Chapter 1177: Chapter 1177: Sleeping Stacked Up?
"Tell me, why don’t you want to go to sleep?" Charlotte Thompson asked.
The children exchanged glances, and finally, Chad Thompson stepped forward and said to Charlotte, "We don’t want to be away from Mommy."
"Mommy will be here to tuck you into bed," Charlotte answered patiently.
But Chad shook his head incessantly, "But Mommy will leave after we fall asleep, and we don’t want Mommy to go."
"Mommy..." Grace Thompson also spoke up softly at this time.
"We’re scared."
In fact, Charlotte had guessed what the children wanted to say, but she wasn’t sure how to respond.
Charlotte pursed her lips and then said, "Well, in that case, darlings, what do you want to do?"
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In the room of Justin Battleson and Charlotte Thompson, Justin Battleson had just finished showering, with moisture still clinging to his body, casually wrapped in a bath towel around his waist.
To his surprise, as soon as he stepped out, he found that the large bed, which should have only held Charlotte, was now occupied by six little rascals.
Apparently hearing the sounds from the bathroom, the children who were lying on the bed listening to Charlotte’s story looked up to see Justin.
This frightened Justin into stepping back immediately, retreating back into the bathroom.
His current attire was somewhat inappropriate for children.
The children were stunned for a moment, as they seemed to have seen something suddenly disappear.
This made them scared once again.
Luckily, a fully dressed Justin soon appeared and calmed the children’s startled hearts.
Justin had never seen such a scene in his and Charlotte’s bedroom. He walked over, a look of puzzlement in his eyes.
"Why did you all come here?"
Normally, at this time, Charlotte would have already put the children to sleep.
Charlotte set aside the storybook in her hand, looked up at Justin, and said, "The children said they are scared and can’t sleep."
Justin took a moment to react, then he also understood the implications of Charlotte’s words.
"Do you want the children to sleep with us?"
Charlotte didn’t react, but the six little ones on the bed were already nodding in unison.
This caused Charlotte to turn helplessly and look at Justin.
It was as if to say, this wasn’t something he could choose.
Actually, it’s quite normal for children to sleep with their parents; it’s even very cozy for a family of three to lie together on one bed.
However, the situation for Justin Battleson and Charlotte Thompson was different.
They had six children in total.
How were a family of eight supposed to fit on one bed?
Justin stood at the bedside, looking at the several children who occupied the entire bed, and even the always calm and composed him was at a loss for words at this moment.
He had a feeling that this stunt was intentional by the little rascals.
But after the events of the day, Justin was willing to indulge them.
"Otherwise, let’s all sleep on the floor?" Hank Thompson also noticed that with all six children on the bed, there wasn’t even room for Justin and Charlotte to sit.
"No, you’ll get sick sleeping on the floor," Charlotte immediately rejected his suggestion.
"But we can’t all fit to sleep here~" Olivia Thompson whispered.
"Then maybe we should go back to our own rooms..." Grace started to say slowly, but her voice grew softer towards the end.
Because she really wanted to sleep with Daddy and Mommy.
"Then shall we pile on top of each other?" Hank then came up with an even more preposterous idea.