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 just trying to scare it. get it to shut

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left Jeremy feeling weirdly deflated, like someone had just

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

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

180 from how he’d acted toward Jeremy, who had been met with

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

close to Bucky’s ear, muttering something softly to him. The dog, now calm, tilted

their little interaction,

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

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innocently asked, “You wanna pet

caught off guard. He didn’t respond right away, and then she went on, “Bucky had puppies, and

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

care.

Before he knew it, his body had already crouched down next to the dog

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

the corner of his eye, he saw Yvonne holding the dog, and when he noticed the faint red in her eyes, he absentmindedly asked, “What’s

didn’t care. “If you don’t wanna talk about it, whatever, I was just wondering why you’re crying so early.”

about to break down.

whispered, her voice cracking as she choked

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

made

well…” He almost said “pretty,” but the words stuck in his throat. Jeremy wasn’t exactly the best at giving compliments, and that word just didn’t feel right coming out of his mouth.

a long pause, he finally

wiped her tears away, her eyes still full of

a cold look and nodded stiffly,

up, and she, following the rule of “you scratch my back, I scratch yours, threw

innocent, happy face, Jeremy finally understood what it