Hiding the Twins from Their Billionaire Father by Pixie

S3 169. Bad Father

Ava approached Jeremy hesitantly. The man still had his elbows on his knees, bowed while massaging his temples. Occasionally, his

shoulders seemed to rise, pressed by the tightness of his chest. Ava

couldn’t bear to see it.

“Jeremy,” she called softly. When the man glanced out of the corner of his eye, she continued, “Would you like me to accompany you?”

Jeremy shook his head slightly. “I’m fine, Ava. Just need time to think. You just accompany the others at the dinner table. I’ll catch up soon.”

While Jeremy nodded, trying to reassure her, Ava was lost in thought. After a short consideration, she sat on the same bench.

“I won’t be noisy. Just pretend I’m not here. You can continue thinking. Ava lowered her head, not wanting to make Jeremy feel intimidated.

However, Jeremy’s sad gaze was still fixed on Ava. Only after a long sigh did he change his sight-back to the ultrasound image in his

hand.

“Did you know?” Jeremy’s voice broke the silence. Ava glanced without turning her head.

“When I was still living in an orphanage, I often thought. I often wondered. Why did my mother leave me? Where are the other children’s parents? Were they also abandoned like me or are their parents dead?”

Ava didn’t answer. She let Jeremy express his emotions.

“The end of every reflection was always the same. We’re just unlucky because we have bad parents, selfish parents, or irresponsible

parents.”

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Jeremy’s voice grew quieter. He wasn’t really looking at Ava now. His eyes seemed to be blocked by an invisible partition in the air.

“Sometimes, I tried to see from another perspective. What if our parents were actually less fortunate? They could have been forced to throw us away. They might have suffered as much as we did.”

Jeremy paused again, adding a sad impression to the dim light of the garden lamps.

“But then, I refuted my thoughts again. No matter how bad their condition was, they shouldn’t abandon their children. How could they

trust someone else more than themselves to take care of their

children?”

sigh. The sound was like

evil. That’s what I believed until finally I was too tired to

lips inward, Jeremy raised and lowered the paper in his

bad parent. Even worse. I had no idea

know the ba existed. What happened between you was also against

just like them. I abandoned my child.

lips no longer spoke. She knew that Jeremy

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understand your feelings. I don’t know what it’s like to lose a child. I don’t know what it’s like to lose something

was pensive, Ava took the ultrasound images. With teary eyes, she stroked

to punish yourself for a mistake that

gently, Ava looked at Jeremy closely.

he will also forgive you. I believe every baby sent into the world has

doesn’t know who his father is. He can’t

hate Frank?”

toddlers once missed their father. Before he could reply, another

right,

at the little girl who had been standing on

always missed Daddy. Every night, I

I was confused and angry because Daddy left us, I still loved him.

breath hitched. A strange feeling spread to all corners

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heart.

angry that Frank failed to protect

“I never thought so. I

supporting Louis’ statement. A second later,

patting Jeremy’s hand.

crying, you better pray that your baby will be happy

need to worry, Uncle,” Louis continued. “Grandpa Rowan must be taking good care of him there. They are probably playing and laughing

baby will be sad too.” She stroked Ava’s stomach.

Emily was right. He couldn’t be

heaven will be jealous if I

Louis shook his

same amount, but something that

attention.”

you keep being sad, it’s not

Jeremy’s lips lifted. The burden in his heart was reduced a lot. “Thank you, Emily,

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