A Replacement Bride

Chapter 251

When Katherine left Noah's room, she closed the door with a barely there click, turned around, and saw Joaquin standing right outside the door.

"Aren't you going in?" she asked. He leaned against the wall of the corridor and shook his head.

When he learned that Noah was his biological daughter, he wanted to see her as soon as possible, but now when he was right outside her room. For some reason, his feet felt like it was weighed by lead, and he couldn't move any further.

Noah had lived a very difficult life for the past five years. Not only did she face hardships in terms of material wealth, but she was also very lonely.

In the past five years, he, the father, had not been by her side to witness her growth and progress. Whenever he thought about this, he felt overwhelmed by guilt and didn't know how to make it up to her.

Katherine raised her eyebrows at his despondent figure, leaned against the wall on the other side, and faced him, seeing through his troubled thoughts. "What's going on here? Don't you dare say that you're afraid of your daughter?"

She wanted to tease him, but she didn't expect him to think about it seriously for a moment and then give her a solemn nod. "Yes."

"Oh..." Katherine scratched her button nose awkwardly and slowly conveyed her thoughts, "There's no need for you to be like this. Noah won't blame you."

In fact, she bet that Noah would be over the moon once she learned that Joaquin was her biological father. Then, maybe, they would see some improvements in her ASD. At that happy thought, Katherine asked, "Have you ever thought about when to come clean to Noah?"

Joaquin seriously pondered this question and then shook his head. "I don't think I should do it so soon. The most important thing now is to cure her illness. We can take things slowly after that."

The main problem here was that he didn't know how to explain the truth to Noah and that he was her biological father.

the room next door. "It's getting late. It's

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showering first and immediately made herself comfortable in bed. After a while, she heard the sound of the bathroom door opening, and for some

after, Joaquin turned off the bedside lamp, and she felt the spot next to hers become weighed

to hammer in her chest. She felt somewhat out of sorts today, but she didn't know what was bothering

heart leaped to her throat. Yet, she didn't resist his physical touch, but a different kind

kissed her ear gently. "Don't worry. I promise I won't touch

He hugged her, closed his

She pursed her lips while she listened to his steady heartbeat and shallow breathing and did not dare to move a muscle, but she

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day, Katherine woke up and realized that she was alone in bed. She stretched her arm out to the other side of the bed and found that it was still warm. That meant that Joaquin

to redden when she thought of them sleeping together last night. Although they had

first time the two fully relaxed as they slept together after they opened up

to say it felt like an odd puzzle finally meeting its match, and

wild as she mechanically went to wash her face. Then, she ambled out of

She knew that Katherine was back, but she didn't want to disturb her, so she sat on the couch in the living room

when Katherine opened the door and dashed toward her. She looked up at Katherine with anticipation, joy, and a little

seemed to muster up her courage and greet Katherine in a

instinctively gentled her tone, "Yes, I'm back." Then,

it deepened Katherine's smile. She nodded profusely as she reported cheerfully, "Yes, I've already washed up. Mom, I'm a good girl." She looked a little cautious when she said this, and her expression when she looked at Katherine was like a puppy asking for