Chapter 982

Cliff responded with a playful coo. "You're so pleased with yourself, aren't you? You even chased away James and Abby! You're such a little troublemaker," Grace teased, gently poking Cliff's chubby cheeks. The little one giggled happily, responding to his mom with more baby babbles. Before becoming a mother, Grace never understood why parents would constantly talk to their babies, who could not even respond. Now that she was a mom herself, she realized that it must be coded into human DNA. She reckoned that it was something that activated the moment you became a parent. Even with one-sided conversations, just hearing the baby's little sounds filled parents with inexplicable joy. Soon after, Oliver came home. He immediately removed his suit jacket, having been nagged enough times by his precious wife that he had developed the habit of hanging it properly to avoid wrinkles. "Where is everyone? Hazel, James, Abby—the house is empty," he asked while hanging up his jacket. Grace c