At that moment, Elliot opened the door and heard Leah's words. The man's eyes darkened, his eyebrows furrowed, and a low voice came from his lips. "What did you say?"
Leah was startled by her father's voice and immediately realized she had slipped up. She tightly covered her mouth with her small hand.
Shawn frowned even more tightly and asked in a deep voice, "What did you just say?"
"I didn't say anything."
Leah shook her head and turned around to quickly run back to her room. She felt her heart beating fast. She almost let it slip that she had brothers to their terrible father.
Thankfully, she left in time.
Shawn stood still watching the little sister run away with confusion in his eyes. Why did she suddenly run away? Was she afraid of their father?
Just as he was puzzled, Elliot standing at the study door narrowed his eyes suspiciously towards the direction Leah ran off to.
Did that little girl just mention having brothers?
The man pursed his lips into a line as the temperature around him dropped several degrees...
The next day in the garden...
Leah held onto her hair clip with a smile on her face as she said, "Sean, do you know who replaced Khalil to talk about cooperation with that jerk?"
"Who?" Sean already knew it was Daddy Ingram who replaced Khalil but still asked for confirmation.
Sure enough, when Leah heard Sean's question over the phone line, there was an uncontrollable increase of joy on her smiling face. "Daddy Ingram is here! I haven't seen him for so long but finally got to see him."
Sean exclaimed upon hearing this news, "Daddy Ingram actually came over?"
In fact, Khalil had told him earlier that Daddy Ingram would come over later to talk about cooperation with Shawn..
At that time he fully supported Khalil's decision because he liked Daddy Ingram not only because he took care of them so tenderly all these years but also because Daddy Ingram understood Mommy too!
Daddy Ingram wouldn't hurt Mommy like that jerk!
Sean thought to himself and continued speaking, "It's good that Daddy Ingram is coming over. That way Mommy won't change her mind or make up with the scumbag."
"Leah, Daddy Ingram is handsome, rich, and he likes Mommy. He's good to us and Mommy. I support Mommy being with Daddy Ingram," Sean said.
On the other end of the phone, Leah tightened her grip on a hair clip as she furrowed her brows slightly.
Although Daddy Ingram was great like Sean said...
She still hoped that Daddy would be with Mommy because she felt like Mommy only saw Daddy Ingram as a friend.
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