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
very well. She knew that he would definitely make her abort the child if he were to
months later that she had finally returned with
such, he could only acknowledge her.
heart had softened when he saw
had a lot of affinity with
about to yell at him when Mia suddenly
looked as if she was trying to
Indeed.
because she hadn’t kept an eye on it. What did it have to do
know that she
lowered her head and stared at
just a
said,
and
bedroom, she had also prepared another two children’s rooms on
whether her missing child was
son or daughter every year. The clothes currently in the closets were for five-year-olds, and on the
had
also one
picked up the gift box. Inside was an exquisite Barbie doll wearing a pink dress. Next to it were all kinds of
“I don’t know where you are, my child, but I believe you’ll be willing to make another child
because it’s Mia’s birthday? Daddy, I won’t celebrate my birthday anymore, okay? I like Ms. Turner, I
he said, “It’s not your fault. Daddy’s the one who made Ms. Turner
should apologize to Ms. Turner if you made her mad. Are you too embarrassed to say
Joel: “…”
her I’m sorry, but she won’t accept
say it a few more
simple. For Mia, if her father had done something wrong, then he should apologize
Joel sighed. “Okay.”
Tanya, who had just returned. Her eyes lit
gift box with the Barbie and said, “Happy
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