Chapter 391: Courage

It was Mia’s birthday. No wonder she had asked Tanya to bake her a cake, and even said a prayer before eating it.

Oh, right.

He had slept with Hillary right after he slept with her back then, hadn’t he?

It was all too normal that their children’s birthdays would be so close to each other’s.

She bit her lip.

It had also been her child’s birthday five days ago!

She didn’t even know where her child might be wandering lost in the world, yet here she was, celebrating Mia’s birthday?

Indescribable pain and misery made Tanya’s expression instantly change.

She stared at Mia blankly.

 

Mia was terribly nervous. The puzzled girl looked at Tanya and asked, “W-what’s wrong, Ms. Turner? Are you upset?”

She pushed Joel and said, “Daddy, hurry up and kiss Ms. Turner! She’ll cheer up if you do that!”

Joel: “…”

Tanya: “…”

Joel didn’t know the reason for Tanya’s sudden change in behavior, but he knew that she likely held a grudge against Mia’s existence all this time.

He lowered his head and slowly said, “I’m sorry.”

He was sorry.

Five years ago, he had felt even more apologetic toward her.

If he hadn’t gotten himself drunk, become muddleheaded, and ended up sleeping with Hillary, how would he have gotten her pregnant and ended up letting her give birth to Mia?

honest, he hadn’t even

would definitely make her abort the child if

that she had

daughter. As such, he could only acknowledge her. That was probably the one and only time he had acted

had softened when he

if the child had a lot of affinity with

apology, her shame and anger made her eyes redden. She was about to yell at him when Mia suddenly held her hand and said, “I’ll kiss you

timid eyes that looked as if

Indeed.

because she hadn’t kept an eye on it. What

even know that she had given birth

her head and stared

a pitiful little

suddenly said,

and went

children’s rooms on the upper floor. One was a boy’s room and the

her missing child was a

son or daughter every year. The clothes currently in the closets were for five-year-olds, and on the bed in the girl’s

had

was also one in the boy’s

exquisite Barbie doll wearing a pink dress. Next to it were all kinds of doll clothing

silently, “I don’t know where you are, my child, but I believe you’ll be willing to make another

 

gift box and

Mia nervously asking Joel, “Daddy, why did Ms. Turner suddenly get mad? Is it because it’s Mia’s birthday? Daddy, I won’t celebrate my birthday anymore, okay? I like Ms. Turner, I don’t want to

stroked her hair. His voice was soft and gentle as he said, “It’s not your

to Ms. Turner if you made her mad. Are you

Joel: “…”

told her I’m sorry, but she won’t accept

it a few more

child’s world was very simple. For Mia, if her father had done something wrong, then he should apologize until Ms.

Joel sighed. “Okay.”

Tanya, who had just returned. Her eyes lit up and she immediately called out,

handed her the gift box with the Barbie and said, “Happy

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