No More Waiting, She Chooses Love novel Chapter 479

A man approached me, tipping his hat politely, "Sorry, my little one's been a bother."

"Ha, no bother at all. I'm adorable," the girl immediately corrected her dad, her smile infectious.

I couldn't help but smile back, "Hannah's a delight. I'm quite fond of her."

"Ha, like you too," she said, her words a bit muddled.

I patted her head and turned to her dad, "For a moment, I thought both her parents were from overseas."

The man's expression darkened for a split second. Though it was fleeting, I caught it.

Realizing my blunder, I quickly added, "Sorry..."

He just nodded slightly and reached out his hand to Hannah, "Come on, sweetheart, time to board our flight."

"Can't you come with us?" Hannah clung to me, unwilling to let go.

I was about to tell her we weren't on the same flight when Dustin came over, brandishing our boarding passes.

He extended a hand to Hannah's dad, "Nice to meet you."

"Let's go," Hannah said to me, uninterested in the adults' exchange.

"Hannah, she's not flying with us," her dad said after shaking Dustin's hand, sparing me from having to disappoint the girl.

"But she could change flights," Hannah protested, clearly no stranger to the ways of air travel.

She looked like a little European princess but with deep, dark eyes. Clearly, she was a beautiful mix of cultures.

"Hannah, don't make a fuss," her dad gently chided, but she wasn't deterred, gazing at me with longing.

"I really wanna fly with you," she said, her eyes brimming with hope, rendering me speechless.

I looked to her dad, who apologized, "Sorry, she's quite stubborn."