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.

stick aside with a scoff. “I wasn’t hitting it, okay? I was

blinked at him for a second, then

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

sighed, frustrated. “What’s the point of explaining to a kid? She’s not going to

eagerly wriggled into her arms, wagging his tail like it might

was a complete 180 from how he’d acted toward Jeremy, who had

about to admit he felt weird about the whole dog situation. He just crossed his arms and leaned back,

close to Bucky’s ear, muttering something softly to him. The dog, now calm, tilted his head as if he actually understood

about to turn and walk away, not caring about their

turned around and saw Yvonne looking up at him with her soft, fair face,

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“You wanna pet the dog

then she went on, “Bucky had puppies, and he’s a little scared of you. You still wanna pet him?

was just a plain–looking mutt. Jeremy had seen more purebred dogs than he could

care.

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

dog’s head and scratched it gently. Honestly, it didn’t feel like much–nothing compared to the soft. fluffy fur of a Samoyed.

and when he

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

break down. Thinking

cracking as she choked out

was the top of her messy head, making her look even more

made

one want you? You’re… well…” He almost said “pretty,” but the words stuck in his throat. Jeremy wasn’t exactly

long pause, he finally

still full of

look and nodded stiffly, “Yeah, I’m complimenting you.”

I scratch yours, threw the same words right back at him. “Thanks! You’re average

at her innocent, happy face, Jeremy finally understood what