Zachary withdrew his arms lamely. Although he seemed very nonplussed on the surface, as though he couldn’t care less about the kids’ behavior, he felt very disappointed indeed.

Turning to Ruby, he said, “I’ll entrust the kids to you then.”

“Of course, of course! I’ll take very good care of them. Don’t worry, Mr. Nacht!” Ruby and the other higher-ups exclaimed at once, nodding vigorously.

Zachary took one last look at the kids before leaving.

As he walked away, Jamie stared after him. He opened his mouth to say goodbye, but seeing as Robbie wasn’t saying anything, he decided to keep quiet too.

“Goodbye, Uncle Zack!”

In the end, it was Ellie who opened her mouth first. She sounded a little cautious despite her adorable voice—nonetheless, she still managed to melt Zachary’s heart.

her, his

Jamie finally summoned up

wave. He then turned to look at Robbie, who had remained silent

little aloof. He looked down at the ground instead of Zachary, but waved

slightly better, Zachary turned to leave

that the children did not detest him.

said, leading the way

gesturing at the students to

at each other, rather confused. Finally, one of them raised his hand and

He turned around to look at the children, only to find that they were all looking at him,

little thumbs awkwardly, bowing her head to

shut his mouth as though he wanted to say

returned their smile gamely and chirped, “No problem! Hope all of

The students let out another whoop of happiness before returning to their

rather simple creatures. If you were kind

home when she heard a sudden commotion

to the floor-length windows, where she saw a convoy right outside the gates. Under the watchful eyes of the bodyguards, a group of workers was delivering

and realized that most of

confused, but

quietly!” Mrs. Rawlston hissed urgently. “Ms. Windt

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