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Tommy's chubby smile instantly dropped.
He did not want to practice his handwriting!
However, he could not refuse Luca's request. It was usually Luke's sternness that would
make him compromise, but Luca's gentleness also made it hard for him to say no.
"Alright, let's start tomorrow." Tommy remembered that he still had many books on his
bookshelf that Old Master Crawford gifted him back then. It was the same for his siblings.
At that time, the kids were not told to practice, so other than Rainie, Tommy and Lanie had
never touched those books.
Now, Tommy suspected that his mom and his great-grandpa schemed this together. Why
else would he be gifted those books for practicing handwriting?
After pondering for a moment, he was about to say that he did not have the suitable
materials.
"Tommy still has many empty copybooks," said Lanie.
Tommy's eyes widened. Of course, his brother would say that!
Luca smiled upon hearing that and said, "Great, we don't have to buy any, then. Let's do
two pages every day starting tomorrow."
Tommy was a little annoyed. Why did he do his homework so sloppily just now?
If he had put in a little more effort, he would not have to practice his handwriting.
"Ms. Luca, how long do I have to do this for?" Tommy blinked his round eyes, trying to gain
sympathy from Luca with his pitiful eyes to soften her heart.
"There should be at least 50 pages in a book, so let's do it for a month," Luca said
decidedly. She did it hard-heartedly as she looked at the child acting pitiful.
It was for his own good.
One month!
Tommy pouted. The thought of filling up the entire copybook made him want to cry.
Rainie laughed at the sight of her brother's face and said, "I'll practice with you!"
Tommy looked at Rainie and said, "You're a girl, so you have the patience to practice your
handwriting.
Plus, you've already filled up a few of the books that Great-grandpa gave you."
"I'll do it too," said Lanie. Although his handwriting was already very neat because he had
practiced calligraphy before, he decided to practice too after hearing what they said.
That way, Tommy would not think that it was unfair. All he had to do was sacrifice some of
his reading time to practice.
It would do him no harm anyway.
After hearing what Lanie said, Tommy started to calm down. Then, he said smilingly, "I feel
much better now with Lanie and Rainie doing it with me."
Rainie could not help but flick his forehead. "Great-grandpa said that it's important to have
good penmanship. You should take it more seriously!"
"I know, and I won't do it again. I promise that I'll write properly!" Tommy pouted, feeling
wronged.
If not for being worried that he would not be able to finish his homework before dinner, he
would not have written sloppily.
Luke heard what Tommy said as he was coming down, so he asked with raised eyebrows,
"Is your handwriting getting messy again?"
Tommy immediately retorted, "It's not that messy..."
Luke raised his eyebrows.
"I was just in a rush, that's why. I wanted to finish my homework before going to dinner.
The teacher gave us a lot of homework today. I had finished a lot at school. Otherwise, I'd
still be doing it now," Tommy muttered.
Tommy wondered if the teacher deliberately assigned that much homework because she
knew about his plans today.
"Are you done with your homework?" Luke asked.
"We're all done, Daddy," Rainie said with a sweet smile.
"Let's go, then." Luke looked at Luca.
Luca handed him Tommy's homework. "Just one more signature left. You do it."
She handed over the pen and said, "I've checked everything, and there aren't any
mistakes."
"Okay." Luke took the pen and signed his name before giving it back to Tommy. "It's a bit
messy, so you'd better pay more attention."
"Okay, Daddy. I'll start practicing tomorrow, and I'll fill up two pages every day!" Tommy
took the workbook and kept it in his bag.
Luke raised an eyebrow.
Tommy was never the type to sit still. He could do this homework just fine as it was a
student's job, after all. However, he would usually find any sort of excuse to not practice
his handwriting.
It was not that he did not want to, but he would always think of ways to escape. He would
come up with any excuse or say that it was too much work for him.
He had never willingly reached for the copybook on his own unless his teacher had given
him homework.
Now, he said on his own that he was going to practice his handwriting.
If the child had not made such a solemn promise, Luke would have thought that he was
mistaken.
Lanie read Luke's mind and said, “Ms. Luca asked Tommy to practice. She said that it
would be good for him."
Luke was surprised to hear that. As expected, only Luca could discipline the children.
Then, Tommy went up to hold Luke's hand. "Daddy, aren't we going out for dinner? Let's
go. I'm hungry."
When Luca heard that he was hungry, she added, "Let's hurry up, then."
"Alright." Luke nodded. He had parked the car in the garden instead of the garage
because they were heading out for dinner.
Luca opened the door to the back seat. When she saw Lanie wanting to get on, she said,
"Lanie, you can sit in the front passenger seat."
Lanie looked at her, confused. Then, he shot a look at Luke.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmWhen Luke's eyes met his, Lanie seemed to be asking him if he had done anything to
upset Luca through his gaze. Then, he looked at Luca. "Why don't you sit in the passenger
seat?"
"I'm worried that there'll be reporters outside. They'll take photos if I sit in the front
passenger seat," explained Luca. The reporters would easily catch them leaving together
if she sat in the font passenger seat.
However, the windows were tinted in the back seat, so the reporters would not be able to
take photos of her if she sat there.
Luke looked resigned. For the past few days, he felt that Karen had been helping him and
inconveniencing him at the same time.
He saw Luca's hesitation and cautiousness out of fear of being photographed by the
reporters, but there was nothing he could do.
Then, Luke said to the child, "Lanie, you sit in front."
"Yes, Daddy." Lanie walked to the front and opened the door before getting in.
On the other hand, Luca sat in the back with Rainie and Tommy.
Luke made sure they had all gotten into the car before driving off.
When exiting the gate, Luca moved down a little so that the passenger seat was blocking
her.
Luke noticed her slight movement and tightened his grip on the steering wheel.
He had to solve this matter as soon as possible...
The car ride was filled with laughter because of the children. Tommy had cheered up from
the gloom of having to practice his handwriting. He even shared some fun stories from
school.
After driving for about 20 minutes, they reached their destination.
Luca could tell from her surroundings that Luke had brought them to a family-style
restaurant.
Luke had driven into a residential area with only residential buildings and no shops
around.
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