Larissa did not remember how long it had been since she last heard Aster's voice. She kept thinking about it, to the point that she was close to hallucinating. She could frequently hear Aster calling her "Mommy," repeatedly in happiness, joy, depression, sadness …

But she knew all too well that those were merely hallucinations.

However, it was different this time.

"Are you working?" Aster's voice held some confusion and tentativeness in it.

Larissa stared at Kevan's phone so hard that her vision actually blurred out, though she did not know if the staring was what caused it to happen.

"Yeah." Kevan peeked at Larissa out of the corner of his eye, his tone gentle as it always was whenever he was chatting with Aster.

"Aw …" Aster drew out the word with disappointment. "I … I'll call later then~"

He video-called Kevan at this time almost every day, so naturally, he thought that Kevan was free right now.

"No need." Kevan stopped him and took the initiative in the conversation. "Did