In Adele’s room, Devin and the doctor stood with a sense of helplessness beside the bed, coaxing the little girl to emerge from her hiding spot underneath.

“Adele, it’s very safe out here. Can you come out, please?” 2

Witnessing this, Holden’s heartstrings tightened. Ever since their return from the company event, Adele’s emotions had been unpredictable, marked by sporadic outbursts of tears without apparent reasons. The doctor remained unable to pinpoint the cause, yet today, Adele had retreated beneath the bed, adamantly refusing to reappear.

Recalling the doctor’s advice suggesting that Holden’s direct comfort might offer solace, he resolved to prepare something dear to her heart.

“Adele, look what Daddy made for you!” Holden’s words caressed as he approached her bedside, cradling the slightly skewed pink cupcake adorned with a rabbit’s face.

“I know you love bunnies the most.”

pink cupcake he held bore resemblance to a

lay silent and unmoving, ensconced in

the small cake on the floor and retreated to the

someone has greatly distressed Adele,”

answer for someone so young,” the doctor further explained. He then urged, “As I recommended before, the children’s charity I

mulling over

with the doctor, Holden reentered Adele’s

his astonishment, she had emerged from beneath the bed and was now kneeling beside the

yielded results. He had come across a video by a blogger where animal-shaped cakes were employed to engage children, prompting him to

Holden crouched down beside

like it?”

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