He hesitated for a moment before he asked, "Maybe Mr. Roberts is stuck in the traffic?"

My mind froze before I finally realized what was going on. Hendrix had promised to come back for lunch at 12.30 p.m., and it was already 12.28 p.m. Seeing how serious he was, I couldn't help but laugh.

"I know the road would be busy!" As soon as I finished my sentence, footsteps could be heard from outside the yard. Soon, Hendrix entered the house.

He stood in front of me, with his forehead covered in sweat. It seemed that he was in a hurry to return home.

His black orbs shined brightly as he said, "12.29 p.m. I'm not late, right!"

I couldn't help but laugh. I stood on my tiptoes and wiped the sweat off his face. I asked, "Did you run back?" The weather was so hot, he must have sweated a lot.

He smiled while taking off his jacket and said, "I was training my body!"

"There's no need to be in such a hurry next time. I'm right here, I won't run away," I said while I wiped his sweat. There was a warm feeling in my heart.

but I wanted

didn't expect those sweet words to come out of his mouth. Then, Anne ran in and hugged him. She said in a soft voice, "Mr.

her up as he looked at me with an intense gaze. He said, "Uncle has

his hands, which looked like a bag of documents. He told Evan as he handed the documents to him, "You'll handle the admission procedures for Anne's school, and you will send her to school in a few days." Evan took the documents and left. Hearing his words, Anne sighed with her hands on her

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be alone!"

said, "Anne, you can make new

frowned but didn't say

been very well

got used to them already. After Hendrix had dealt with his work, he came in and saw me packing away my clothes. He walked up to me, took the clothes from my hands,

I couldn't believe that I could live the rest of my life peacefully because those

head, looked at

the closet and replied, "Since Anne's school had already been decided, I should start looking for a job and go back to work

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