They hugged each other tightly until they reached home.
When Yelena saw her parents come home, she crawled up from the floor excitedly, asking Jay for a hug.
So, Jay let go of his crutch to hug Yelena, but Zoe yanked him.
Yelena then looked at them eagerly, and Jay became slightly shocked.
However, Zoe told Yelena very solemnly, "Your daddy is mine today. No one can snatch him away from me."
"Why?" When Yelena heard that, her eyes turned red.
Her aggrieved expression looked too pitiful.
"There's no reason why." Zoe sounded very firm.
"He's my daddy! You can't be too overbearing!" Yelena stated in a childishly fierce manner.
"He's my husband." Zoe refused Yelena.
"I don't want that. Daddy, you won't abandon me, will you?" Yelena looked at Jay.
It seemed that not many people could turn Yelena down, given her look.
Jay was moved, but Zoe was not fooled at all.
She pulled Jay to her room.
"Daddy!" Yelena screamed behind them.
Jay limped and walked in a slightly sorry manner.
"Mommy, you're bad!" Yelena exclaimed while crying.
But the door of the room was slammed shut.
Jay abruptly fell to the floor because his legs were unsteady, and Zoe fell too because she was pulled by Jay.
However, the difference was she fell on Jay, so she felt not a tinge of pain with him to cushion her fall.
But the man beneath her was full of guilt and anxiety. "Are you hurt?"
"No," Zoe replied. "Does it hurt?"
"No, I'm fine."
"Let me help you up." Zoe got up.
She felt that she was indeed too impulsive just now, with the reason being that Yelena was too hard to resist.
Zoe was afraid that Yelena would beat her to it if she was slightly late. She wanted nothing but to stay with Jay that day and did not want others to keep him for even a second.
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