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.

look at her,

finally summoned up the

then turned to look at Robbie, who had

looked down at the ground instead of Zachary, but waved politely

Zachary turned to

confirm that the children did not detest him. This meant that he

you off,” Ruby said, leading the way

the students to settle down. “These are from Robbie, Jamie, and Ellie. What should you

look at each other, rather confused. Finally, one of them raised his hand and said, “Thank you to Robbie,

stopped dead in his tracks. He turned around to look at the children, only to find

twiddled her fat little thumbs awkwardly, bowing

as though he wanted to say something, but chose to remain

chirped, “No problem! Hope all of you

whoop of happiness before

over him. Children were rather simple creatures. If you were kind to them, they would

home when she heard a sudden

bed and walked over 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

most

little confused, but

Rawlston hissed urgently. “Ms. Windt

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