"Smile for the camera!"
Immediately, Aster grinned widely, showing all his teeth.
"Do you like this toy?" Dylan asked.
Aster nodded vigorously. "I love it!"
"Alright, you can continue playing!" After Dylan spoke, he kept the camera rolling and fixed on Aster.
It was only when he heard the door to the study open that he quickly stopped the recording.
By then, more than an hour had passed.
When she finished replying to all her emails, Larissa noticed that it was already late and instructed Aster to go to bed.
Reluctantly, Aster packed the building blocks back into the box.
After saying goodbye to Dylan, he went back to his room unwillingly.
On the other hand, Dylan remained seated on the sofa leisurely, showing no signs of getting up to leave.
"You should leave now." Larissa reminded him straightforwardly that he had overstayed his welcome.
However, Dylan didn't move an inch, chilling on the sofa as if he were in his own home.
"There's no rush," he remarked.
Larissa almost burst into laughter at his audacity.
"Even if you're not in a hurry, I am. Your wife is probably worried about you."
When Larissa mentioned Sharon's name, the smile on Dylan's face wavered.
"She won't be worried. We don't live together."
Although Larissa found their marriage dynamics strange, she wasn't curious enough to ask about it.
"I'm getting tired," she said.
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