Annabelle immediately covered his mouth with her hand and said, "Kendrick, my neck is sore!" Kendrick's eyes instantly lit up with a smile, and his voice muffledly leaked out from between his fingers, "Alright, from now on, I'll let you sit on my lap so that your neck won't get sore." After speaking, Mr. Gregory was still dishonest and stuck out his tongue to lick her palm. Annabelle was startled and quickly withdrew her hand, wanting to rub it on her own skirt. But then she thought, why should she? She could rub it on him instead. She wiped her hand, which had been licked by Kendrick, on his shirt over his chest, while muttering with resentment, "Kendrick, you are truly shameless." Kendrick was almost pulled back into her arms by her little hands' "caress", but he glanced at the time

