The First Heir

At this moment, a tiny figure was rubbing her sleepy eyes. She was wearing a cute pair of pink pajamas and standing at the bedroom door.

“Daddy…”

Mila called out and walked in wearing big pink slippers.

Philip smiled, bent over, and picked Mila up. He hopped her nose and asked, “Why are you awake?”

Mila hid in Philip’s arms in fear and said, “I had a nightmare. I dreamed that Mom left me and went far away.”

While saying that, Mila looked at the sleeping Wynn on the bed and wanted to call out to her.

Philip immediately put a finger to his mouth in a shushing gesture and said, “Mom is asleep. Let me play with you for a while.”

Mila nodded, looking very cute with her hair slightly disheveled.

The father and daughter sat in the living room to play at this moment. While playing, Philip noticed a small object hanging from Mila’s neck. It was a small green bottle carved with patterns and there was a red string on both ends. The bottle was about the size of a little finger.

Philip frowned. He did not buy this for his daughter.

given by

on your neck?” Philip put Mila on

be a container with very

the object in her chubby little hands and said happily, “Dad, this is from

Aunt? Hannah Clarke?

that Hannah handed to him before he left the hospital in Uppercreek last time. The letter mentioned that

small object in front

can you show

small object from her neck and put

green bottle and looked at it carefully several times under the light. Apart from some complicated patterns on

was similar to jade but not quite like it, or perhaps something metal. After looking at it for a while, Philip still could not figure out what

revealing two dimples. She said, “Okay,

back to her room and put her to sleep. Before he left the room, Philip’s eyes fell on

exactly did Hannah mean by

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residence, a group of servants and a