"Chad, why can Timmy watch, but I can't?" Anya protested, her usual obedience slipping through the cracks. Leo, stern as ever, replied, "Henry's mom handles him, and I handle you. If I say no, then it's a no." Anya, pouting in frustration, continued to sneak peeks.

Holding the phone he'd just confiscated, Leo thought for a moment. "I'm heading upstairs, Anya. Be good."

As Leo disappeared up the stairs, the normally compliant Anya decided today was not a day for following rules.

She slipped out to the backyard to see what Aunt Grace was up to.

"Keep spinning him, keep going, just like that. Make him feel like the world is spinning."

Wesley, hanging upside down and tightly bound, was flanked by bodyguards who spun him around, inducing a nauseating mix of vertigo and physical discomfort. The pain on his skin was tolerable, but the internal unease was unbearable, activating every nerve in his body.

The turmoil in his stomach, the dizziness, and the tight bonds around his ankles made him vomit uncontrollably, his own face becoming the landing spot for the vile mixture, causing immediate disgust among those nearby.

Humiliated, Wesley cursed, "Fuck! Molly, you won't get away with this."

"Oh look, he can curse, and in English no less. Bring a bucket of water."

Soon, the Gordon family's darling girl arrived with a bucket of water. "Auntie, here you go!"

Though the sun was warm, the water was icy cold. Molly scooped up a ladleful and splashed it on Wesley's face. "A little act of kindness from me to you."

Another ladleful followed.

Mia found it somewhat cruel, yet their curious baby boy watched intently.

She covered her son's eyes, "Sweetie, let's not watch your aunt."

"Mmm!"

get you to

one, displeased, began to

"Time for bed, love."

the crying

introduction? Or jump straight into your relationship with

my hands," Wesley warned, glaring at the striking

in your hands? I'm already with my Chad. With your pathetic state, if Chad were here, you'd be done for.

her "kind" smile, "Don't worry, this'll

Jade sprinkled the

at his daughter, baffled. Was this really his child? His

powder settling around her, covered her nose,

her son away from the scene, sneezed as well, "It'll pass. He's the

could ignite, would've burned the Cedillo estate

to the family's ruthless streak. "The boss's wife, as fierce as the boss. The boss's sister,

progress before

disobeyed and

third floor, Leo shouted through the window, "Anya,

eyes with Chad from three stories up, realizing she'd been caught. Sheepishly, she edged closer to Mia, "Auntie,

Leo, shouted back defiantly, "Come

more lively than any holiday

where it was all about roughhousing and playful commands, only to be polite and well-mannered in the presence of outsiders.

we have

ever-kind and inventive Jade was up

usually sweet and obedient Anya piped up, "We

violently as if his lungs were about to burst, harbored

chaos had diminished with age or if

the way, Molly and her crew went to fetch what

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