The next day, Jack came to fetch Ryan with the chauffeur. Seeing that his car has pulled up Ryan looked at the girl who was sleeping beside him. She still had his hands clasped; he smiled before slowly removing his hands from her grasp. He made sure that she was sleeping before locking the door behind him and descending down.

It was still early in the morning but the housekeeper was up and welcoming Jack inside. Seeing that Ryan too had come out she greeted him; Ryan nodded in acknowledgement. When he was asked what the two boys would want to have for the breakfast he replied plainly that he...