Charlie's heart ached with a softness he couldn't explain.

...

Soon enough, the word got out. Andrew's face turned as pale as a ghost, riddled with guilt as he apologized to Charlie, "Charlie, I don't even know how to begin to apologize to you. If it'll make you feel any better, feel free to give me a couple of slaps!"

"It's not on you!" Charlie snapped back. "Whoever did this should bear the responsibility!"

Jonathan's expression was grim as he summoned the estate manager, "Pull the surveillance footage from where the incident occurred and send it to my phone!"

The manager hurried off to fulfill the request.

Jonathan glanced at Kya's neck, "Do you think she needs a full body check-up?"

"No need, she's not hurt anywhere else!" Charlie said.

Jonathan nodded slightly but still had the estate's doctor come over to examine Kya and provided some cream for the swelling and bruises.

He felt a surge of anger comparable to Charlie's. If anyone dared to lay a finger on his daughter, he would not hesitate to make them pay dearly!

*

insisted that everyone should keep enjoying themselves, "Keep the spirits up and continue

remainder of the time, Charlie held Kya close and

their best to cheer Kya up. Nestled in Charlie's arms, a small

a long table was set up in the garden for lunch, serving everything they

taken to the kitchen to be cooked, making the meal particularly delightful since it

began to relax, preparing barbecues, fruit salads, and doing their

chef over, setting up a station to prepare desserts on

to try something

still couldn't forget the birthday cake

a second thought, Jonathan had the chef prepare the ingredients

skill in cake-making, and they even

his barbecue for a plate

caught by Morrison, were prepared in three different flavors by

lasted until 4:30 in the afternoon when it began to get dark, and by then, Hogan

waited anxiously in the living

the surveillance video Jonathan had sent

had held off on sending

greeting him with a mix of fear

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