At this, Ashton paused. When he turned back to look at me, the piercing gaze had already mellowed out into a gentle smile. “But I know you wouldn’t want that, which is why I decided to bring him home. It’s less of a problem whether they actually fall in love or not. Rather, it would give us the opportunity to see whether he would grow up to become a threat to us, no?”

The need to have a perfect plan for everything had already been carved into Ashton’s bones, but I had to say, he successfully convinced me.

One could never predict how sly and cunning the enemy could be. The only way to win in a battle of wits was to be more cunning than everyone else.

There was no such thing as a completely unselfish hero. Everyone, regardless of who they were, always subconsciously looked out for themselves. It was simply human instinct to think about the ways something could benefit or harm you.

At least, from today onward, Shaun now had a home as well as proper protection. Under the Fuller family, no one would ever treat him differently from our kids again. Both Ashton and I would make sure of that.

I was still unsatisfied at being so easily convinced by Ashton. Even though I was already agreeing deep inside, I purposely started to argue, “How sure are you that you can control him?”

Human beings were ever-changing. Not even God could anticipate how something might turn out, much less us.

Ashton suddenly lay down on my lap and closed his eyes. At ease, he murmured, “Even the strongest hero falls to temptation.”

Even though I

up, I noticed Joseph looking at us through the rearview mirror as he studied us secretly with a devious smile on his face. My cheeks heated up and all I could do was turn away and look at

finally got home and met the people we had been missing for so

Scar!

gold-rimmed sunglasses strutted

hand against the other’s chest. “Excuse me, who are you calling Scar? In

and the man

ranted, “I’ve been wondering why you’ve become so sensitive recently. Don’t you know what manners are? I was already polite enough since

a

His actions and fashion sense were still as flamboyant as ever. As

big donations in his name had suddenly turned

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