How could this happen?
Why did things turn out like this?
Nobody knew what Cedric was feeling right now.
The despair he felt now... was the same as when he thought about how Natalie would never turn around, no matter how long he waited.
Yes!
It was an even deeper despair than that.
Cedric looked at the child silently, his eyes filled with pain.
"You should leave. Miss Luna is much better as long as she doesn't see you," Lara repeated.
People were like this!
No matter who it was, one couldn't directly confront their nightmares.
It was the same for Luna.
No matter what mental preparation Cedric made before coming, when he truly faced this moment...
He... was truly hurt!
He was even confused... because he didn't know what to do with his own child.
It wasn't just confusion.
It was sheer pain.
He felt this pain vividly now.
Finally, he turned around!
At that moment, he clearly heard Lara comforting the child in her arms.
"There, there. Everything's fine now, Miss Luna."
Luna couldn't hold back her emotions and started crying. "Sob, sob...!"
When he heard the child's emotional breakdown, Cedric felt even more bitter.
He had scared the child!
He just wanted to see her. He just wanted to be by her side, hold her, and help her when needed.
But because of what happened in the past, Luna was frightened and cried when she saw him.
Was there a father in this world who failed worse than him?
Clearly, there wasn't!
Stephen was waiting for him at the end of the corridor. He was dressed in a neat suit and had obviously rushed back upon hearing of Cedric's arrival!
Seeing Cedric looking so bitter and hurt, Stephen furrows his brow.
"Is Luna still afraid of you?"
Cedric was silent.
Luna... was afraid of him!
This reminder painfully stabbed at his heart.
Once...!
Cedric probably never thought he would experience such a miserable and painful moment in his life, right?
However, this misery was actually brought by his own daughter.
"It's my own fault!"
Cedric's words were filled with an even deeper pain now.
Stephen fell silent.
His own fault?
That... was true!
But in this matter, Luna couldn't be blamed. If it weren't for that incident, Luna would have had a very positive image of a father in her heart!
"In her eyes, you're a bastard who doesn't love her mom," Stephen thought momentarily and decided to tell Cedric what he learned from Luna the other day.
Cedric already felt like his heart was being torn into two before this. When he heard Stephen's words, he felt like hands had reached his chest and squeezed his heart tightly!
It was stifling and painful!
"So, in her eyes, I'm a bastard like that."
He wasn't just a bad person, but a bastard who didn't love her mom.
However, Luna...
How could she know...?
She knew nothing.
She didn't know that her father loved her mother dearly. It was just that the Cedric of the past never learned how to love someone properly.
He never knew how to love someone well, so he lost that love and lost himself.
"Are you sure about this?" Stephen asked, changing the subject.
Cedric was silent.
Was he sure?
He had decided long ago.
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