Chapter 9 Fought Back For The First Time

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Twenty minutes later, the car slowly stopped at the Farwell residence.

Estella did not want anyone to carry her. She quietly got down from the car by climbing down slowly.

Lucian followed right behind and did not utter a word.

The moment the father and daughter stepped into the house, they heard someone calling Estella.

“Essie!” Aubree, who was playing on her phone in the living room, exclaimed when she lifted her head and saw them entering the house.

The moment she saw the child from a distance, she ran toward her and gave her a hug. “Essie, you’re finally home! How could you run away and not tell us? I got the shock of my life when you went missing, do you know that? Are you okay? Are you injured?”

She started inspecting Estella’s body to make sure the latter was all right.

Estella froze for a bit, as she was taken aback by Aubree’s actions.

But the cold look soon returned to the little one’s gaze when Aubree’s voice kept ringing in her ear, expressing her insincere concern.

why I ran away? I wouldn’t have run away if she hadn’t

hypocrite’s face, Estella recalled the

a world of difference

absolutely despised

and pulled herself away from the

wrong, Essie? Stay still, okay? Let me check if

wanted to avoid her. She tightened her grip on the little girl and sighed helplessly in front

reacting more aggressively, as she was in

running

past, the little girl would tremble in

was the first time she

would have acted more harshly

his suspicion. A hard glint flashed across her eyes, and an idea popped up in her mind. Instead of continuing with this tug of war, she decided to release Estella and fall to the

Estella in disbelief. “Essie, I know you dislike me. But I’m really

on her words as she looked at the little

happy, and you can take it out on Daddy. But you can’t

refused to admit she was at fault, but at

always sides with that

her hand away from his grip, hugged her doll tightly, and

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