I encouraged it when kids had ambition and motivation. However, they could also take a breather under my roof.

Summer flashed a half-smile. “Mom, before completing the Wenville project, Mr. Cress and I already started on the club affairs, such as site approval, sale and purchase of properties, and renovations. They are all settled. After the quotations are approved, the company will allocate the final sum of capital, and we can prepare for the ribbon-cutting ceremony.”

Who would have known that my daughter would favor a career in business and work tirelessly toward it? I might have been a little too narrow-minded before this and hadn’t taken her seriously.

I chuckled ruefully and decided not to backseat her, leaving to give them some space. “You’re adults, so I won’t comment much. Go to bed soon. Don’t overwork yourselves.”

“I know, Mom. I’ll head up shortly,” Summer assured me.

Humming in approval with a nod, I led Tobias upstairs. “Come on, Tobias. I’ll show you your room. Are you afraid to sleep alone? If you are, leave a light on tonight, okay?”

“I’m not afraid.” He might be reserved, but he was a self-sufficient kid for his age.

I glanced back over my shoulder while climbing up the stairs to see that Summer and Jared had already returned to their frenzy working state. They looked like they were fighting on the battlefield instead of merely performing analysis.

it was indeed a battle. Her streak of independence was way ahead of

see her, she

off the lights and got into

only consent to the treatment if I

it on me back then,

ask about my relationship with Marcus, it didn’t mean he wasn’t curious. He was only refraining from asking

he growled in the dark. Evidently,

a more comfortable position. “I said the same thing to him, but

cradled my cheek in his big palm, his thumb stroking it. “Did he

“Only you could elicit such a response from me. If you don’t anger me,

you angry. Sometimes I couldn’t

long, contented sigh, my brain foggy with sleepiness. The sentimental words slid off me as I

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