How ridiculous

In the morning, the sunlight shone through the curtains on the floor of the bedroom.

Charles slowly opened his eyes and looked at Maria sleeping in his arms. He gave a gentle smile and bent down to kiss her forehead.

"Hmm..."

Maria moved and opened her eyes to look at him.

"Awake?"

"Hmm."

Maria mumbled and wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Honey, thank you for this time."

Charles chuckled softly, "I'm your husband."

Maria pouted, knowing that he didn't understand what she meant, but she couldn't ask him about his biological mother. She could only raise her head and give him a kiss on his chin. "Okay, then I'll get up."

Charles had been worried that she would be overwhelmed by the sorrow of losing her father when she woke up this morning, but she seemed to be fine as if nothing had happened.

He didn't want to bring up her sadness anymore, so he gently patted her back. "Alright."

After getting dressed, Maria finally looked at him. "I'm going to visit the Millet Family. My dad... Young