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."

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

know those 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 had a

at Robert's innocent-looking face. "Layla yelled at

on my side." Robert pouted. "Hayden, why

with it as long as

are okay with it as

and since he had come of age, Hayden saw this asan

Robert had been well-protect

Robert headed back to his room happily

about time that you get a girlfriend, Tammy teased. "It's been so a long time since you graduated. You

a kid soon. Your parents might not say

don't think that!" Avery protested. "It took me so much work to raise all my kids, and now that Robert is of age

it was Layla who raised Robert, right? You didn't have to

mom did worry a lot, because of how ordinary Robert is! It took Mom so many years to accept the fact that she

Avery and

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