The Billionaire And His Son Want Me Back by Juliette Vaughan

Chapter 20

Serena, her hands trembling, clutched the leaves of the houseplant nearby, her lips pressed tightly together, refusing to speak. What now? Will Mommy come? Will she be mad? I've only been in kindergarten for two days, and I've already caused trouble...

'And I hit Sonny... but I didn't mean to hurt him. He was the one helping that girl pick on me. That's why I scratched him. I don't want him to be my brother anymore. I don't like him anymore.'

The sound of footsteps outside grew louder, and before long, the door to the principal's office creaked open.

Stella was the first to look up, her eyes lighting up with surprise and joy as she saw Dominick. "Dominick," she cried, her voice bubbling with excitement.

She leaped off the couch and dashed toward him, her two pigtails bouncing with every step.

Dominick bent down and scooped her up into his arms. His gaze, however, immediately shifted toward Grayson, scanning him carefully.

saw that Grayson seemed to be unharmed, the tight frown that had been etched on his face relaxed, his tension easing for the first time

over to the couch and gently set Stella down, turning his attention to Grayson. With a steady, measured gaze, he checked the injury on his son's neck. The concern

was hurt, we had the school doctor treat the wounds." "How can you say it's nothing? How

a child's nails." Michelle wiped a bead of sweat from her forehead, anxiety creeping into

viruses under those nails? His neck is full of nerves, blood vessels, and

would be a small incident was now spiraling

small body flinched, instinctively shrinking back, trying to hide behind the nearest houseplant like it might protect her. Dominick, however, remained unaffected by the tension in the room. With a calmness that contrasted the chaos, he carefully unwound the bandage from Grayson's neck. He checked the injury-two small, shallow

A sigh of relief escaped him

had told him about Grayson's little fight and injury at school, his expression had been so tense

seeing it firsthand, Dominick realized

and I overlooked so much. If the injury had really been that severe,

small hands clutched at his neck, his face scrunched in pain and looking so