"Kids. Bed. Now."

He uttered with a stern and cold expression on his face as he kept his eyes glued to his spouse.

"N-no, kids. Come on, it's not... it's not bedtime yet. Please, stay."

His spouse reasoned softly and awkwardly, almost begging to their children to stay and use them as an excuse to avoid the conversation that Javier wanted to have.

"Kids..."

With one word of Javier, their kids went upstairs to their bedroom, leaving Javier and his spouse in the living room.