Karen Joy Kyle had just listened to the recording, and the Nathaniel Cooper's call came in again. He said softly, "Karen, was that the recording you wanted?"
"Brother Lionel, I'll hang up the phone first. Call me in a minute." This was the personal ringtone that Brother Lionel had recorded for her. She had to use it immediately.
He hung up the phone, and Karen Joy immediately changed her ringtone to his recording.
Exactly sixty seconds later, the exclusive ringtone for Lionel started-- "Karen, what are you doing? Your Brother Lionel is calling! Quick, answer the phone! Answer the phone!"
After hearing it once, Karen Joy heard it repeat again. She listened to it for some time before she answered, "Brother Lionel, why is your voice so nice?"
Hearing her cheerful voice, Nathaniel's mood also gotten a little better. He asked softly, "Do you like the ringtone that I've recorded for you?"
"Of course I like it." Karen Joy smiled and said, "I really hope I can wake up to your voice every morning."
"Simple," Nathaniel replied casually.
Karen Joy said, "Is it that simple?"
"Wait for me." Nathaniel hung up the phone again without telling her.
Soon, Karen Joy received another voice file. She clicked on it and heard Brother Lionel's pleasant voice again.
This time, it was the exclusive alarm that Brother Lionel had recorded for her, "Karen, get up soon! If you still don't want to get up, the sun will leave soon."
"Brother Lionel, you are too much! Do you think I'm just a four-year-old child? How can you record such a childish ringtone for me?" Karen Joy was overjoyed as she spoke with Brother Lionel in such a playful manner.
Brother Lionel she liked was still Brother Lionel who doted on her back then. So many years had passed, but Brother Lionel's attentiveness towards her had not changed in the slightest. He was still willing to fool around with her. He was willing to pamper her.
"You don't like it?" Nathaniel asked carefully.
Karen Joy answered happily, "As long as you recorded it for me, I'll like it."
"Okay," Nathaniel nodded.
Karen Joy raised her eyebrows and asked, "Okay?"
The two of them didn't say anything at the same time. Both of them fell silent for a while. Both of them didn't know what to say to break the silence.
After a long time, a phone call from New York interrupted their silence. "Brother Lionel, my family is calling me. I'll answer the call first, and I'll call you later."
After that, Karen Joy hung up Nathaniel's phone and picked up the call from home.
Because it was her house's landline, she didn't know who was on the other side of the phone, so she answered carefully, "Karen Joy here, who is this?"
"Sister, we're home." Julien Glover Kyle's tender voice came to Karen Joy's ears.
"Little precious, you've been away from me for more than ten hours. Do you miss me?" Hearing the little one's voice, Karen Joy's hands felt itchy because she wanted to pinch his face.
"I do." Julien rarely spoke about his feelings.
"Little precious, I miss you too." Hearing the little one said that he missed her, Karen Joy was even more eager to pinch him, but he was thousands of miles away at New York.
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