"The report is here with me. Should I still lie to myself about you?"
Alice's face grew pale as she listened to Joshua’s words. In the end, her face lost all of its colors.
She clutched onto the report as she gnawed on her lip.
She got someone to confiscate all of the electronic equipment in the children’s rooms the night before she forced them to drink ten bottles of milk.
She wanted to discipline them for disobeying her.
From what she knew, drinking milk would not kill someone. At most, they would be too bloated to move, but that was it.
Without any recording device, she could retort by saying that the two of them disliked her, so they colluded to accuse her.
However, she did not expect that six-year-old children's stomachs would be so weak. Drinking too much milk would leave signs of harm on their body!
Alice clutched the report and was silent for a very long time.
After a while, she looked up at Joshua’s face and broke out into loud sobs.
"Joshua, let me explain..." She wiped her tears as she
continued to sob, "I'll admit that I wasn’t a good mother, but I have my reasons..."
Alice reached out and grabbed Joshua’s sleeve. "I thought that everything would be the same as I imagined it when I came back this time: You and I, in love, and we'll live happily ever after with the kids. But, ever since I came back, everything has changed...”
Alice looked at Joshua with teary eyes. "You've never slept with me before. You’ve never even kissed me. You always said that you're busy, that you're working late, but I’d look for you in your office every night because I can't sleep, and you're not there.
"Previously, when you spent the whole night guarding Luna's friend's house, I was watching you from afar. Also, last night..."
Alice sniffled her nose aggrievedly. "Do you truly think I didn't know where you were?"
Joshua looked at her, and his gaze slowly softened. Alice was right; he was indeed avoiding some issues.
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