With Archie's blunt refusal and the way he stared at the little girls like he really would break them if he was forced to hold them, any other person would have stopped bothering him.
But Ethan was not any other person and with his jaws set in determination, anyone could tell he was not relenting soon.
"Sapphire then?" he asked, pointing to one of the twin girls, the one named Sapphire.
"Another no," Archie said, his tone firm and unwavering. "That one looks even softer. She'll be crushed instead of broken," he deadpanned.
There was a long, taut silence between the two men as they held each other gazes, each one trying to compell the other into listening to him.
Ethan finally broke the silence after a few minutes had passed, "You won't introduce yourself to them then? Even if you're just a fake uncle."
