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, “She has been quite focused the whole time! She even practiced violin a little.”

The little girl raised her eyes and smiled sheepishly.

Patting her head, he said affectionately, “Come on, let’s have dinner first. You can finish the rest of it once you've eaten!”

The servants were already serving dinner when Mason and the others were chatting.

At first, Mia was worried Mason would be downhearted because it was Zoe’s birthday today. To her surprise, he was in a good mood. He’d put some food