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.

had downed the majority of

long since finished.

“Hey, wakeup...”

approached him and called him

removed the glass from his hands and helped him lie down properly on the couch. She then went upstairs

slept soundly on the couch; his face serene. He had

could not help

help her take care of the kids, but in the end, she had

stuff scattered on the floor. She picked them up one by one and threw them in the trash before sweeping

was busy cleaning, she heard someone calling

“Addy...

“Addy...”

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

she turned to look at him, but his eyes were

felt as if her heart had taken a dip

“Addy!”

grabbed at the air, and he managed

suddenly open his eyes, she

and it was totally

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