Chapter 244

During dinner, Emily didn’t talk, and Charlie felt even more awkward. So he tried to make conversation, “Do you like Lego?”

Emily whispered, “I only have this one Lego. It was a birthday gift from my dad when I was ten.”

Back then, her dad hadn’t started gambling yet, and he had just been promoted to head chef at a hotel, doubling his salary. He bought her the Lego she had always wanted for her birthday.

That year, they also moved into a new house – their whole family was the envy of neighbors and relatives.

But today, their house has been sold, and their family torn apart.

All because of gambling, Emily had never hated anything so much in her life!

Charlie said, “So your dad was pretty good to you. How did he end up like this?”

and deliberately introduced him to gambling. They

nodded, “So your dad was a chef. No wonder you

she was young, her father was her hero, but now, he was no longer the man he

when that belief slowly collapses, nobody knows how painful and

“Your dad just took a wrong turn. He’ll

eyes, but she didn’t dare to look up.

down on her, instead he comforted her.

her room, she saw the broken castle put back together and

in while she

feeling sad, but now, tears welled up in her eyes again. She wasn’t sure if it was the sadness or that she was touched, but she

find another job soon

healed, and he went back to work. Before leaving, he told Emily he wouldn’t be

anything, she just knew she owed Charlie more and

dessert shop and found another part–time job delivering food at night. Her life

Mansion around 11 p.m. and saw Emily in the elevator. That’s when she found out Emily had taken a

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