Celestial Queen: Revenge Is Sweet When You’re A Zillionaire Heiress

Chapter 672

Chapter 672: Frowning, Harlee opened it, thinking it might be Etta pulling one of her usual stunts.

However, to her surprise, she found her mother.

Usually, Skyla would be asleep at this hour.

What was going on? Mom? Why are you still awake? Harlee asked, slightly surprised.

Skyla stood awkwardly, her smile strained.

After a moment, she hesitantly asked, Harlee, may I come in? I need to talk to you.

Of course, Harlee replied, stepping aside to let Skyla in.

They sat together on the sofa, but Skyla appeared burdened, unsure of how to begin.

Several times she tried to speak, only to stop short.

Skyla believed Nyomis words without hesitation.

Nyomis sharp memory could recount events from many years ago, and there was no plausible reason for her to fabricate such a claim.

Yet, Skyla felt conflicted.

embrace her daughter with compassion or stay silent to avoid stirring up painful memories?

she remembers seeing you as a child…

of recognition, she couldnt place where

jumbled memories, Skyla added, Nyomi mentioned spotting you in a small park

a small girl, always

surge of forgotten memories overwhelmed

She remembered now.

had indeed crossed paths with her in that treasured nook

secret refuge, especially on

by hunger, Harlee had approached Nyomi, who was holding a piece of bread, and timidly asked to share it, even offering a small

then on, Nyomi had become a guardian angel of sorts, occasionally appearing with treatssometimes delectable pastries, other times steaming bowls of noodle soup, each visit

Nyomi vanished without a

expected the kind elderly

of fate

observed the melancholy in Harlees eyes, unable to read her

Harlees hands in hers,

was my carelessness that lost you, leading to your hardship since

a subtle flutter in her

that was why she had kept her suffering in the past hidden from Skyla, fearing the sorrow it

a comforting grip on Skylas hand, Harlee consciously softened

Mom, dont blame yourself.