We Want Mommy Not You Daddy (Cedar) novel Chapter 108

Daisy’s POV

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The presidential suite was spacious and elegantly appointed, but Aria sat on the leather sofa in complete silence, her small frame unnaturally still, lost in whatever thoughts occupied her young mind.

After losing Aria last time, I’d had to carefully manipulate the situation–convincing the child to request returning to my care and promising Ridley there would be no more mistakes. It had taken all my persuasive skills to make him agree to let me continue as Aria’s dance instructor and occasional caretaker.

I leaned against the floor–to–ceiling window, phone pressed to my ear, my one deliberately languid and seductive.

“Ridley’s still with his private physician,” I sighed into the phone. “I’ve been waiting for two hours now, and my makeup is starting to fade.”

I twirled a strand of hair around my finger as I continued: “I don’t know exactly what’s wrong with him. Probably just executive stress requiring some therapeutic intervention.”

“The Sterling family places such enormous pressure on him. He carries the entire business empire on his shoulders. His health will inevitably

suffer.”

I listened to my friend’s response before adding with calculated vulnerability: “Of course I’m getting impatient—I’ve been waiting for years! But what can I do? Ridley’s heart still belongs to Irene. She’s been dead for ten years, and he still can’t let her go…”

I let out another dramatic sigh. I’d been waiting since I was sixteen, and now I was twenty–six. Ten years of my youth, gone in a flash.

How many decades does a woman’s prime last? With thirty approaching faster than I’d like, my urgency was growing.

But I couldn’t rush this. Pushing too hard would only drive Ridley further way.

As long as I maintained my connection to Aria–my ultimate ace card–Ridley would eventually make me a Sterling.

I turned back toward the sofa, ready to engage the child in some performative affection.

The sofa was empty,

‘Aría? Where are you?‘ My voice echoed in the empty room.

I hung up immediately and began searching the office. The sprawling presential suite suddenly seemed impossibly large.

I scoured every corner–behind the desk, under the conference table, in the private bathroom–but there was no sign of her. Sweat began to form on my forehead, ruining the perfect makeup I’d spent an hour applying this morning.

If Aria had disappeared again, I couldn’t even imagine the consequences..

Aria, sweetie, this isn’t funny anymore. Come out now!” My voice became higher with anxiety.

‘Aria, if you don’t come out right now, I’m going to be very angry! You know what happens when I get angry…”

My voice carried a clear threat, but still, there was no response. No sign of the child.

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Chapter 108

Now genuinely panicking. I flung open the office door and rushed toward he adjacent rest area.

I knocked frantically before pushing the door open. “Ridley, it’s an emergency, Aria is missing–AHH!

The words died in my throat as I witnessed a truly horrifying scene.

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Ridley lay shirtless on a treatment table, his back covered with acupuncture needles. Some had drawn blood, creating a crimson pattern across his muscular back. The white sheet beneath him was soaked with blood.

“Ridley, you’re–you’re…” I couldn’t form a complete sentence, my hand covering my mouth in shock.

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