Chapter 653:

“Back!”

What just happened?

Hadley was taken aback. Joy was usually such a well-behaved child, and now she was openly defying her mother for the first time. Was it because of Eric, a man who had never played a significant role in her life?

A shadow fell over Hadley’s face. “Joy, I asked you to remove those hairpins. Did you not hear me?”

Seeing her mother’s serious demeanor, Joy shivered; it was unfamiliar to see her mother so stern.

Tears welled up in her eyes, and her bottom lip trembled.

“You’re not being fair, Mommy! Waaah…”

Upset, she dashed into her room, saying, “I don’t want to talk to Mommy anymore!”

“Joy!”

by

“What’s going on here?”

by the

attempting to ease the tension. “It’s not ideal for Joy to accept gifts like that, but this shouldn’t cause a rift between you two

“You’re right.”

her own overreaction, Hadley felt a

had inadvertently directed her anger towards Eric at Joy. She paused at Joy’s door, took a deep breath to collect

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found Joy curled up

with a tender smile, Hadley said, “It’s Mommy. I came to

under the blanket,

sweetheart.” Hadley’s voice was soft, her eyes

softly, her voice tinged with vulnerability as she

mother and her daughter,

don’t be mad.

laden with regret as she held her daughter closer. “I promise,

as they

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