Chapter 1721


    For some reason, the atmosphere in the room immediately turned cold when Danrique sat down.


    Suddenly, the joyfulughter had vanished as the children became tense, and Francesca appeared to


    be somewhat uneasy.


    To remedy the awkwardness, Charlotte quickly lifted her ss. “It''s not every day that we get to have


    dinner together like this, so I''d like to propose a toast!”


    Zachary then lifted his ss as well to join in. Naturally, he had a nonalcoholic beverage in it.


    After Francesca and the children, too, lifted their sses and cups, they turned to look at Danrique,


    who had no choice but to follow suit.


    “This is just wonderful! How I wish we could gather like this more often! Cheers, guys!” eximed


    Charlotte.


    “Cheers!”


    After clinking their sses and cups, everybody dly took a sip of their drink, except for Danrique,


    who nobody wanted to clink their drinkware with.


    Zachary was about to start eating when he noticed how disappointed Danrique seemed, so he hurriedly


    extended his ss to the man.


    At first, Danrique was a little reluctant, but he eventually responded in kind anyway.


    The two then quietly took a sip of their drink.


    “Okay. Let the feast begin!” announced Charlotte excitedly.


    Zachary started chatting with the children while they ate. “So what did you guys y just now? The


    swing? The slide?”


    “The swing!” answered Alpha with her hand raised. “Jamie pushed me so high up that I could touch the


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    sky! It was really fun!”


    “I yed the slide, but I was a little scared because you weren''t there to catch me,” uttered Beta in her


    childish voice.


    “I''ll catch you next time, okay?” responded Zachary gently before suggesting, “Or you can always have


    your daddy catch you.”


    The man then nced at Danrique, who had already lifted his head to look at Beta.


    In response, the child meekly shook her head. “No, I don’t want Daddy to catch me.”


    Surprised, Zachary raised an eyebrow curiously. “Why not? Your father is even taller than I am. I''m


    sure he''s more than capable of catching you, Beta.”


    “I''m scared.” Beta quickly curled up in her mother''s arms after ncing at Danrique''s hands.


    “What''s the matter? Did Daddy do something?” questioned Francesca.


    “Daddy told us a ghost story just now. It was terrifying!” chimed in Alpha.


    “He even stretched out his hands to scare us,” Suddenly, Beta''s eyes began to tear up.


    “I swear that story was horrifying! Even Robbie, Jamie, and Ellie were scared,” added Gamma


    indignantly.


    After hearing all that, Zachary was stunned and did not know how to respond. Did Danrique really tell


    the kids a ghost story?


    “So what story was it anyway?” Francesca questioned Danrique with an eyebrow raised.


    Swirling his wine, Danrique answered without looking at his wife, “What do you think? I only ever know


    one story.”


    “You mean the one about the victim of a car ident losing his hands?” Suddenly, Francescaughed


    out loud. “What''s so scary about it? It was a ridiculous story!” Content of Drаm??ovels.cоm


    Puzzled by Francesca''s unusual response, Zachary and Charlotte exchanged looks. “So you''ve heard


    of it?”


    “Heard of it? I''m the one who told him that story! He was terrified too the first time he heard it,” replied


    Francesca before continuing tough.


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