The kids cheered when Corinne assured them that everything was alright.
"Hooray! That means we won't need these bodyguards to follow us around anymore. Right, Mommy?" asked Christine.
"Yeah, Mommy. They're making us uneasy," said Bryan.
"That's right, Mommy!" Benjamin nodded quickly.
Corinne raised her head and saw the bodyguards behind the children. She immediately understood that they were assigned by Pamela and Greg.
She sighed. 'Poor Grandpa and Grandma. They must be so terrified by what happened yesterday.'
However, Corinne decided to push the problem to Jeremy. "Well, go ask your daddy. It's his call."
The kids immediately changed their target to Jeremy and surrounded him in no time.
"Daddy, you'll agree, won't you?" asked Bryan.
"Daddy, I don't want to be monitored round the clock…" said Benjamin pitifully.
"Ahem! Daddy, remember that you just came home to us. You should probably give us a good impression, don't you think?" reminded Christine as she blinked adorably.
Jeremy, who was still carrying Joey, lowered his eyes to look at the three kids around him and said sarcastically, "Oh, so all of you can see me now? For a minute there, I thought you only had eyes for your mommy."
He was a little jealous when these kids ran past him to hug Corinne as if he were invisible.
'I'm a failure of a father. If Corinne didn't tell them to ask for my permission, I might still be invisible to them,' thought Jeremy sadly.
Before they could go to their mother, Jeremy blocked their way with his long arm.
The kids frowned and stared at their father unhappily.
"What are you doing, Daddy? You can't stop us from going to Mommy!"
"Yeah, that's right! You didn't agree to dismiss the bodyguards, and now you won't let us go to Mommy? Bad Daddy!"
"Daddy, take your arm away. I want Mommy!"
"I want Mommy, too!"
Jeremy did not let them have their way. He wrapped every one of them in his arms and told them seriously, "Your mommy is exhausted now. She needs rest, so all of you should stop bothering her!"
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