My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

Amy immediately pointed to the TV and said, "Daddy!" Everyone turned to look at the screen, but the broadcast had already shifted.

There was no trace of Monbatten anymore.

Amy scanned the TV anxiously, flipping channels with the remote.

After a few moments, she plopped onto the floor in disappointment.

Keira walked over and scooped her up.

"Missing Daddy?" "Daddy!" Amy replied with a firm nod.

At just three years old, Amy had been through so much.

Howard and his mother had mistreated her horribly, leaving her timid and withdrawn.

Only recently, after living in a loving home with Keira and Lewis, had she started to blossom. Even so, she often struggled to express herself.

Now, clutching the remote tightly, she jabbed a finger toward the TV in frustration.

"Daddy!" The screen switched to a news anchor, and Keira couldn't help but chuckle. "Do you think he's handsome? Is that why you're calling him Daddy?" "No!" Amy protested, her little face scrunched in frustration. "Not him! Daddy is in the TV!" Keira brushed a hand over Amy's hair.

"Alright, sweetie.

Next time you see him, point him out to me, okay?" Amy sighed, defeated.

turned to Keira, her voice

told me Daddy is in

raising

told her? Could she be fangirling over some actor? You know, like those women who call celebrities their husbands and get

reality show, Erin." Erin crossed

think it is?"

was so cruel that your sister made up a better story—said her dad was someone else."

make sense." The three of them lingered in silence

into the bedroom and

As Amy's eyes drooped, Keira hummed a

Keira couldn't help but

so much of herself at that

Her father had no

Keira would stare out of a

driven her to search through

of expired crackers, and it

her room, savoring each piece as if it were a

to grow up

even after earning a stable income, Keira compulsively stockpiled food—bags of rice,

days was of her mother, Jodie South, playing with Isla. Unlike Poppy, Jodie had been a source of

and even once signed up for flight lessons on a whim. Isla had asked her why she dabbled in so many things, and Jodie simply replied, "Because I want to." Isla asked if Jodie was disappointed in her

when I was young." Jodie's words

out, Keira would imagine Jodie's calm demeanor. Over time, Keira stopped crying when she was hit. Crying didn't solve problems; Jodie had taught her