a minute. Am I the wolf?!

Caroline looked at Alice helplessly, seemingly as if she wanted to speak but couldn’t.

Alice couldn’t stand it anymore and said, “Okay, let’s stop talking. Mommy will get you some milk. It’s late, and you need to sleep after drinking it.”

She opened the door and was startled to see someone with sharp features standing in front of her.

After hesitating for a split second, she decisively slammed the door shut.

Yes, she had indeed slammed the door shut.

Outside the room, Ethan quickly took a step back to avoid being hit in the face by the door. He was surprised and a bit incredulous that he had been locked out in such a rough manner.

“Mommy, what’s wrong with you?” Caroline looked at her with a puzzled expression.

“I think I just had a hallucination. I shouldn’t be talking trash about people behind their backs. But seriously, I could have sworn I saw a ghost or something. It freaked me out!”

Just then, someone knocked on the door. The knocking persisted outside the room in a rhythmic pattern.

“Mommy, it seems like what you saw wasn’t just your imagination.” Caroline looked at Alice, then directed her gaze toward the door. The knocking was undeniably real.

Alice also heard the knocking, and it felt like a hammer pounding against her chest.

She had seen Ethan outside and intentionally slammed the door shut, hoping he would leave after that.

had expected too much out of him. Ethan was never a tactful

probably didn’t even

door and feign innocence. “Hey there. I must have mistaken

she could ever mistake someone of his

walked into the room and approached Caroline with gentle eyes and a warm smile. “You

subconsciously. It seems that different people have different

differently, and the difference in treatment was very

since Alice had no relationship with

am Caroline,” she said, looking at Ethan with a mix of uncertainty and curiosity. “Are you

am your uncle, but you can call me Daddy,” Ethan replied as he didn’t dismiss her

that she wasn’t against calling him that and was eager to build

he reached out and gently hugged her. He patted her back lightly, making sure to be gentle as

and asked softly, “Daddy, can you stay with Mommy

I will be with you and Mommy at home tomorrow. It’s late now, so you should go to

obedient and sensible, so

Caroline in

believe the once cold, stubborn, and sarcastic Ethan could also display

attitude toward her

and his smile disappeared. His voice was no longer gentle like before, but instead, Alice’s

surprise at his sudden change, unable to process the shift in his attitude. It seemed like he could only spare her with his cold

my eyes open,” Alice said, intentionally signaling to Ethan that she was not in the mood

he wanted to talk, but she was so angry that she looked like a pufferfish. Who would want to talk to him in the middle of the night? What could we even talk about? Doesn’t he realize how late it is? Even if he doesn’t

was a clear indication that he was still holding a grudge against her for what she had said earlier. “I also heard that I am infuriating to deal with, and someone even

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