From Hatred to Passionate Love Amelia Hart

Chapter 191 In the Shadow of a Little Girl

"She was always sporting a ponytail, trailing behind me, eager to share her favorite

things. She'd sit by my side as I did my homework. We were inseparable, with a bond that felt innate from our earliest years," he added.

Penelope remarked, "Childhood sweethearts." Much like her and Nathan.

"Exactly," Brandon nodded. "But on her fourth birthday, she vanished, and I've been searching for her ever since. I've never given up."

"So, you mean to say that I remind you of her when she was little?" she asked.

"No, you don't look like her when she was a child-she was chubby, you're too thin. But..." Brandon replied, "Your demeanor reminds me of her mother when she was young."

Everything clicked for Penelope. She invoked the memory of the four-year-old girl in Brandon's heart - a girl now out of reach, whose absence had become a haunting regret for him.

"So, it seems Mr. Walker wants to share with me what he couldn't give to that little girl," Penelope surmised. "In a way, I'm basking in her light."

"It's more than that. Getting to know you, I've realized you're a great person who deserves a better, freer life, not to be chained down by Kelvin, not to have your wings clipped," he said.

Penelope managed a bitter smile. A truth so evident to Brandon was one Kelvin would never understand.

To truly love someone is to let them go, to grant them freedom, to enable them to flourish not to possess them.

Brandon went on, "I don't know how she's doing now, but I hope she's happy and that she finds joy... though the chances seem slim. There's nothing more I can do for her, so maybe I can do something for you; it might give me some peace of mind."

The thought of what might become of a little girl who disappeared at the age of four was chilling. Just pondering the possibilities could send shivers down anyone's spine.

Her family must be suffering terribly, their hearts aching with sorrow.

Penelope was not good at using comforting words, managing only to say, "God will watch over her."

"One can only hope," he sighed.

"But I've heard, Mr. Walker, that you have a fiancée now?" Penelope inquired, "I don't mean that you're obligated to stay single for that little girl's sake. I just thought..."

tell you that my fiancée is actually the adopted daughter of

Penelope taken aback.

Consequently, they adopted a girl of a similar age from an orphanage, and I... I fell

how life

now did Penelope fully grasp the complexity of Brandon's emotions toward her. He had projected all the lost little girl's potential and goodness onto her, wanting

person," Brandon continued, "kind and considerate, and

irreplaceable. To Brandon, his fiancée was a reflection of the little girl.

too." Brandon looked at her. "Miss Cooper, can you now accept my help

you for sharing all this with me..." Penelope

bad man," Brandon replied. "So I thought it best

with you, to put

him, "Mr. Walker, you are so

"I can only hope that the good I do might somehow bless

the choice to believe in these

ways with Brandon, Penelope sat for a long while on

lost her first child, and now she was carrying a second one. But this did not mean

was the matter of their

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shadow suddenly fell over her. Looking up,

out and gently pulled down her mask, "Your stitches are

assure

Penelope said, shrugging off the reassurance as though it were

care about your hand,"

you care about your face?" he retorted with a

frowned, choosing silence over a

Kelvin's voice dropped, heavy with disapproval. "Penelope, you

"You've been having me

reasoned, "It's

about to

and gynecology? The very thought of Kelvin finding out about her pregnancy sent a surge of

Kelvin reiterated, trying to ease her mind. "Don't overthink it." Reading his calm demeanor, Penelope's anxiety began to ebb away. It seemed he was clueless about her condition; otherwise, he wouldn't be this composed. "Penelope, I just can't allow