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.

around to look at her, his lips curving

Zack…” Jamie finally summoned up the

turned to look at Robbie, who had

He looked down at the ground instead of Zachary, but

slightly better, Zachary turned to

confirm that the children did not detest him. This

you off,” Ruby said, leading the

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

them raised his hand and said, “Thank you to Robbie,

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

awkwardly, bowing

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

and chirped,

let out another whoop of happiness before returning to their presents

a sudden wave of relief wash over him. Children were rather simple creatures. If you were kind to them, they would be nice to you

was resting at home when she heard a sudden commotion of cars

of bed and walked over to the floor-length windows, where she saw a convoy right outside the gates. Under the watchful eyes of

realized that most

confused, but she didn’t ask

hissed urgently. “Ms.

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