As soon as Alice started crying, Joshua could not help but feel sorry for her. He sighed and pulled her into his arms. “No, please don’t think that. I’m just… really busy with work lately.“

He lifted his head to wipe away the tears from under her eyes. “It’s okay. I’m home now.“

With her head down, a triumphant glint flashed across Alice’s eyes. She nodded meekly and said, “ That’s okay. If you’re busy, you should do work. All I needed to know is that you don’t hate the kids or me, that’s all.“

Joshua gently patted her back to comfort her. “How could I hate you?“

He let go of Alice and bent down to hoist Nellie into his arms. “Come on, let’s eat.“

“Okay! “ Alice replied. She watched as Joshua headed t o the dining room with Nellie in his arms before she turned around to glower at Neil. “You recorded me? You’re not so stupid after all.“

Neil grinned at her. “Well, I learned from the best, though you managed to outsmart us in the end. I guess I underestimated you. “ With that, he turned around and swaggered off in the direction his father had left.

rascals, but she was afraid that it would arouse Joshua’s

Nellie, ” Joshua called. ”In the future, you can eat dinner whenever you feel like it. You shouldn’t have to

started stuffing herself with food. She gulped down her food without even bothering to chew it

dinner yet, you can ask Mommy and Daddy for some fruits

or dessert. Otherwise, we’ll make it a habit and will be too full for our regular meals.” Neil pursed his lips in indignation. ”Who should I listen to, then? Ms. Alice or Mr. Lynch? Since you two have opposing opinions, why don’ t you fight

roll her eyes at this. She chuckled and said, ”Of course you should listen to

him from now on, and we don’t have to do everything you

Alice’s face turned pale.

”You still have to

then, I guess I don’t have to listen to her since

lost its

Joshua frowned at him. “Come to my

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