"Auntie, please put me down first," Dany stated.
Ashley looked at the little girl who didn't look back at her.
"What's wrong?" Ashley was a little confused. As far as she could remember, Dany liked being hugged before.
Was it because Cayn had said something in front of Dany?
Without any other choice, Ashley just put her down.
Meanwhile, Dany turned to look at the bodyguards behind her.
Then, Ashley watched as Dany approached the bodyguards. She didn't know what the little girl told them but they seemed a bit hesitant.
Soon enough, two of the bodyguards started walking away, leaving two of their comrades.
It turned out that Dany did like being hugged. She just asked to be put down because the bodyguards were present.
So she asked them to leave but the other two bodyguards wouldn't do so no matter what, because Cayn had ordered them to stay there.
If anything happened, they needed to report everything to Cayn.
It was very likely that Cayn had already anticipated what would happen that day.
At last, Dany looked at Ashley and said, "Auntie, you can go to work now. I'm perfectly fine here."
She then gave Ashley a wide grin.
For some reason, Ashley thought that Dany's smile looked somewhat familiar.
At that time, Andrew was looking at Dany with so much affection in his eyes.
Perhaps, Ashley was so fond of Dany because she was a girl, or maybe it was because she had been missing for so long.
Ashley wanted to say something more, but Andrew who was beside her embraced Ashley and said, "Let's go."
Andrew then looked at Dany and his eyes met hers.
Both of them were stunned.
However, Dany instantly felt some mixed feelings inside her little heart.
What she did not know was Andrew was feeling the same thing.
'He... Is he really my father?' she quietly pondered to herself.
Dany blinked her eyes a few times before staring at Andrew's back.
She was a little confused, trying to sort her feelings out. But it was clear that what she was feeling right then was completely different when she was with Cayn.
In the middle of it all, Ashley was still feeling disappointed with Andrew.
Since she couldn't control herself anymore, Ashley asked, "What are you doing? I haven't had a good talk with Dany yet. Besides, I don't know what's going on, but I feel like our baby has been brainwashed against us.
By the way, Andy, do you think that Cayn did this? Did he tell Dany to behave like this? No way, right? That would be too much!"
The more that Ashley spoke, the more they could hear the hint of sadness and grief in her voice. She was even more upset that her baby didn't like being with her right then.
"How unbelievable! That baby is our own daughter. He's a kidnapper! He stole my daughter, and now he refuses to give her back to me!"
Ashley complained, suddenly throwing herself into Andrew's arms.
Andrew patiently patted Ashley's shoulder to comfort her. He didn't say anything, he just quietly tried to make her feel better.
The passers-by in the street looked at them with so much confusion. It might be because Andrew was too handsome.
But neither of them seemed to mind anyone around them. It was like they were the only people who existed.
By the time Ashley finally lifted her head from Andrew's arms, a long time had already passed. She didn't even know how long he was comforting her.
Ashley became a little embarrassed. Was she too emotional just now?
His suit was a mess. It was too wrinkled and it was easy to see a lot of tears on it.
If it was the old Andrew, he would have never expected that such a thing could happen.
Considering that he was a neat freak, it was surprising that he let Ashley fall into his arms to cry and ruin his clothes.
"Are you still upset?"
Andrew asked while staring at Ashley's face. He was trying to see if she was still crying.
"I'm very sad!" Ashley exclaimed. How could she not be distressed?
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