The child's bedroom that Kevin Kyle specially designed for Karen Joy Kyle was next to the master bedroom, but she had almost never slept in this room before.
Before Karen Joy Kyle went to kindergarten, Kevin Kyle would take her with him wherever he went. Little Karen would not be away from him for more than three hours at a time.
Because she didn't have a mother then, Karen Joy Kyle was very attached to her father. She often followed her father around.
Whenever her father was on a business trip, he took her with him. When her father held a meeting, he took her with him. There wasn't one occasion where Kevin Kyle would not allow her to tag him along.
In recent months, as many matters have come up and kept him busy, Kevin Kyle was left with no choice but to have Little Karen stay home, so she would sleep alone in her own bedroom.
Sometimes it was the nanny who would accompany her, sometimes it was her lovely little aunt who accompanied her, and sometimes it was her Brother Lionel who accompanied her.
Tonight, the person who accompanied Karen Joy Kyle was her favorite Brother Lionel. Brother Lionel was worried that she would have nightmares again, so he sat beside her bed, grabbed her little hand, and read bedtime stories to her softly.
After she had fallen asleep, Lionel tried to withdraw his hand. However, as soon as he moved, Little Karen suddenly opened her eyes, and she looked extremely insecure and uneasy.
Lionel hurried to grasp her hand, lowered his head, and whispered in her ear, "Little Karen, don't be afraid. I'm here with you. I will chase all the bad guys away."
Hearing the gentle voice of Brother Lionel, Karen Joy Kyle blinked her eyes and closed her eyes to sleep again. She subconsciously grasped Brother Lionel's fingers in her sleep, as if she was worried that Brother Lionel would leave her when she was not paying attention.
Lionel looked at Little Karen's tender face and pinched her cheeks a little. Then, he saw the wound on her forehead.
After the doctor applied some medications, the wound dried up. However, because the wound was too deep, it looked like a burn mark. This will definitely leave a scar on her pretty face.
Karen Joy was a very beautiful girl. She often said that she was the cutest and loveliest baby in the world, and she would proudly announce that she was cute every day.
If she looked into the mirror one day and saw the scar on her forehead, she would be very sad.
When Lionel was lost in thought, he heard deliberately soft footsteps coming from the corridor outside the room.
The sound blocking system in the room was very good. Normally, an average person couldn't hear such light footsteps, but he had received various training before since he was a child, so his hearing was surprisingly sensitive.
He held his breath and listened quietly to the sound outside. He heard the sound of footsteps approaching closer to the bedroom, and the sound of footsteps seemed foreign to him.
"It's so late now. Has someone broken in? What do they want? Is there anyone else who wants to take Little Karen away again?"
No matter what, he would not let anyone hurt Little Karen again.
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Mama Kyle was eager to see her granddaughter. She walked very fast, but she was worried that she would disturb a sleeping Joy Kyle, so she slowed down her pace. Papa Kyle could only shake his head and sighed when he saw her sneaking up like that.
Mama Kyle knew that Karen Joy Kyle's room was next to Kevin Kyle's master bedroom. She walked to the door and listened carefully. There was no sound in the room, so she thought that Little Karen must be sleeping.
As she did not want to disturb Little Karen, Mama Kyle held her breath and opened the door quietly. She extended her head slightly beyond the door to peek inside.
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