Mason returned to his manor.

Mia and the kids hadn’t had dinner. Yanni was working hard on her homework underneath the ceiling light while Jamie was playing with building blocks. Mia was keeping them company.

They heard footsteps at the door before they saw him coming in. Instead of changing out of his shoes as he usually did, he picked Jamie up and weighed him in his mind before walking over to Yanni’s side. “Let’s see how your sister is doing with her homework.”

Mia couldn’t resist saying,