Chapter 486

He drank wine, which they all claimed to be “liquid courage,” but in spite of that, he still felt like a coward.

Adina returned after finishing her song, only to find that a big portion of the freshly-opened champagne had already vanished.

Duke’s eyes were already unfocused.

She was speechless.

He claimed to be here to help look after the kids, did he not? He was, however, getting drunk instead.

She gave him a quick look before deciding to keep a safe distance from him.

The children were having a great time. They were singing, dancing, and playing around, and it was soon ten o’clock at night.

After turning off the music, Adina clapped and said, “All right, time for bed, now. Line up and go take a bath, one by one.”

The children were really obedient. The three boys proceeded to shower in Alden’s room, while Adina took Mel to the upstairs bathroom.

The four kids were already sound asleep in their beds by ten thirty at night.

When Adina went downstairs to clean up, she saw Duke leaning back on the couch, his eyes closed and the wine glass still in his hands.

majority of the champagne,

long since finished.

“Hey, wakeup...”

approached him and called him twice, but he did not

on the couch. She then went upstairs to grab a

couch; his face serene. He had obviously

not

agreed to come and help her take care of the kids, but in the end, she had

the living room. There was a lot of stuff scattered on the floor. She picked them up one by one and threw them in the trash before sweeping and mopping

busy cleaning, she heard

“Addy...

“Addy...”

her again and again, softly at first, and then the

look at him, but his eyes were

had taken a dip in boiling hot

“Addy!”

and he managed to catch Adina’s

she saw the man suddenly open his eyes, she was

drunkenness, and it was totally different from

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