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 looked at the man standing in the entrance, his eyes

in the apartment building were

was standing right outside; they could even

Then their conversation…

from his darkened expression, he seemed to

thought of this, Theo’s lips curled up in a slight smile. “Mr. Lynch, you’re here? You came just in time, we’re having dinner now, would you care

enthusiasm made it seem like he was the head of the family instead

darkened like an impending

his deep, bottomless eyes

awkwardly.

not look good if he stayed in the

eyes slightly,

an extra chair to the table. “Sit.“ Joshua frowned and

only big enough to sit four

an intruder.

frown deepened

at the table was

her

scheme for that set of jewelry, then we can go

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