Lucas clenched the bread that was in his hand. "I think you want to see how he punishes me."

She shook her head frantically. "No. What if I can serve as your witness? No one else would help you. They are all afraid of Mrs. Woods." "And you are not?"

"I am, but I can't let her kill you," she said righteously.

Lucas felt slightly moved.

"Besides, if you die, I won't get paid twice the original amount anymore," she added.

As soon as she finished her sentence, Lucas shooed her out of the house.

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"Hayden, can you stay longer this time?" Robert clung to Hayden and complained, "Ever since you came back, Layla stopped yelling at me."

"Do you not know why she was yelling at you?" Hayden shot his younger brother a look. "You are still young, so you are supposed to focus on your studies instead of girls. Once you graduate from college, you sister won't say a thing no matter what you do."

had claimed to be Robert's girlfriends and had asked Layla to choose one of them. After blocking the girls' numbers, Layla lost her

girls' names. We were part of an activity held at the campus, and I don't know how they had gotten the wrong message..." Robert had always been approachable growing up and

Hayden felt defeated as he stared at Robert's innocent-looking face. "Layla yelled at you for your own good. You have to accept

one in this family is on my

fine with it as long as

with it

train his younger brother. For the past eighteen years, from the cruelty of society, and since

Robert had been well-protect

Robert headed back to his room happily to pack. That night,

been so a long time since you graduated. You are considered accomplished when it comes to

a kid soon. Your parents might not say anything, but I'm sure that they want a grandson or a

took me so much work to raise all my

chuckled. "Technically, it was Layla who raised Robert, right? You didn't have to put

she drawled, "My mom did worry a lot, because of

Avery and

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