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.

she clearly had expected too much out of him. Ethan

even know what

to reopen the door and feign innocence. “Hey there. I must

she could ever mistake someone of his size. Clearly, he didn’t trust Alice’s

he didn’t say anything. He walked into the room and approached Caroline with gentle eyes and a warm smile. “You must

eyes subconsciously. It seems that different

differently, and the difference in treatment was very

since Alice had no relationship with Ethan, it

I am Caroline,” she said, looking at Ethan with a mix of uncertainty and curiosity. “Are you my uncle… or my dad?” she asked

replied as he didn’t dismiss her just because she was young. Instead, he wanted to

was not shy at all. It was clear that she wasn’t against calling

her. He patted her back lightly, making sure to be gentle as he had no

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

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

and sensible, so she went to bed

Caroline

She couldn’t believe the once cold, stubborn, and sarcastic Ethan could also display

toward her was

for Caroline. He turned to face Alice, and his smile disappeared. His voice was no longer gentle like before, but instead, Alice’s description of Ethan as a

process the shift in his

can barely keep my eyes open,” Alice said, intentionally signaling to Ethan that she

time 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

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

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