Too Late, Mr. Billionaire: You Can't Afford Me by Thedora Birnir

Chapter 597:

Joy hesitated briefly, and then continued softly, “Then… do moms and dads always belong together?”

“They do,” Eric said gently, feeling touched by the innocence of her question.

“That’s how it usually works—a mom and a dad form a family. Then, there goes their baby.”

But why was she asking this all of a sudden?

When Eric first met Joy in Blathe, he had always found it peculiar how the little girl frequently spoke of her mother but never mentioned her father. Today, she posed a question that sparked his curiosity.

“Joy…”

Eric was on the verge of asking more, but then—

“Joy!”

shout cut through

It was Melba!

unwavering. Who would have thought that even with such sharp attention, a stranger

into her

are, approaching a little girl like that? Back

Eric a chance to defend himself, she turned and

whispered, “Don’t be scared, Joy. I’m here! Remember, you mustn’t talk to strangers. I’m so glad I got here in time. If anything had happened to you, losing my job would be the least of my worries compared to how your mother

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are the light of

Melba’s tears, “Don’t cry. He’s not a bad person.

an eyebrow, skepticism etched across her

mouth but

mixed him up with someone else,” Melba concluded. “You’re just a little kid; what do you know? Never mind, I’ll keep an even sharper eye on you from now

there,

really been mistaken

her words? Were her parents at odds? Had her