Upon hearing Lachlan's words, Kiera was stunned for a moment, and her pretty face immediately turned red! This jerk actually said she lacked insight?
"Lachlan, what do you mean?" She angrily questioned.
Erik made a sound of "hmm?" but his expression changed slightly. "Mr. Willis, you said Chloe didn't cry or make a fuss? What happened?"
Lachlan nodded and put away his teasing of Kiera.
With a serious expression he said, "The child should have been scared out of her wits at the time and had little reaction to the outside world. The impact on an immature child from this level of fright can be very frightening. I deliberately teased Chloe to help her overcome her fear. Mr. Ward, please understand that in the future you need to pay attention to her emotions and provide psychological counseling on time."
Speaking, he looked at Kiera and smiled, saying, "Perhaps Miss Ward and Rowan were unconscious before, so they didn't know what that perverted old man did to Chloe. That's why they didn't realize it. But it's not their fault..."
As he finished speaking, Kiera and Rowan exchanged glances and saw the embarrassment in each other's eyes.
So, Lachlan had Chloe call him "Daddy" for this reason?
Yes!
Now that they thought about it, Chloe was indeed acting very unusually, just sitting quietly on the ground.
Throughout the journey, both of them were angry at Lachlan's actions, so they didn't consider this aspect.
But now, with Lachlan's hint, they instantly realized the key.
Kiera pursed her lips and, after Lachlan made fun of her and spoke up for her and Rowan, she became annoyed and said, "Hmph! You say everything!"
Rowan smiled remorsefully and said, "We misunderstood Mr. Willis..."
Erik looked at Lachlan, and the unfamiliarity in his eyes seemed to disappear, returning to the warmth it had before.
"Mr. Willis, you had good intentions. On behalf of Chloe's parents, I thank you."
"Oh, right, it's already noon and you haven't had lunch, right? It's getting late, so I'll have someone prepare it here. Will you stay and eat?"
Lachlan made a phone call to Nora, informed the little one, and agreed.
At this moment, Kiera, with a flushed face, walked up to Lachlan.
"Hey, thanks! I misunderstood you before."
The heiress of the Ward family expressed herself somewhat awkwardly.
Hearing this, Lachlan asked with interest, "How do you want to thank me?"
Kiera's tone faltered, and after biting her lip, she blurted out, "Well, maybe you could be my boyfriend again?"
"Pfft!"
Lachlan almost spit out a mouthful of blood upon hearing this and quickly waved his hand, "Forget it."
Did this girl think she liked pretending to have a boyfriend or something?
And she considered it a way to express gratitude?
But looking at the beautiful and stunning Kiera, Lachlan had to admit that this condition could be quite tempting for many men.
...
"Woo... woo woo..."
"Dad, you died so tragically..."
"Woo woo..."
Inside a private villa, the living room had been temporarily transformed into a shrine.
A figure was kneeling beneath the memorial tablet, continuously wailing in grief.
The black and white photo on the table showed Romeo's image.
The one grieving and crying was none other than Harlow. At this moment, her face was stained with tears, and the whole hall was filled with an atmosphere of sadness and resentment.
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