Chapter 60


Chapter 60:

Daniela was finally coming downstairs. Caiden, shaken from his uneasy trance, felt a cold sweat drench his back. For the first time, he found himself actually eager to see his biological daughter.

“Daniela,” he called out, his voice uncharacteristically soft as he watched her descend the stairs.

“You’re finally awake!”

His tone, unusually gentle and warm, carried the practiced air of a caring father.

Years ago, Daniela had longed for even a moment like this—for her father to speak to her with such kindness. But Caiden’s tenderness had always been reserved for Joyce. Never her. That fragile hope had withered and died long ago, buried beneath years of neglect and indifference.

Daniela descended the stairs, her expression composed and unreadable. Her gaze drifted over the scene in the living room, pausing on the movers standing uncertainly amid the disarrayed furniture. Their uniforms, a deep green, bore the company’s slogan in bold letters.

bring happiness back

Daniela with a wave of bitter

the meaning of

in stark contrast to the tense atmosphere.

stories on

hardened, a shadow

the stairs, her icy, aloof demeanor

remained seated firmly in his chair. No longer absorbed in his

irritation, Caiden managed a polite

joined us, was there something specific you wished to discuss with her? Perhaps you

deeper into his seat, his

for lunch later. There’s no need to

way. When

insinuation was unmistakable: he wasn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Caiden, suppressing his annoyance, shot Cedric a

yet undeniable edge of criticism colored his voice this

up this late? With your pathetic work ethic, it’s a joke that you’re

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