Chapter 0554

I wasn't sure if Nicholas had ever studied parenting, but he was doing a great job.

He gently patted Tabitha's back, waiting for her to fall completely asleep in her crib before setting the storybook down. Then, he quietly slipped out of the room.

I followed him downstairs and saw him off at the door, silently urging him to leave quickly.

Standing at the door, Nicholas hesitated, letting out a soft sigh. "Did you get hurt today?"

I looked up at him. "Who are you worried about getting hurt?"

I hadn't kept everything about the incident that happened earlier under wraps. I had asked Douglas to upload part of the footage online.

I'd kept the part where I slapped Claudia and the words I said while hitting her. That slap was repayment, and the second one was interest.

If anyone wanted to search for the truth, they could easily find traces of it. So, was Nicholas going to search for it? Or perhaps, by standing here in front of me and saying these things, he had already done so?

I came across as the dominant one, no matter who watched it. How

building, I had someone buy her some medicine, the kind that

worried about her. I'm worried about you. You're the mother of my

when we had been too close. He raised his hand before lowering it again, unsure

eyes filled with a stinging bitterness as he blinked hard,

can come to me. You can do whatever you want. I don't want

almost laughed. Was he worried I would get caught in the spotlight, or was he more afraid I would push someone else into

wouldn't be known as the heiress of the Hawk family. She wouldn't have the power to rally

Nicholas who gave her the ability to hurt me. Yet,

he had forgotten about the 20-dollar medicine he had bought for me

Claudia to the hospital and left me with nothing but that

asked coldly, "Would you go beat Claudia up just for no reason if

hit women." Nicholas frowned, thinking it over. "She's already limping. Do you

I needed him, I couldn't rely on him at all. His response didn't disappoint me because I had never

Once, I was the woman who had him in my

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