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

time, Charlie held Kya close and never

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

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

the vegetables were taken to the kitchen to be cooked, making the meal particularly delightful

the earlier incident, once again becoming the life of the party as everyone began to relax, preparing barbecues, fruit salads, and

pastry chef over, setting up

warmly, "I'd love to try

forget the birthday cake he made last time at

thought, Jonathan had the chef prepare the ingredients and started working on a

got to witness Jonathan's talent and skill in cake-making, and they even got to taste a chocolate cake made

his barbecue for a plate of fruit salad, a dish of cold mixed vegetables, and a plate of

prepared in three different flavors

4:30 in the afternoon when it began to get dark, and

anxiously in the

the

held off on sending

stood up, greeting him with

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