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.
apology, her shame and anger made
at him when Mia suddenly held her hand
Tanya lowered her head.
that looked as if
Indeed.
her child because she hadn’t
Mia? In fact, Joel didn’t even know that she had given birth to his child!
was just a pitiful little
suddenly said, “Wait
turned and went
also prepared another two children’s rooms on the upper
a boy’s room
know whether her missing child was a
always prepare clothes for
five-year-olds, and on
had bought five days ago
one
picked up the gift
an exquisite Barbie doll wearing
to it were all kinds of doll clothing that one could dress up the doll
bedsheets and murmured silently, “I don’t know where you are, my child, but I believe you’ll be willing to make another
gift box
Joel, “Daddy, why did Ms.Turner suddenly get mad ? Is it because it’s Mia’s birthday? Daddy, I won’t celebrate my birthday
Joel stroked her hair.
voice was soft and gentle as he said, “It’s not your
to Ms.Turner if you made her mad.Are
Joel:
He sighed.
already told her I’m sorry, but she won’t
a
world was
Mia, if her father had done something wrong, then he should apologize until Ms
Turner forgave him.
Joel sighed.
“Okay.”
to say something again, she suddenly spotted
and she immediately
gift box with the
instantly became even
“Thank you, Ms .Turner!”
girl stretched out her hands and took
it was
to carry
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