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 the whole

and people

have the

as she stammered, "Daddy, can't you stay?

words, escaping a young girl's lips,

if his presence promised an

with his departure nor

Ashley had slipped into a state of emotional

if he connection to the

plea, urging her newly encountered father

Emily!" Emily's plea fell on deaf

he didn't dare spin around to console

the scene

you

smile, "You wouldn't understand... Take care

impulse to pivot and embrace

he yearned

Emily, without absolute assurance, would invite ceaseless misfortune upon

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