"Okay." On the phone, Lucas Knight nodded. "Perfect timing—New York just called to say Pear and Ivy really miss you."
In fact, during the first few days after they went to New York, the little one even threatened a hunger strike, saying he wanted to see his new mommy, but Lucas Knight didn't agree.
After all, Eva Nightingale and he were bound by a contract, a real contract. Besides, she had just married into the family—if he let her see the little buns so often right away, he was afraid she wouldn't be able to handle it. Most of the time, he was really just afraid of disturbing her.
When the hunger strike didn't work, the little bun even smashed quite a few antiques—used every trick he could think of, but it still didn't work.
...
After hanging up the phone,
Eva Nightingale took a shower and went to bed.
