He thought he must still be dreaming.

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“Mr. Hale tried not to wake them up.”

Iris turned on the light and looked over at Heriberto.

Saw his tears streaming down, crying like an innocent child.

She gave him a slight smile, then turned and walked away.

It’s just that, when she walked past Heriberto, her wrist was grabbed by a big, slightly rough and warm hand.

Iris stopped and looked at Heriberto.

The two of them were so close, she could even see her own reflection flickering over and over in Heriberto’s dark eyes, which were full of

tears.

“Ira. thank you.” Heriberto said. Every word came from deep down in his heart.

Iris gave him a faint smile and didn’t say anything.

Heriberto let go of her hand a little bit again.

Iris just left, went back to the bedroom, and left the space for Heriberto and the two kids.

It was alreadyte at night, and except for the security guards, almost everyone in the manor was already resting.

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Everything in the whole manor was very, very quiet.

Heriberto stood at the doorway, looking at Ezekiel and Isabe inside, and could only hear his own heartbeat.

I didn’t know if I was just scared, or if I was worried that the way I looked now would freak out Ezekiel and Isabe.

So, he stood at the door for a long time, and only after he calmed down a lot did he quietly walk in.

The room was big and felt unusually cozy andfortable.

The furniture and all the stuff in the room were carefully picked out, and there weren’t any sharp corners.

There were two cute little kids‘ beds in the room, one was sky blue, and the other was pink.

Heriberto walked between the two little beds and got down on one knee.

He looked at Ezekiel on his left, then at Isabe on his right, and the emotions he had barely managed to control flooded out again.

Completely out of control, it rushed out.

Tears blurred my eyes again.

He looked at Isabe, gently holding her little hand with one hand, and softly touching her rosy cheek with the other. Smiling, he said to Isabe, “Hi, Be, I’m Daddy!”

Isabe seemed to sense something and smacked her little lips, then gave a sweet “mm.”

Heriberto’s tears broke out again, and he cried like a fool–innocent and

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“Be, are you saying yes to Dad, huh?” He was excited, his voice trembling nonstop.

Isabe let out another “mm” in her sleep, then cracked her eyes open a bit and nced at Heriberto.

Heriberto thought she was awake, and his heart jumped into his throat.

But there wasn’t.

Isabe just opened her eyes a crack to look at him, then closed them again and turned over, squirming.

Heriberto’s heart settled down, and he quickly patted her gently, coaxing her to calm down.

Isabe turned over and went back to sleep.

Heriberto leaned over the bed and carefully kissed Isabe on the cheek, then went to look at Ezekiel.

Ezekiel slept way better than Isabe, like a little meatball, and when Heriberto talked to him, he didn’t react at all.

Slept like a log.

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