Chapter 385

"What did you wish for just now?"

Gwyneth answered without hesitation, "Of course, I wished that Mommy could be with me every day. And I also wished for a baby brother."

McNeil frowned slightly, unsure where she'd gotten that idea, and gently ruffled her hair.

"A baby brother? What for? So he can steal your toys?"

Gwyneth stuck out her tongue and shook her head.

"That's what Violet told me! She said if she became my mommy, I'd get a baby brother to play with, and then I wouldn't be lonely anymore. Now that I won't be with Violet, I guess Mommy will give me a brother, right? That way, I'll always have someone to play with."

McNeil looked at her innocent little face and sighed, then leaned in to help her blow out the candles.

They each had a slice of cake. Gwyneth happily devoured hers, and when she was done, McNeil asked Xenia to take her upstairs to get ready for bed. He himself went out to the driveway, got in his car, and headed for the hospital.

By the time McNeil arrived, the emergency room light was still on. He waited more than two hours before the doctor finally came out.

to Violet showing up

on him, he was physically and emotionally

brought in just in time. There's no immediate danger, but she

blinking in confusion. The moment she saw McNeil, tears she rarely allowed herself to shed began streaming

McNeil's brow furrowed.

don't have to work yourself so hard. V&S Group doesn't rest on your shoulders alone. You have an entire staff-you need to

sniffled and looked up at him, all her bottled-up hurt finally spilling

you? That I shouldn't overwork myself? But you know that

with an entire crew and told me to hand over the house. I already

go through every item in the house, had

stood in the yard for five hours, just so I could help her check those things. I've always tried to get along with her, always stayed out of her

does she keep coming after

faster, her shoulders shaking. McNeil didn't move to comfort her, simply let her

sobs finally subsided did he

turned into something more like family. Violet, I'm

McNeil's feelings for her were love, unchanged by the years. But after the humiliation she suffered from Victoria today, the only thing he offered her now was

looked at him, frightened, her head moving slowly

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