‘Four people? Me and the children?’

Luca looked at Luke, wondering if he would sleep on the couch or the floor.

She glanced at the couch. The room was spacious enough to accommodate a bigger couch, but the bed was big, so the couch had to be smaller.

It was not going to fit Luke.

That meant that he would have to sleep on the floor.

Luca asked, “Where will you be sleeping then, Mr. Crawford?”

There was an ambiguous grin on Luke’s face. Through the dim light, Luca could not tell if he was smiling.

Before Luke answered the question, Tommy rubbed his eyes and said, “Daddy can sleep on the floor. Ms. Luca, can you read me a bedtime story?”

Luca could not bear to see the child so sleepy. She went over to the bed and patted the spot next to her. “Let’s sleep.”

Tommy lay down on the bed. Lanie and Rainie soon followed suit.

Luca glanced at Luke again. He was looking in the direction of the bed.

She was dressed in the silk gown, which accentuated the curves of her body.

As the nightlight shone on her scattered long hair, her figure seemed to have captivated his soul.

Luke swallowed, trying to keep the lump in his throat down. He watched Luca lie on the bed and, with her gentle voice, tell the children a bedtime story.

Rainie was a girl who enjoyed fairy tale stories about princes and princesses. Lanie did not have the habit of listening to bedtime stories, but he preferred to read science fiction stories. Tommy was about the same because of Lanie’s influence.

The three children on the bed had different preferences, but Luca somehow managed to tell a story that all three of them enjoyed.

They were listening to her story with great interest, and they did not make a sound.

muffled the sounds of the heavy rain outside. Luca’s voice was gentle

to her story, he could feel his

had been occupied by the children since she entered the room, and she did not notice those things on

Before Luca realized it, he was already

her head slightly and saw that the three children were

left. The soft nightlight illuminated the

was satisfied when she saw that. Suddenly,

that he was

Where did he go?

She saw an arm raise from the end of the bed, then it

knew she was looking

leave the bedroom. It would be hard to explain if Queenie found her

moved, the child might wake up. Luca sighed and

that she would wake up early tomorrow and sneak back to the playroom before Queenie woke up.

she heard the slow and even breathing coming from the children around her. Even though Luke was in the same room, she did not feel

found it easy to sleep when Luke and the children were nearby. She closed her eyes and soon fell

heard some sounds around her. She looked around and remembered that she was still

the room. Even though she had not lived there for a very long time,

Queenie’s voice was heard. “Luke? Kids? Are

She planned to return to the playroom

knocking on the

other people in the room. Tommy sat up and rubbed his eyes. There was still a drop of drool on the corner of his

Rainie were not any better

she looked at the children’s faces. However, Queenie’s voice made her

What should she do?

and replied, “We’re

on the floor the

your teeth and come downstairs for breakfast. Right, have you

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