Sebastian, you rascal! If you could just handle it by yourself, I wouldn't have to deal with the woman I hate most in my life... Jeffrey thought to himself.

Arguing with Rebecca was enough to make him sick to his stomach!

But in the end, he won the battle in front of Ashley. Jeffrey felt quite smug for that.

Any man, no matter how mature he appeared, would act like a big boy in front of the woman he loved. Jeffrey was no different.

Inside the room, Ashley was feeling all kinds of emotions.

Upon hearing that Jeffrey was leaving, Emily, who was in Ashley's arms, immediately struggled to get down and rushed out of the room, shouting, "Daddy! Don't go!" Jeffrey paused at the door.

His daughter...was calling him Daddy.

This wasn't the first time, but he didn't know he had a daughter in this world then.

This time, he hesitated... He didn't know whether or not to acknowledge her.

He couldn't protect her mother eight years ago... Could he protect them now? Jeffrey felt lost.

The Perez family, they're a complicated bunch...

too bold. There wasn't a bolder woman in

things and people he couldn't

didn't have

you stay? Mom's tormented, so can't you stay

a young girl's lips,

promised an unending calamity for them, he would prefer to

with his departure nor mustered the

into a state of emotional numbness,

as if he connection to the surrounding events

plea, urging

everyone have a dad, but not Emily!" Emily's plea fell on deaf ears, which led to her breaking down into

but he didn't dare spin around to console her... He felt

the scene

can't you

gave a bitter smile, "You wouldn't understand... Take care of your teacher and Emily. I'll be

suppressed the impulse to pivot and embrace

he yearned to,

to Emily, without absolute assurance,

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