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?

to be honest, he hadn’t even

him very well. She knew that he would definitely make her abort the child if he were to

later that she had finally

he saw the child—she was indeed his daughter. As such, he could only acknowledge her. That was probably the one and only time he had

had softened when he saw

as if the child had a

heard his apology, her shame and anger made her eyes redden. She was about to yell at him when Mia suddenly held her

looked as if she was

Indeed.

lost her child because she hadn’t kept an eye on it. What did it have

Joel didn’t even know that she

her head and stared at

just a pitiful little

suddenly said,

turned and went

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

know whether her missing child

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

she had

also one in the boy’s

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

touched the bedsheets and murmured silently, “I don’t know where you are, my child, but I believe you’ll be willing to

 

took the gift box and

door, she saw 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

soft and gentle as he said, “It’s not your

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

Joel: “…”

“I’ve already told her I’m sorry, but she

it a few more

had done something wrong, then he should apologize until Ms. Turner

Joel sighed. “Okay.”

wanted to say something again, she suddenly spotted Tanya, who had just returned. Her eyes lit up and she immediately

with

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