Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress

Chapter 1733: A parent to another

[Skyline Plaza: Zoren’s]

Charles sat across from a woman in the guest house. His expression was stern, eyes glued to the woman, who kept looking around everywhere except at him. He held a glass of water, its contents rippling as his grip trembled.

This was Nina’s biological mother, but also the woman who had taken away thirteen years of Penny’s life from them.

"My daughter already told me about everything you’ve confessed," he said, finally making Priscilla meet his eyes. "I’m also a parent, so I understand why you did what you did to protect yours."

Priscilla raised her brows and cleared her throat. "Good. Although I don’t need you to understand, it’s good that someone is finally reasonable enough—"

BAM!

Her voice halted as Charles set the glass of water down on the table between them, shattering it against the surface and in his hand. Her eyes widened, following the motion downward to his bleeding fingers.

Blood dripped from his trembling hand, staining the spilled water red.

"As a parent, I understand that we’d do anything to protect our little ones," he continued, reaching for the box of tissues at the far corner of the table to wipe his hands. "However, what I don’t understand as a parent is making another suffer by robbing them of years with their children."

Charles laughed bitterly as he plucked out some shards from his palm. "Priscilla Reed, you robbed me of the right to even hold my daughter when she was born. You protected Nina at the cost of my wife and me, missing every milestone with our daughter. Her first feeding time, her first steps, her first tooth, first word, first birthday—everything in those thirteen years."

strangers to our own daughter for the first thirteen years of her life," he said, his voice shaking as he crumpled the tissue in his hand. "You are a stranger to your own daughter even now that she’s

think I wanted that to happen?" Priscilla scoffed. "I had no

in, firmly meeting her eyes once more. "You had a choice, and

her. "You made the choice to lie about being pregnant so Jason Reed wouldn’t leave you.

she could even dream—and that was a consequence of your choices." Even with blood still on his hand, Charles clenched his fist tightly. "You had

choice. One after another." His voice was cold. "Your decisions wrecked the Reed family and threw ours into chaos. And

making another decision now, I suggest you make this one count. Stay far away from my family.

breath. "Otherwise, I’ll make sure you can’t hurt my family again. This is your first and

and turned to walk away. "As a parent, I hope you, of all people, understand how far one can

didn’t pause. He didn’t look back

fixed on the broken glass on the table—spilled water tinged with red crawling across the surface, dripping

tightly on her lap, swallowing against the tension in her throat. Even when she heard the door close behind her,

she whispered. "...is a chance to be her mother, even

Just one day.

wanted, knowing that asking

today, Charles had taken even that

how Priscilla once took away Jessa’s chance to dream about her future. He made it clear that her chance