"D-Did you guys fight?" Jodie asked.

Wilfred's facial expression changed instantly. His eyes brimmed with love for his daughter, and his voice softened. "Ah, no! I'm discussing work with your mother, and we have a disagreement. She accidentally broke the vase. I-I'm looking for a band-aid for her!"

Jodie nodded obediently.

"Alright, Jojo," Wilfred said with a smile. "I'm going to the office. Can you take care of her?"

"Sure."

As he left, he turned his head to give Delilah a warning glance.

The smirk on her face bordered on a scoff.

a touching father-daughter

Jojo, whom he had pampered since childhood, was not his biological daughter with

heart raced as she approached Delilah, concerned about the situation. She

calling mom?!"

the force of the slap. She staggered, almost

burned, and she tasted blood at the corner of her

"Mom—"

calling me that!" Delilah vented her rage on Jodie, slapping her, pulling her hair, grabbing her collar, and throwing her against the wall. "You little, ungrateful! Do you think you deserve to call me that when you're a piece

out loud. She knew from a young age that the

around her head and enduring the

angry but did not show it, forcing a smile. "I was wrong. I deserve this, so

as she calmed down and frowned when she saw Jodie's

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