The Billionaire's Ex-Wife Returns (Lucy and Landon) novel Chapter 45

Chapter 45: Daddy is There, right?

Lucy’s smile faltered for a brief moment. But she quickly forced it back, not wanting her daughter to notice the slight change in her expression.

"That’s a wonderful drawing, baby," she managed to say.

She took a deep breath, telling herself to calm down. Lucy focused on her daughter, whose eyes sparkled and oblivious to the truth.

"My sweetheart is such a talented artist. Maybe someday, you’ll draw something for mommy to hang on my bedroom wall."

The little girl liked her idea. "I’ll draw one tomorrow! But... mommy,"

Lucy watched as her daughter’s smile turned downward. "What’s wrong, baby?"

"Can we go to the park tomorrow?" the little girl looked at her with an expectant look.

What Lucy wouldn’t do to give whatever her daughter wanted. But Lucy had to swallow hard as she replied, "Mommy won’t be home for a bit, baby. Wait till I come back and I’ll take you to wherever you want."

"But I want you here now."

The words her daughter uttered hit her like a punch to the gut. The longing and sadness in her daughter’s voice and eyes were almost too much to bear. Lucy chewed on her lips as she resisted the idea of booking a flight now to see her daughter.

Not yet, Lucy. Get a grip! You need to finish what you started.

Hearing no reply from Lucy, her daughter’s eyes became teary. It was such a heart-wrenching scene that Lucy felt her resolve slowly crumble.

"Mommy, why did you go there?"

"I’m..." Lucy held back. She couldn’t tell her daughter the truth, that she was back to her homeland to take revenge on her father. Even if her daughter had never met Landon, she would be upset if she learned the truth.

But Lucy didn’t expect that her daughter would finish her sentence with beaming eyes.

"Are you there to look for my daddy?" the little girl suddenly said.

"What?" Lucy was stupefied by what her daughter said.

"Daddy is there, right?"

Lucy didn’t know how her daughter could be so on point; it was almost like she could see something Lucy couldn’t.

"I’m right! When can I see him? Mommy, take him with you so we can play at the park!"

The little girl squealed in glee, jumping to conclusions before Lucy could confirm anything.

She was so happy that Lucy had never seen her daughter this happy.

Lucy felt bitter and sad that her daughter would be so happy that she would meet Landon. But Lucy wasn’t ready to shatter her daughter’s hope, not yet. For now, she could play along. She was too young, only three years old, to understand why she couldn’t see her daddy, why Lucy had to keep her hidden from Landon.

As her daughter babbled on meeting her ’daddy’, Lucy found herself drifting into the thoughts of the possibility of Landon meeting her daughter—of what Landon would do if he learned he had children with her. They were already divorced, but that didn’t take away his rights to their daughter.

"Mommy, are you listening?"

Lucy blinked, refocusing on the screen, where her daughter was staring at her with a slight pout. Her small round face and features collided with Landon’s; it gave a bit of fright to Lucy.

After Lucy replied to her best friend’s message, she turned to pull the covers in her apartment, only to see that the sun was already rising. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

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