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!

*

took Hogan a few hours to arrive from J City. Charlie insisted that everyone should keep enjoying themselves,

remainder of the time, Charlie held

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

long table was set up in

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

becoming the life of the party as everyone began to relax, preparing barbecues, fruit salads, and doing

up a station to

"I'd love to try something made by

still couldn't forget the birthday cake he made last

chef prepare the ingredients and started working on a chocolate cake for

in cake-making, and they even got to

to trade his barbecue for a

fish, caught by Morrison, were prepared in

afternoon when it began to get dark, and

in the living room

the surveillance video Jonathan

off on sending

greeting him with a mix of fear

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