“Mommy! I miss you so much!“ Nellie said.
She took her keys, and the moment she opened the door to the apartment, the two children rushed out
like two little tornadoes.
Neil and Nellie each hugged one of her legs, chattering away in excitement.
“Mommy, I knew you would come back at this hour, but Neil insisted you would come back later! “
“Mommy, in the past few days that you weren’t home, I asked Lily to teach me how to make coffee! I
made your favorite Arabica coffee! “
“Mommy, I have it all planned out, you can’t go anywhere this afternoon. Just stay at home, read me
stories and build Legos with Neil! “
“Mommy…“
Luna lowered her eyes, looked at the two black little heads in front of her, the words were at the tip of her
tongue, but she just could not spit them out.
Behind her, Lily stood in the living room, looking at her with a smile on her face. “Ms. Luna, they
purposely took a day off from school to wait for you. Since this morning, they were particularly excited,
decorating the house as if it was the holiday season.“
Only then did Luna notice the decorations hanging in the living room. Colorful banners were strung
across the walls, their longing for written clearly across the banners in sloppy, childish writing.
Glued to the middle of the wall were a row of flowers that were shaped into words: Welcome home,
Mommy!
Looking at the festive decorations in the room, Luna’s heart was warm yet in pain, as if it had been
burned by something hot.
She suppressed her tears of agitation and knelt down, “Neil, Nellie. Joshua’s car is still downstairs. “
Immediately, there was a change in Neil’s expression. Meanwhile, Nellie cocked her head to the side and
looked at her mother in confusion. “What’s Daddy doing downstairs?“
“He’s waiting for us to go down.“ The woman held out her hand gently and ruffled the little girl’s hair. “ He
misses the two of you too. And… Alice is here. She also wants to see the two of you. So, let’s go
downstairs, and follow them back to Blue Bay Villa, okay?“
The little girl’s expression fell in an instant. She shook her head fervently, “No, no, no! Alice is so, so
fierce! I don’t like her! I don’t want to go home! “
Luna closed her eyes, her heart aching in her chest. How she wished they did not have to go home. If
possible, she wanted to bring Neil and Nellie with her and leave Banyan City, go abroad to reunite with
Nigel. Then their family could finally live happily together.
But…
She bit her lip, holding Nellie’s hand and said quietly, “Come on, be a good girl.“
The little girl’s eyes were bright with tears, she did not want to leave but had no choice in the matter. “
But…“
“No buts.“
Neil sighed, “If Mommy had a choice, she wouldn’t agree to this. Let’s go. Mr. Lynch and Ms. Gibson are
not a danger to us.“
With that, the little guy held his sister’s hand. “Lily, please bring me my jacket and my book bag.“
Lily paused, then hurriedly nodded, and rushed into the room, packing the two children’s belongings.
“Mommy, don’t forget, you owe us one.“ Neil put on his jacket and said in a whine, “We wanted to spend
the whole day with you. You have to compensate us in the future! “
Luna nodded vigorously. “Okay! “
Ten minutes later, the three of them walked downstairs together. Lily followed behind them, dragging
their suitcases.
“Neil, my little baby! “ Seeing them come downstairs, Alice flung her arms wide open and rushed up to
Neil, then knelt down and hugged him. “Mommy missed you so much! “
Neil frowned slightly and placed his lips next to her ear. “Ms. Gibson, aren’t you tired of acting?“
Alice narrowed her eyes slightly, then lowered her voice, “In terms of acting, your mother’s acting skills
are far superior to mine, no?“
Neil snorted and pushed her away, then strode forward with his short, stubby legs and climbed into the
car. The little guy sat down in the backseat, then leaned back elegantly on the leather seat, finally side-
eyeing Joshua lazily. “Mr. Lynch, long time no see.”
Joshua could not help but lift his lips in a smile at the little boy’s antics. “Indeed, long time no see.” “I
remember, before you left, you wanted to divorce Ms. Alice.” As he spoke, the little guy glanced at
Joshua out of the corners of his eyes. “Tell me, why did you change your mind after a trip to Sea City?”
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