Abandoned Super Cutie Adopted by Billionaire Clan

Chapter 2

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Yvonne lay in bed, sulking, barely touching her dinner. By morning, hunger was what finally dragged her out of bed.

4.30 AM, and while the other kids her age were still deep in dreamland, Yvonne, clutching her growling stomach. struggled to sit up.

Hunger hit her like a wave, and she felt dizzy as she tried to get up. The world around her seemed to blur, like everything was covered in a fog.

She stumbled her way to the kitchen, leaning on the walls for support. The cook, seeing her struggle, handed her a boiled egg with a sympathetic sunile.

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Yvonne sat down on the doorstep, carefully cradling the egg, taking slow, cautious bites of her simple breakfast.

When the egg settled in her stomach, the emptiness finally started to fade, and she stood up, ready to head back to her

Toom

But as she passed the backyard, she noticed a strange boy swinging a stick at the big yellow dog, Bucky, who was tied to a

Tree

Yvonne’s face instantly turned pale. Without thinking, she rushed over, her voice filled with panic. “Hey! Don’t hit Bucky!

Jeremy Adler, hearing the shout, turned around, confused. He saw Yvonne protecting the dog, looking at him like he was the bad guy, her face full of fear.

“I’m hitting it?” Jeremy’s voice was rough, still cracking from his voice change, but an irritated smile tugged at his lips.

“That dog started it! It’s been barking at me non–stop.” He let out a half–laugh, clearly amused by her sudden accusation.

Yvonne didn’t respond, just pressed her lips together tightly and stared at the stick in his hand, clearly not buying his explanation.

hitting it, okay? I was just trying

a second, then just muttered,

Jeremy feeling weirdly deflated, like someone had just knocked the wind out

point of explaining to a kid? She’s not going to

Bucky, sensing Yvonne’s affection, eagerly wriggled into her arms, wagging his tail

a complete 180 from how he’d acted toward Jeremy, who had been met with a growl when

about the whole dog situation. He just crossed his arms and leaned back, acting like he couldn’t

ear, muttering something softly to him. The dog, now calm, tilted his head as if

their little interaction,

up at him with her soft, fair face, her big, sparkling eyes locked on his, unblinking,

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wanna pet the dog

went on, “Bucky had puppies, and

a plain–looking mutt. Jeremy had seen more purebred

care.

feet wouldn’t move. Before he knew it, his body

head and scratched it gently. Honestly, it didn’t feel

the dog, and when he noticed

him, and he shrugged, pretending he didn’t care. “If you don’t wanna talk about it, whatever,

like she was about to break down. Thinking about what happened yesterday made

me…” she whispered, her voice cracking as she choked

could see was the top of her messy head, making her look

soft, broken voice made his chest tighten.

mumbled, “How could no one want you? You’re… well…” He almost said “pretty,” but the words stuck in his throat. Jeremy wasn’t exactly the best at

long pause, he finally spit out,

away, her eyes still full

her a cold look and nodded stiffly, “Yeah,

back, I scratch yours, threw the same words

finally understood what it felt