“These are the barbeque skewers! Come and eat them.”

Benjamin opened the packet before sitting beside Gavin.

“Barbeque skewers!”

Standing up, Gavin looked at it and sniffed it. “How fragrant!”

Benjamin cast a glance at him.

Zachary smiled brightly. “There are four portions! That's a lot!” He passed Gavin a skewer. “Have a bite! They're delicious.”

After giving two skewers to Tim, he passed a skewer each to his siblings. In the end, he started munching on a skewer.

“Eat up, Tim!” When Zachary noticed Tim staring at the skewer, he gently nudged Tim.

“Um...” Nodding, Tim glanced at them and asked softly, “Aren't we going to wait for Ms. York?”

Benjamin answered his question, “Your mommy went to buy some oxtail soup.”

“That's great!” Jasper and Oliver were elated.

Jesse also grinned. While she munched on the food, she exclaimed happily, “Oxtail soup is tastier than skewers!”

“Yeah! Oxtail soup is delicious. Tim, you should have a taste of it later!” shared Jasper with Tim excitedly.

“Eat up, Tim! You still have more food to eat later,” urged Oliver. “You don't have to wait for Mommy. There's more for her to eat when she comes back.”


Tim already wanted to eat it when he saw the rest eating so happily. When he lowered his head and took a bite, his eyes lit up.

“Is it delicious, Tim?” asked Gavin affectionately.

Tim glanced at him and nodded. “Yeah!”

“There's still pork, meatball, tofu, squid, mutton, prawn...” listed Zachary enthusiastically, encouraging Tim to try each of them.

“Okay!” Tim nodded.

“Tim, do you like spicy or non-spicy food? This is spicy,” asked Jasper as he passed his skewer to Tim.

Tim's eyes lit up. “I like spicy food!”

“Here!” Jasper passed a prawn to him.

“Thank you! I'm not done eating yet.”

Tim was holding three skewers—the most out of the other kids. Since the other kids only had one skewer each, he felt embarrassed.

“Eat up! It's yummy when it's hot!” said Oliver with a smile.

“Everything's yummy when hot!” teased Zachary.

Oliver laughed. The steam condensed on his glasses, so he could barely see anymore.

When Benjamin noticed that, he bent down and took off Oliver's glasses.

Oliver raised his head and stared at Benjamin, his vision blurred.

“Mr. Graham, I can't see after you took off my glasses!”

“Wait!”

Benjamin wiped the condensation from the glasses before placing them back onto Oliver.

Smiling secretly, Oliver said happily, “Thank you, Mr. Graham!”

When Arissa returned and saw that the kids had already started eating, she was pleased.

“Is it yummy, Sweethearts?”

“Yeah!” replied the six kids simultaneously, all overjoyed from the food.

When Arissa saw Tim smiling so happily as well, she grinned affectionately.

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

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