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Upon arrival, Nathaniel walked straight into the house. When he saw Cecilia and their children, he approached them immediately.

"Ceci," Nathaniel said gently.

The moment Cecilia saw him, she felt at ease.

Elena, who was sitting nearby, was puzzled. "Didn't you say you'll be late today because of work? Why are you here earlier than usual?"

"I got a break," Nathaniel replied briefly, then sat down beside Cecilia.

Watching the two of them, Elena felt a little envious. He finally smartened up.

Nathaniel lowered his voice to ask Cecilia, "What happened?"

Cecilia pulled out her phone and typed a message for him to read: Let's talk when we're home.

At that moment, Nathaniel noticed Nicholas was around, so he took out his phone and wrote: Okay.

He also sent her a hugging sticker. Originally, he didn't have stickers on his phone, but he naturally picked them up from seeing Cecilia use them often.

Cecilia smiled when she saw the sticker.

Across the room, Nicholas observed their interaction and became consumed by jealousy.

"Mom, I'm a little tired. I'm going back to my room now," he said while standing up.

"All right. Have a good rest," Elena replied.

Nicholas went upstairs.

When he passed by the children, Elliot distinctly felt something was amiss. He looked up at Nicholas' retreating figure, and a hint of terror surfaced in his eyes.

At that sight, Jonathan asked, "What's wrong?"

"H-He feels so scary!" Elliot stammered in a shaky voice.

Jonathan was dismissive about it.

He didn't know what was wrong with Elliot, but Elliot kept thinking that Nicholas was a bad person since meeting him. Jonathan had no idea how Elliot came to that conclusion.

"How so?" Jonathan asked.

Elliot took a deep breath. "The air around him is black."

That was all he could say as he didn't know how to describe his sixth sense.

Jonathan patted his shoulder. "Get a good rest once we're home. Don't overthink."

Elliot

him, so he snorted. "Jon, you're

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smart but my sixth sense is never wrong."

"Yes, yes, I know." Jonathan continued fiddling with his computer.

Seeing that Jonathan wasn't taking him seriously, Elliot wondered if he was mistaken.

After dinner, Cecilia and Nathaniel left with their children.

By the time they got into the car, the children had fallen asleep from exhaustion.

Only then did Cecilia tell Nathaniel about everything that had happened today. Nathaniel looked serious. "Did he really say that?"

Cecilia nodded. "Yes."

Nathaniel wrapped an arm around her shoulders and drew her to his chest. "Don't worry. I'm here."

"I know. I'm just a little scared," she confessed.

"How about this? We won't come back here in the future," Nathaniel suggested.

Cecilia shook her head. "This is your home, and the kids, grandparents' home. How can we not come

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back?"

"Then I will stay by your and the children's sides at all times," Nathaniel said gently.

Cecilia nodded and hugged his waist. "Okay."

Even so, her heart was still beating fast. She was constantly worried that

something bad might happen.

At that time, it was late at night.

The days of rain and snow had gone, and the temperature was slowly warming up

as spring approached.

Nicholas

sat on the chair on his

room's balcony, where he

watched

Nathaniel's cat graduat

drive away

and disappear from his sight.

He then picked up his phone, seemingly looking at something.

A moment later, he turned it off, then unlocked the screen again, repeating the same actions.