"What is it?" Alex finally asked after a long while of silence.

"I need to call my father," Irene said, still in a daze.

She grabbed her phone and swiped across the screen until she got to Gavin's contact number. Then she pressed the call button, her breathing shaky. She's hoping that her tone doesn't sound as frantic as her mind.

She stared down at the small baby, still in the carrier and wrapped in a pink blanket. She was so tiny; it was clear that she was born early.

Irene's heart tugged at the sight of her, knowing that she was Ethan's baby, made it difficult, but this baby was innocent and adorable.

"This is not a good time, Irene," Gavin's voice cut through her inner monologue.

Irene winced at the harshness of his tone, and she knew she had to be quick or else he would hang up on her.

"Dad, it's an emergency," she went on to say in a single breath. "Ethan's baby is here, and I don't know what to do."

Tears broke free from her eyes before she could stop them.

She could feel Alex stiffening as he listened to the phone conversation.

"What are you talking about?" Gavin's voice was still harsh, but had lost some of its depth.

"I mean, there is a baby in the villa right now with a note from Ethan's mistress saying that she couldn't give the baby a good life and that she's worried Ethan will find out about her. She knows I come from a good family and wants me to raise this baby... Dad, I'm so confused. I don't know what I'm going to do. There's a literal baby in the parlor right now."

her entire body trembling

long stretch of silence at the

"On my way."

couldn't keep it in anymore; she sat

Ethan Cash's baby?" Alex asked, watching Irene warily as she cried awkwardly

flushed and wet cheeks with the back

spot, feeling the tension in

to the carrier," he told her, lifting a backpack in the air for her

he was saying, she was numb as she remained on the couch, her eyes glued to the baby. Alex awkwardly placed the bag next to the

walked towards the door. "I'll keep

nodded as more tears fell down her cheeks. Once Irene was alone, she let herself break down

vel

seem to stop the

But

to get fussy. Her heart started to beat faster; she blinked away the remaining tears in her eyes and scooped the small bundle into her arms.

whispered. "It's

arms, surprised that she

Irene said, her heart melting a

She lifted her gaze to see her father's stunned face, beside him stood Judy who was equally stunned if not

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