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.

man had downed the majority of

long since finished.

“Hey, wakeup...”

him and called him twice,

from his hands and helped him lie down properly on the couch. She then went upstairs to grab a

his face serene. He had obviously

not help

the kids, but in the

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

busy cleaning, she heard someone calling

“Addy...

“Addy...”

and again, softly at

had awakened, so she turned to look at him, but his eyes were closed, and his thin lips were moving to call her name again

had taken a dip in boiling hot water, and she

“Addy!”

grabbed at the air, and he managed to catch Adina’s arm with

open his eyes, she was shocked and wanted

filled with hazy drunkenness, and it was

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