"In a few days?" Maisie's surprise grew.

She thought the child might come from a divorced family, and the woman probably meant that she would find a stepfather for him in a few days.

Maisie felt for the child, who seemed quiet and timid. Since he arrived, he hadn't said a word.

Now, she realized it was because he lacked his biological father's protection.

With this in mind, Maisie smiled at the boy. However, James suddenly fixed his gaze on her, his beautiful amber eyes displaying an unexpected coldness for his age.

Maisie shivered, taken aback by such a gaze coming from a child.

"Ms. Squire?" The woman gently stroked James' head. "Isn't my son adorable?"

"Oh..." Maisie snapped back to reality and managed a smile. "Yes, he's very handsome and cute."

need to listen to Ms.

feeling that she saw a hint of a mocking smirk on the boy,

your contact information? In case there's an emergency with James, I

course." The woman provided

Maisie asked how she should address her, she smiled cryptically and said, "My

Maisie

something was amiss, like a heavy weight on her chest, making her uncomfortable. But then, she considered there were millions of people in Centrolis, and there was more than one family with the last name

it was

for being too sensitive and unfairly suspecting Graham of everything, making herself

rest assured with your

was far from

the kindergarten, Maisie received more than 30 complaints about

a very unusual child. No matter what the teachers said to him,

Maisie assumed it was a language barrier. After all, he was a mixed-race child who had

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