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.

wasn’t hitting it, okay? I was just trying to scare it. get it to shut up.”

him for a second, then just muttered, “Fine.”

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

point of explaining to a kid?

wriggled into her arms, wagging his tail like

had

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

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

not caring about their little interaction, when a sharp voice cut through the

saw Yvonne looking up at him with her soft, fair

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wanna pet the dog

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

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

care.

move. Before he knew it, his body had already crouched

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

holding the dog, and when he noticed the faint red in her eyes, he absentmindedly asked, “What’s wrong with

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

break down. Thinking about what happened yesterday made her heart ache

voice cracking

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

voice made his chest tighten.

You’re… 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.

he

still full of confusion.

her a cold look and

she, following the rule of “you scratch my back, I scratch yours, threw the same words right back at him. “Thanks! You’re average

what it felt like to put your foot