Chapter 414 You Have A Nice Smile
Benjamin squatted down and looked at Jesse tenderly. “Are you afraid of me?”
Jesse pursed her lips, her luscious eyelashes glistening as she blinked.
It made her look even more adorable than she already was.
Benjamin could not resist patting her head lovingly. He had always had a soft spot for little girls.
“No,” Jesse answered softly but firmly as she lowered her head.
It made Benjamin chuckle.
When Jesse saw his reaction, her eyes widened in surprise.
“What’s the matter?” Benjamin asked tenderly.
Jesse blinked her eyes and said gently, “Mr. Graham, you have a nice smile.”
“Thank you,” Benjamin said with a chuckle after getting over his initial surprise.
Feeling emboldened by his friendly demeanor, Jesse looked straight at him with her big, round eyes and said, “Mr. Graham, you look a lot like my brothers.”
Still chuckling, Benjamin said, “Sweetheart, don’t you think you look like me too?”
“My brothers say I look more like Mommy,” Jesse answered with a pout.
Benjamin looked at her more closely and realized that out of the five children, she did indeed resemble Arissa the most.
In spite of that, she still seemed to have his eyes, nose, and mouth.
“You do look more like your mommy,” Benjamin declared with an approving nod.
With her eyes twinkling as she smiled, Jesse saw the food she was holding in her hands and remembered what she was supposed to do. “Mr. Graham, is there anything else you’d like to ask me? If not, I’ll be getting on my way. I need to deliver these to my brothers.”
She remembered that her grandfather was still waiting for her downstairs.
“I’m all done. You can go ahead.” Benjamin stood up and helped her to open the door.
“Guys, I brought food for all of you!” Jesse shouted quickly into the room when she saw Benjamin open the door.
The four boys in the room immediately stopped what they were doing.
Opening the door fully, Benjamin’s eyes swept across the room and saw each of the four boys seated in front of a computer. “What are you doing?”
Gavin, Zachary, Oliver, and Jasper turned to look at him and answered in unison, “We’re not doing anything!”
From the defensiveness in their tone, Benjamin doubted they were telling the truth. He cast a glance at Jesse who was standing beside him.
Stealing a quick glance at him, Jesse dashed into the room, waving the food in her hands. “Guys, Grandpa got me to send these to you. Hurry and eat.”
“Thanks, Jesse.” Jasper gave his sister a hug and a kiss before reaching out for the food.
“Mr. Graham, would you like some?” he asked, looking straight at Benjamin.
Meeting his eyes, Benjamin decided to suppress his curiosity and simply answered, “No, thank you. You guys go ahead.”
Then, he turned and started walking away.
The five children exchanged glances with each other.
“Guys, Grandpa is still waiting for me. So I’ll be heading downstairs now,” the quick-witted Jesse said before dashing out of the room to see if Benjamin had left.
Benjamin had not gone far. He looked at Jesse as she ran toward him.
“Mr. Graham, I’m going downstairs to play. Would you like to join me?” Jesse said in an attempt to divert his attention away from the boys.
“You go ahead. I need to check in on your mommy,” Benjamin said before turning to walk back to his room.
Jesse wanted to see her mother too, but after a moment of consideration, she decided to return to her brothers instead.
She ran to their room and closed the door behind her as she whispered, “Guys, have you found anything?”
“Not yet. Go guard the door for us,” Zachary instructed her.
“But Grandpa is waiting for me to go downstairs and play,” Jesse replied apologetically.
“You go ahead and play downstairs then. We’ll lock the door,” Gavin said while patting Jesse’s head. This would prevent Daddy from barging in.
Nodding her head, Jesse said softly, “I’ll go out and make sure Mr. Graham is nowhere near the room. Be careful, you guys.”
After making sure that the coast was clear, she poked her head back into the room again and said, “He’s not here anymore.”
With that, she ran downstairs to play.
Jasper quickly stood up and locked the door before the four of them continued with their investigation.
