“Mom…” Yvonne called, waving at me from a short distance away. She was holding a bucket and a shovel, wearing a little yellow duck swimsuit. “Mom, I’m over here!”

It wasn’t a dream. They were really here right in front of me.

“You guys…” I said, still in disbelief.

Jared explained, “Yvonne said she wanted to see the ocean, so since I had some free time, I decided to bring her here.”

let out a dry laugh. “You sure have a lot of free time, Mr. Holcomb, always running all over the place.”

Jared picked up on my sarcasm but just smiled, unfazed. “What can I say? She’s my only kid. When I’m not working, I want to spend all my time with her.”

“Then go ahead and play with her. I’m tired, and I’m heading back to the hotel,” I said, turning to leave.

Suddenly, Jared reached out and grabbed my wrist. “Victoria, don’t you want to join Yvonne and play in the sand?”

I frowned and shook his hand off my wrist. “I’ve got a meeting in thirty minutes. I don’t have time for this. Wasn’t it you who came all the way here just to play with her?”

Jared could only give me a resigned look.

Yvonne rushed over with her bucket full of sand. “Mom, I’ll build you a sandcastle!”

I looked at Yvonne’s beaming face and murmured calmly, “Alright, go ahead. But I can only stay for ten minutes before my meeting.”

“Okay!” Yvonne immediately started scooping sand into her bucket.

to the side, glancing at us every so

wandered over to hang out, and one of

woman said with a smile, “You’re such a handsome guy. Are those your wife and daughter over there?

ladies were real chatterboxes, and since Jared was easy on the

Jared came back, looking

time. “I’ve gotta head back to the hotel. You two

the same hotel. Can I come play in your room tonight?” Yvonne asked, unusually polite for once. She’d been asking me first about things like this

“Sure,” I said.

up until six, and after that, the rest of us had dinner together. Jared didn’t show up. He was probably out with

some fun.

my pajamas, and was sitting on the balcony to finish up the

“Mom, which

and not long after, Jared and Yvonne

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Chapter 334

I opened the door,

I played for so long. We

me for a moment as he walked in, carrying the bag of fruit

nightgown with no bra underneath, and the way

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