My Baby's Daddy

She gave herself a pat on the head as if to knock some sense into herself. She wished she was less sentimental because nothing good ever came out of it.

Back in the day, she had been so duped by Dexter’s occasional kindness that she was blind to his other flaws. Now, Richard was being nice to her because it was his duty to protect her, but she was reading too much into it, so much so that she started to fall for him.

She hated that she was so desperate to feel loved.

Closing her eyes, Angela took a deep breath and cleared her mind. When she opened her eyes once more, there were none of the glistening tears or muddled emotions.

Upon returning to base, she fell onto her bed and slept. She had woken up at an ungodly hour that morning, and the arduous hike had left her completely drained.

However, little did she know that Richard had received bad news while she was sleeping.

tightly, then turned to look at his subordinates. “Angela’s mother just met with an accident. She’s badly injured and she’s been sent to the hospital

glance. The accident was not entirely unexpected; the criminals who had recently crossed the international borders were ruthless, and instigating the accident

Meyers about this?” Willy

insist on going back to see her

right to

She’ll be heartbroken!”

right keeping this from Angela, which meant he was duty-bound to

just kept replaying the scene on the hiking trail where

the first time she had kissed a man on her own initiative, but the fact that he was unfazed by it made her feel like a pathetic

she was drowning in her own embarrassment, a knock came from the

open the door, only to be greeted by Richard, who looked as handsome as he was impassive. The air