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 known that

She knew that he would definitely make her abort the child

until ten months later that

a DNA test when 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 acted

when he

if the child had a

to yell at him when Mia suddenly held her hand and said, “I’ll kiss you if Daddy won’t, Ms.

her eyes met Mia’s timid eyes that looked

Indeed.

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

didn’t even know that she had

her head and stared at

just a

said,

and

to her own bedroom, she had also prepared another two children’s rooms on

because she didn’t know whether her missing child

always prepare 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

had bought five days

one in the boy’s

up the gift box. Inside was an exquisite Barbie doll wearing a pink dress. Next to it were all kinds of doll

you are, my child, but I believe you’ll be willing to make another

 

took the gift

Joel, “Daddy, why did Ms. Turner suddenly get mad? Is it because it’s Mia’s birthday?

and gentle as he said, “It’s not your fault. Daddy’s

you should apologize to Ms. Turner if you made her

Joel: “…”

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

say it a few more

child’s world was very simple. For Mia, if her father had done something wrong,

Joel sighed. “Okay.”

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

box with the Barbie and said,

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