Chapter 142 Sharp-tongued Eloise

Richard looked at Eloise, who stood with a dead-serious expression on her tiny face, and couldn't help but chuckle.

He had a gift for smiling like a saint while cutting deep, and clearly,

he didn't draw the line at kindergarteners.

"Honey," he said smoothly. "There are all kinds of dads. Technically, he's your stepdad. Do you know what a stepdad is?"

As he spoke, he couldn't help but size her up.

She's actually kind of cute. Which means her mom probably isn't bad-looking either. Lucky bastard, that Alistair scored big for a

broke nobody.

Alistair smiled. "That's true. And then there's the kind of dad who

ditches his own kid at birth, lets someone else raise him, and then gets mad when the kid calls the other guy 'Dad.' Not sure what kink that is, but hey, to each his own."

So we're playing the insult game now? Fine. Let's see how long you can keep that smug face on.

Alistair wasn't even worried. No amount of passive-aggressive

poking from Richard could shake the bond between him and

Eloise.

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She knew everything.

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She knew she wasn't Caroline's biological daughter. She knew Alistair wasn't her

birth father either. But in her heart, they were

her real parents, the best parents in the world.

Most kids were simple. Whoever loved them, they loved back.

Daniel was no different.

Alistair wasn't blind or naive. He'd raised Daniel from a squishy

newborn into a full-blown troublemaker. There was no one who

knew that child better than he did.

He'd seen the way Daniel looked at him just now. Every flicker of

emotion in that little face-he caught it all.

Daniel was a brat, no question. But no kid turned into that on their own. The

blame sat squarely with the adults around him. And though Alistair had been the one changing diapers and waking up at 3 AM, he'd never truly been Daniel's parent. Just the guy hired

to keep him alive.

glorified nanny didn't get to

apart. But Alistair knew that if someone gave

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wasn't a lost

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Rebecca, who probably didn't know what a moral compass was. Not Richard, whose

in shame. Richard's face darkened immediately. He was just thankful Daniel was too young to grasp the

he disliked Rebecca these days,

son. That wasn't going

replaceable.

the moon when they heard he

bringing Daniel home tonight.

attempt to rile Alistair

"Honey," he said with

parents have a

finish, Eloise interrupted sharply, "My mommy and daddy will still love me, even if I

love them

looked ready to leap out

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Richard blinked.

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little girl had the kind of soft, delicate

arms if anyone so much as

wasn't backing

felt a wave

not just cute. She's

wasn't done

"If you're his daddy, then you

Otherwise, he'll keep

daddy is my daddy! He's

daddy, so tell your kid to

it was Eloise's tone. Or maybe it

loud. Whatever the reason, Daniel burst into

please, quit crying.

got one. You don't get

Alistair was speechless.

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Daniel, you have a new dad

me too."

watched Alistair walk away, tears

understand everything, but at

clicked.

wasn't that Alistair didn't want him anymore. It was that he'd

kid can only have

someone else. He

more tears.

new daddy's fault. He's the reason my old

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"now I know why that boy kept trying to steal

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