Submission 2

"It was just a coincidence. I just happened to dodge and accidently hurt him." Noah laughed in guilt.

"Even a child knows it's not." Lucas said flatly.

They were walking back to Noah's stall when Lucas suddenly suspected him.

"It's nothing really." Noah tried to convince him.

Lucas gave him a glance. "If you don't want to say, fine. I won't force you. But in the future, I hope you can tell me more about yourself."

Noah stretched his neck to look at Lucas in confusion. "What.." but before he could finish his sentence, Lucas shoved a fish skin into his mouth.

Lucas then walked happily to the children. "We brought snacks for you."

Emma notices their arrival then runs toward Noah, hugging his legs. "We were really worried about you Noah. Are you hurt?"

"No. I'm ok. Sorry to make you guys worry." He squatted down to comfort Emma.

Lucas sat down casually and handed Andrew the fish skin. But unexpectedly, he put down the fish skin then held his chest with both palms while closing his eyes smiling.

"What are you doing?" Lucas said fearfully.

Seeing that, Michael suddenly laughed out loud while hitting the ground repeatedly.

"He. He said. He's so touched by your love!" Michael struggled to say it while holding back his laughter.

Lucas blushed. "Nonsense."

Hearing that, Andrew immediately opened his eyes. He made a face resembling a thug, stretched out his hand trying to touch the air, then suddenly switched his position where he was standing to the opposite. Now he makes a serious face and slaps at the air at where the hand he stretched out, before he changes his stance.

Realizing that Andrew was imitating himself as he slapped the thug leader's hand away from Noah, Lucas immediately grabbed him and covered his mouth.

As Andrew struggles to break free, he almost gets Noah and Emma's attention. They turned their heads to look at the boys but saw that the three of them looked fine, so they turned their attention back to the front.

"You don't have to be shy either. We knew from the start that you liked Noah." Michael said.

"Can you at least act like a child? Don't think or talk like an adult, can you? Adult relationships are more complicated than you think." Lucas explained.

"I see. Gay, right?" Michael said. While Andrew nodded in agreement.

"Are you really five?" Lucas stared at them in disbelief. He held his forehead and said, "Just. Let's just stop talking about this."

"Wrapping department!" Noah exclaimed as he handed a tray to the boys.

Michael took it and began to wrap it, then returned it to Noah.

"Thank you, Miss. Come again." Noah smiled at his buyer.

The girl blushed when she received it from Noah. "Hm. May I have your number?" said the girl in a low voice.

"Pardon?" Noah didn't hear him clearly.

Hearing that conversation, the three children and Lucas looked at each other intensely. The moment Lucas nodded his head, the children immediately understood what they should do next.

Emma and Andrew ran to hug each of Noah's legs and coaxed him. "Daddy! We want hugs."

"What's with you two?" Noah asks cheerfully at them and bends down to hug Emma and Andrew. Emma and Andrew give a thumbs up toward Lucas behind Noah's back.

While Michael headed for the girl. "Thank you for buying from our family small business. Come again." Michael said politely.

That girl immediately left without even looking back. While Noah was left in confusion. "What just happened?"

Seeing the kids carry out their plan excellently, Lucas couldn't help but nod in satisfaction with a smile on his face.

Three hour ago.

"I have an offer for the three of you. If you accept this offer and do the task I ask flawlessly without fail, I will grant you one wish in return. You can ask for anything."

"What is it? If it was a bad thing, we wouldn't do it." Michael was suspicious.

"Anything? Can I have a hundred lollipops?" Emma said excitedly, ignoring Michael.

"Of course." Lucas answered.

"You! Don't just think about lollipops. You'll be duped and kidnapped one day if you keep thinking that way." Michael nagged Emma.

"Don't worry. I'm not going to trick you. I only need you guys to help me to do something." Lucas said.

Andrew stuck his hand out signaling Lucas to say what the task was while sitting on his knees formally.

Lucas cracked an awkward smile on Andrew. 'I really don't understand this kid. Who is he? A father in law?' thought Lucas.

"Hmph." Lucas cleared his throat. "You kids only need to keep the girls away from Noah during business time at the night market."

"Why?" Michael asked.

"You don't have to know. You accept the offer, carry it out and get paid. No explanation. That's how business works."

"I want chocolate. A lot of chocolates." Emma requested.

"Shut up!" Michael yelled at Emma. But she didn't seem to care much about it. Michael continued. "So what should we do?"

"We need to make sure to let those girls think Noah isn't available for them or Noah already has a partner so he doesn't bother with them." Lucas explained.

"I know. I know. Noah is daddy. Daddy only loves Emma." Emma was jumping up and down with joy.

Lucas snaps his fingers. "That's a good idea, Emma. A hundred lollipops, reward granted!"

"Hey! You can't spoil a kid like that!" Michael complained.

"Then what do you want?" Lucas asks.

Andrew suddenly pushed Emma and Michael away to make a space for him to communicate with Lucas directly. He sat properly opposite Lucas and pulled a piece of paper from his pocket, unfolding it in front of Lucas and handed it to him.

Lucas took the paper and looked at it. Emma and Michael came closer to Lucas' side and watched it together. It was a pamphlet from a recently opened amusement park.

"You want to visit this place?" Lucas asked.

Andrew nodded his head.

"So what do you guys think?" Lucas asked Emma and Michael.

"If it's Andrew's request then I'll comply. Since he's never asked for anything before. Unlike his older sister, only cares about herself." said Michael.

"Who said that, I absolutely love Andrew more than anyone. I'll definitely agree to go with him." Emma defends herself.

Hearing his sibling agree to his request, Andrew's eyes filled with tears. Michael realized and immediately sneered, "Here come the cry baby. As emotional as ever." Michael rolled his eyes.

"Alright. Alright. So we deal with the offer. Now let's see how good you guys are." said Lucas.

'As smooth as butter.' Lucas thought.

"Oow. Your children are so cute. Twins?"

Suddenly a woman comes up. Noah just laughed at it when the woman said that while still holding Emma and Andrew.

"Where's your mama?" The woman asked the twins.

Making both Emma and Andrew freeze on spot, didn't know how to keep acting. They looked at Lucas at the same time.

'Tch. Persistent woman.' Lucas thought.

But surprisingly Noah was the one who answered that woman. "We don't have mama here. Only papa, isn't it Lucas?" He turned his head to look at Lucas at the back with a fake smile.

'He's angry.' Lucas smiled at Noah with an awkward smile.