The woman’s airy voice carried her words straight into Joshua’s ears.

His eyebrows screwed together tightly.

In the house, Nellie quietly sneaked a glance at the clock.

20 minutes had passed since she sent the photos to her father.

No matter how far away he was, he shou1d’ve been here by now!

So the little girl pursed her lips, lifted her phone discreetly and sent another message to Joshua.

“Daddy, where are you?“

The notification ping from his phone rang loudly in the hallway outside.

The few people eating inside stiffened immediately. The sound… came from right outside their door!

Neil was the first to react, jumping down from his chair and walking to the door, opening it.

“Mr. Lynch?“

The little guy looked at the man at the door with confused eyes, then suddenly turned and looked at Nellie, as if remembering something.

girl realized her actions had been seen through and bowed her head in

at the man standing in the entrance, his eyes displaying a hint of

the apartment building were

right outside; they could even clearly hear the ringtone

Then their conversation…

darkened expression, he seemed to have

slight smile. “Mr. Lynch, you’re here? You came just in time, we’re having dinner now, would you care

like he was the head of the family instead

expression darkened like

deep, bottomless eyes and

smiled awkwardly. “Come

he stayed

words, Joshua narrowed his eyes slightly,

to the table. “Sit.“

big enough to

an intruder.

deepened

table was tense

up her courage and

long as Mommy can finalize the design scheme for that set of jewelry, then we can go out and have fun with

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