The next morning, as Mia was still snoozing, Henry's chubby little hands emerged from under the covers. Lifting his plump little body, he stretched with a yawn, turned his head to gaze at his sleeping mom, and without disturbing her, looked towards the empty side of the

bed and mumbled, "Dada."

At the sink, Andre heard the sound and quickly came out, "It's just after six, how are you awake already?"

Seeing his father, Henry beamed with joy.

Just as his tiny hands were about to reach for his mom's hair, his father scooped him up and brought him to the bathroom to brush his teeth together. "If you wake her up, you're in trouble, buddy."

Seeing his dad brushing his teeth, Henry's big eyes filled with curiosity, mistaking it for something tasty. He opened his mouth, wanting a bite, "Ah bah ah ah."

"This is a toothbrush, not food. Try to grab dad's toothbrush again, and you might just get a little spank, okay?"

"Mmm ah woo woo bah bah," Henry babbled away cheerfully in the early morning.

Soon after, annoyed by the noise, his dad quickly finished up and took him outside.

Placing him in the stroller, they went to the gym together.

Henry sat in his stroller, clutching his milk bottle, leisurely drinking his formula while watching his father pathetically work out on the treadmill.

"You're still small, but when you get a bit bigger, dad will buy you a mini treadmill. It'll be right here in dad's gym, and we can run together in the morning."

Henry threw his milk bottle away.

By seven o'clock, when most people were waking up, getting out of bed, and having breakfast, only Miss Cedillo of the Cedillo family found it hard to part with her beloved bed.

Seeing it was almost time to oversleep again, it was half-past seven. Coleen said, "Chad, go wake her up. She'll miss breakfast at this rate."

Chad went to the kitchen, grabbed something, and went upstairs. He first pulled Molly by the arm, dragging her out of bed. Molly, still with her eyes closed, pleaded, "Chad, just five more minutes."

Chad remarked, "I don't know where you get this sleepiness from."

He then placed the frozen water bottle he had prepared on his wife's thighs.

"Ah!"

The scream was heard downstairs.

Grandma Aubree asked her daughter-in-law, "Coleen, what did Chad take upstairs just now?"

Coleen looked towards the bedroom, "Not sure."

In the bedroom, Molly curled up her legs, snatched the frozen water bottle, angrily pulled open Chad's collar, and stuffed it inside his shirt. "Chad, when it's time for you to call me, you don't. And when you shouldn't, you purposely torment me. What are you trying to do?" Chad pulled the shirt from his pants, and the water bottle rolled out. He caught it smoothly. "If it was because of me that you couldn't wake up the next morning, I wouldn't call you. But if you sleep normally and still laze around in bed the next day, I have plenty of ways to wake you up early."

Molly, frustrated, pushed Chad away and went downstairs to wash up.

Soon, everyone saw what Chad had in his hand.

"Oh, using ice to freeze Molly, Chad sure has some ideas." Grandma Aubree admired her grandson.

Molly complained, "If Chad were in ancient times, any criminal caught by him would be incredibly unlucky."

The Byrne family had all finished their breakfast, but no one left the table, all sitting around to keep the family's darling, Molly Byrne, company for her breakfast.

"From childhood to adulthood, going to school, nothing could wake you up. When you were little and running late, your dad would drive you. As you grew up, your brother took you. Now that you're working, your mom still has to drive you." "Mom, I'm the one driving you."

Coleen urged, "Hurry up and eat, we're running late."

Molly bowed her head and ate.

Being watched by the family meant, even after eating a lot, they'd think you only had a few bites. "Have some more, you've got a whole morning ahead. You can't just eat that little." Grandma Aubree handed her granddaughter a big meat bun. Molly broke it in half, sharing the unfinished part with Chad.

Coleen advised, "Eat more vegetables."

Kendrick peeled an egg and placed it on his daughter's plate. "Where did you go yesterday? You came back so late?"

Coleen was curious too.

Molly mentioned, "Oh right, mom, there's something I need to talk to you about later."

After breakfast, back in the car, Molly still had some clothes she brought back from the day before.

On the way, she started talking to Coleen about the previous day's events. Knowing that bringing up anything troubling at home could worry the elders, Molly chose to talk about it in the car. "...That's the situation. I've tried it out last night, and it's just as I expected. I'm planning to visit a few more stores today to check." While driving, Molly discussed her plans with her mother.

Coleen, sitting in the passenger seat, examined the clothes her daughter held, "The manager downstairs hasn't summarized the news for me yet."

Molly replied, "I'm checking every week. By next month's meeting, if sales are dismal, it'll surely be reported. Mom, after work today, can dad pick you up? I'll stop by the Cedillo house to let Mia and Naomi try on the clothes. We have different styles; I want to see how they look on them."

Coleen nodded, "Tell the sales department manager to find me at the office."

"Just have your secretary contact them. I'm already playing triple roles for you: driver, employee, and errand runner, all for one salary. Do you have no conscience? And I'm your own daughter."

Molly quickly returned to her joking self.

Coleen retorted, "Do you ever spend less money each month?"

"I haven't really touched the money in my account."

"That's because your brother's account is empty every month."

Molly: "..."

Arriving at the office, Molly dove into her work.

Leo also settled at his desk, with the manager in the office. He booted up his computer, and a colleague greeted him, "Hey, Leo, is that profile picture from the internet, or is it your girlfriend?" "Definitely my girlfriend."

"Really?"

"Of course, it's true."

He pulled out his phone, opened Anya's Facebook page, and found a photo of them together, "It's my girlfriend."

"Wow, it's real. We thought your profile picture was from the internet, wondering which celebrity it was so we could change ours too."

Leo smiled and turned back to his work.

The heat was unbearable, but Mia was itching to go outside, and her child was insistent on going out too. The moment Mia was out of sight, the little one started crying, pacifier clutched between tiny lips. Mia, resigned, crouched in front of her son, watching him drink his milk. "What did you and dad do this morning? I woke up and you were gone." "Mmm-hmm."

Mia recorded a video for Anya, who always seemed to be craving something.

Molly braved the scorching temperatures, inspecting each store one by one.

Chad, meanwhile, found himself in a crowded auditorium, attending the opening ceremony and listening to the speeches of various leaders.

Anya was at home in the living room, squatting on the carpet in her pajamas, studying for her Level 2 exams on her tablet. Around her, there were four plates of a fruit platter, no two fruits the same.

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