"Mom, are we eating here again today?"

"Yes, don't you love the braised bass here?"

Nala frowned and pouted. She held back her desire to say, "But I want to eat at home."

Despite her young age, she could sense that her mother had been in a bad mood for the past few days. Even her response just now seemed indifferent.

Nala couldn't grasp the complexities of the adult world. She didn't understand why things could go from sunny to stormy instantly. All she knew was that whenever someone sent her mother pictures of her dad with other women, Kasey would react this way.

"Mom..."

Nala tugged at Kasey's hand, but the latter suddenly let go and stared tensely at something, hurrying away.

Nala was startled, and her doll slipped from her grasp.

"Mom—"

shouted anxiously as she

stood there, watching her mother's figure gradually

that Elijah was getting close to another woman, she would lose control, leaving Nala behind. Nala would have to wait quite some time to

mother-daughter duo a few times recently. Sometimes, the woman brought the little girl to eat, and other times, it was just the

she there to catch her husband

that had to be

hotel daily and heard plenty of gossip. He had heard about a CEO who kept getting involved in scandals. Despite having a wife and child, he was always entangled with other women.

knew if these rumors were true or not? It was quite common even

continued observing the little girl, noticing how she quietly picked up her doll from the floor and scanned her surroundings. Her young face lacked panic,

addressed her as Ms. Chriss. One of them escorted her to the first-floor

Drake's expression changed.

this little girl wasn't that easy to approach either. She didn't have any bodyguards, just a few hotel staff

the way to the lounge's entrance. By now, the servers had prepared snacks and drinks for Nala and left to attend to other

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