Bam!

Tanya closed the door right after saying that.

Joel: “…”

Joel could faintly hear Pete ask, “Was it not Mommy at the door, God-mom? Who was it, then?”

“Oh, just an annoying fly,” replied Tanya.

Joel: “…”

Half an hour later.

The perturbed and distracted Tanya glanced at the window.

The moment she did, she found herself stunned.

Joel was standing at the door, his tall and straight figure casting a long, drawn-out shadow on the ground.

The dazed Tanya felt as if she had gone back a few years in time. Back then, she would always see a figure like that standing outside every time she walked out of the classroom after class.

At that time, the sight of the man had made her excited and happy.

But the figure instead seemed somewhat solitary and lonely now, making her sad.

Tanya withdrew her gaze, lowered her head, and looked at the floor. Complicated emotions churned in the depths of her heart.

Sometime later, when Tanya looked up once more, she found that the figure at the door was gone. An empty feeling welled up in her.

She couldn’t tell what kind of feeling it was. She forced a smile, looked at Pete, and said, “Your mommy should be home soon.”

Pete nodded. However, he then said, “Uncle Joel looks unwell to me, though.”

Unwell?

Tanya followed his gaze and looked over to see that Joel had changed positions at some point. He was now standing in a corner visible from the living room window.

His head was down, and he had one hand pressed against his abdomen and the other against the wall for support.

She couldn’t tell whether it was the lighting or because he really was unwell, but he looked as pale as a sheet. His lips were so pale that they were practically transparent, and there was cold sweat on his forehead.

“Uncle Joel must be in pain, right? Why not let him in, God-mom?”

Pete’s words interrupted Tanya’s thoughts.

She said coldly, “It has nothing to do with me even if he’s dead.”

despite saying that,

but

the same

acted weak and frail back when they were still in school. Every time he made her angry, he would always

stood there so stubbornly

been so

worry that he would be sunburnt. When it rained,

really had her wrapped

though, so how would she possibly still be deceived by

bodyguards or his personal assistant. After all, as the head of the Smiths, his

legs give in and he fell onto one knee on

subconsciously took a few steps toward him. Then, she

to look at her. He was very pale, so he probably wasn’t putting up an

“…”

almost fell from

around. “Where are your assistants? And

like he wanted to say something, but in the end, he merely said, “I don’t want to go to

Tanya was dumbfounded.

said that he didn’t want to go to the hospital. He had always refused to go even when

he was sick, so he never went for checkups even when

he up to now,

out her foot, intending to give him a hard

distance wanted to rush forward

that Mr. Joel made before he

“Even so, we can’t just watch as someone hits

“She won’t.”

“What?”

looked over to see that Tanya’s foot had stopped less than an inch from

looked around hesitantly. She frowned and wondered out loud, “Did he really

was sick elsewhere instead?

though she was complaining, she nevertheless bent

also kept

slept right until

out of bed all refreshed and stretched. Then, she looked at her cell phone and noticed that Tanya had sent her several

They seemed very urgent.

so she hadn’t called and disturbed

and took a look. Their chat was still at the point when she got home the day before. At that time, when she saw the messages that Tanya had sent, she had replied:

a deep sleep after

by her

chat again. Tanya had been sending

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