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.

and walked toward the room next door. "It's getting late. It's

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made herself comfortable in bed. After a while, she heard the sound of the bathroom door opening,

lamp, and she felt the spot next to hers become weighed down by a warm

hammer in her chest. She felt somewhat out of sorts today, but she didn't

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

could sense her body stiffening. He kissed her ear gently. "Don't worry. I promise I won't touch you until you feel at ease around me. I value your opinions. Be good and go

soon as he finished speaking, he stopped moving. He hugged

lips while she listened to his steady heartbeat and shallow breathing and did not dare to move a

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out to the other side of the bed and found that it was still warm. That meant

she thought of them sleeping together last night. Although they

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

different… Still, she had to say it felt like an odd puzzle finally meeting its match, and they

went to wash her face. Then, she ambled

disturb her, so she sat on the couch in the living room and stared yearningly in the direction of Katherine's

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

while, she seemed to muster

face and smiled. Then, she instinctively gentled her tone, "Yes, I'm back." Then, she took Noah's hand

her face was so evident that it deepened Katherine's smile. She nodded profusely as she reported cheerfully, "Yes, I've already washed up.