It was Mia’s birthday.
No wonder she had asked Tanya to bake her a cake, and even said a prayer before eating it.
Oh, right.
He had slept with Hillary right after he slept with her back then, hadn’t he? It was all too normal that their children’s birthdays would be so close to each other’s.
She bit her lip.
It had also been her child’s birthday five days ago! She didn’t even know where her child might be wandering lost in the world, yet here she was, celebrating Mia’s birthday? Indescribable pain and misery made Tanya’s expression instantly change.
She stared at Mia blankly.
Mia was terribly nervous.
The puzzled girl looked at Tanya and asked, “W-what’s wrong, Ms.Turner? Are you upset?”
She pushed Joel and said, “Daddy, hurry up and kiss Ms.Turner! She’ll cheer up if you do that!”
Joel:
Tanya:”..”
Joel didn’t know the reason for Tanya’s sudden change in behavior, but he knew that she likely held a grudge against Mia’s existence all this time.
He lowered his head and slowly said, “I’m sorry.”
He was sorry.
Five years ago, he had felt even more apologetic toward her.
If he hadn’t gotten himself drunk, become muddleheaded, and ended up sleeping with Hillary, how would he have gotten her pregnant and ended up letting her give birth to Mia? No, to be honest, he hadn’t even known that she was pregnant.
Hillary understood him very well.
She knew that he would definitely make her abort the child if he were to know, so she had secretly gone into hiding.
It wasn’t until ten months later that she had finally returned with Mia.
He had done a DNA test when he saw the child she was indeed his daughter.
As such, he could only acknowledge her.
That was probably the one and only time he had acted so spinelessly.
His heart had softened when he saw the child.
It was as if the child had a lot of affinity with him.
her shame and anger
her hand and said, “I’ll kiss you if Daddy won’t, Ms.Turner.Don’t be mad anymore,
Tanya lowered her head.
looked as if she was
Indeed.
because she hadn’t
In fact, Joel didn’t even know that she had given
a pitiful little
said, “Wait a
and went
her own bedroom, she had also
a boy’s room and
whether her missing child was
she would always prepare clothes for her son or
and on the bed
birthday gift she had bought five days
also one in
picked up the
an exquisite Barbie doll wearing
clothing that one could dress up the doll
the bedsheets and murmured silently, “I don’t know where you are, my child, but I believe you’ll
took the gift
she saw Mia nervously asking Joel, “Daddy, why did Ms.Turner suddenly get mad ? Is it because it’s Mia’s birthday? Daddy, I won’t celebrate my birthday anymore, okay? I like Ms.Turner, I don’t want
Joel stroked her hair.
said, “It’s not your fault.Daddy’s the one
should apologize to Ms.Turner if
Joel:
He sighed.
told her I’m sorry, but
a
child’s world was
her father had done something wrong, then he should
Turner forgave him.
Joel sighed.
“Okay.”
say something again, she suddenly spotted
eyes lit up and she immediately called
box with the Barbie and
instantly
“Thank you, Ms .Turner!”
her hands and
half her height, so it was very heavy for the
out to
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