And The Daddy Is… The Infertile Guy?!

Chapter 295

Angela reached out, her fingers brushing Selina’s palm with a warmth that was intended to be maternal. But Selina’s response was ice cold, and she shook off the touch without a second thought

Her disdain for Angela was as clear as crystal

“Family of three? You might’ve given birth to me, but the one who taised me, who’s been them through thick and thin, in Magnolia,” she said, her voice dripping with contempt..

“Selina Angela has been through hell for you,” Derrick chastised her.

With a mocking smile. Selina shot back, “Dad, would you ever divorce my mom to marry her?

Demck was silent now. And in his silence was the weight of truth that was hard to beat.

Angela’s heart ached, but she had long accepted the harsh reality.

The Lopez family were the aristocrats of Bayridge City, their roots too deep to be shaken. The Hamilton family had risen in their shadow, and Demick would never leave Magnolia

Unless death did them part

He could be a widower, but a divorce was out of the question. The Lopez family would destroy him,

Back in the day, trapped in a suffocating mamage, he’d sought solace in the arms of another, in a twisted act of rebellion, he even switched the babies, ensuring the Lopez family doted on the daughter of his mistress.

was firm, “Dad, remember that Magnolia is my

up in Angela’s eyes. She had envisioned a reunion

Derrick said, his arms wrapping protectively

my distance if I were you. Do you think secret walls don’t

and you care about me, you’d keep your distance from Dad.

to her

determined to be the jewel in the crown of both the Lopez family and the Hamilton family, the

would stand in her way. Not even her

Derrick’s anger flared.

We need to tackle the problem at hand. Your visits are risky, and I don’t mind enduring this for

sneered inwardly at

for some affection that were just echoes of Selina’s own scheming

should go,” Selina announced,

out. “No more ballet from tomorrow. Come work at the company. You’re my pride and joy, and the company will be yours one day.”

was paving her way to

looked at him incredulously, “All of it?

had

there tomorrow.”

those words, she left

collapsed into Derrick’s embrace, sobbing, “She won’t acknowledge me and won’t even call me