With a warm smille, Wendy said to Angela and Stanley, "No need to be so formal-it was nothing, really. Just a small favor."

"Mommy, Mrs. Angela protected me! Let's go visit their house and play," Bella pleaded, her voice soft and childlike.

Wendy thought for a moment. For now, she wasn't planning to leave the Capital- she needed to wait for Horace to make good on his promise.

Besides, Brittany was coming back soon, and Wendy was curious to meet her.

She turned to Angela. "I'll ke you up on that invitation."

Stanley extended his arms. "Bella, come here-let me carry you."

However, Wendy declined firmly. "It's okay, Mr. Hawk. I'll carry my daughter.'

Bella blinked her big, sparkling eyes; she first glanced at Wendy, then at Stanley. "But Mommy, I want Mr. Handsome to hold me."

Wendy was speechless. After three years of raising her little girl, she hadn't expected this sudden betrayal.

scooped Bella up

and heavier now. I don't want your arms to get tired, so I

utterly disarmed by her daughter's high

the charming Bella. "Alright.

Jessica back to the house. In the living

stared hard at

you understand what you

to kidnap her daughter! For the past three years, while she was away, I have been behaving well! This is all Wendy's fault- she shouldn't

blame everything on Wendy!

voice was cold. "I'm

you be so stubborn..." Horace

turned desperate. “If you don't love me

ever get tired of the same

and threaten to kill herself-just like three years ago. She was sure it would make Horace bend to her

through her, and

Ida hurried in. "Horace, why are you arguing with Jessica? She's your only daughter. No matter what she's done wrong, just

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