Chapter 32
It was Cathy.
Seeing Cathy, Calix’s face turned gloomy. “Why are you here?”
“I…”
“I’ll deal with it.”
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Tonight, he had no patience. Before Cathy finished speaking, Calix withdrew his hand and strode
away.
In a secluded place, I displayed my attire for the day with a sense of speechlessness.
Fredrica forced me to wear this outfit.
She said that she wanted to use this innocent image to depict the desire for protection of all the
young men present and find a man who genuinely wanted to protect me.
Of course, Lucas knew very well about his woman’s many tricks. He smiled helplessly, “Where is she
and Karina?”
“They should be coming soon.”
Just as I finished speaking, Fredrica and Karina appeared at the end of the corridor.
Seeing Lucas, Karina’s eyes lit up with surprise and joy.
“Call him Uncle Lucas,” I quickly said.
Karina eagerly stepped forward and held Lucas‘ hand, “Daddy, hello!”
I: “…”
Perhaps Lucas didn’t expect that Karina would call him daddy, so he stood still in shock.
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Currently, Fredrica was Karina’s godmother, and Lucas was her godfather.
Fredrica’s words were not wrong, and Karina also felt that it was not wrong to call him that
“Daddy, I want to play over there!” She pointed to the bright light ahead.
Lucas was also very fond of Karina, he bent down and picked her up. “Sure, let’s go over there to
play.”
I: “…”
Seeing Karina successfully led away by Fredrica and getting lost in the crowd, I felt a headache.
I intended to follow, but when I turned back, I saw Calix standing next to me.
At this moment, Calix’s face was serious and stern, his gaze piercing into my eyes, “Is this how you educate your children? Calling every man you meet ‘dad“?”
He remembered clearly that last time Karina called Thomas and referred to him as ‘dad.‘
He had no intention of following me to see how I would enjoy myself with other men.
In fact, he was just handling the wound on his hand when he unintentionally witnessed this scene.
“Your misunderstanding.” Though my tone wasn’t good, I instinctively explained, “Karina is just…”
This harsh conversation was immediately interrupted.
“You may indulge in depravity as much as you like, but do not drag the child into it.”
I suddenly woke up.
He had never trusted me, what’s the use of explaining so much?
I was really used to being a “slave” in the Quinn family.
A mocking smile appeared on my face, “Don’t you know why Karina wants to call everyone ‘dad“?”
“Because you never allowed her to call you ‘dad‘. She is just like any other child. She wants to have her own father, so she considers any man who treats her well as her father.”
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“What nonsense are you talking about? Have I ever not allowed her to call me dad!
Creating such meaningless stories, Calix even more contemptuously looked down on me.
My smile became desolate, “Have you forgotten? When Karina ran up to call you dad, what did you
say?”
Due to a blood infection after birth, Karina’s development was slower than other children. It wasn’t
until she was over two years old that she started speaking.
When she clearly called him “dad,” I knew how happy she was, so I hugged Karina and went to find
Calix.
However, Karina didn’t receive any praise or encouragement when she called him “dad.”
On the contrary.
He showed extreme hatred towards Karina and told her, “Go away!”
Perhaps this memory was too deep, and since then, Karina became fearful and never dared to call
him dad again whenever she met Calix.
Until that time when she was bullied in kindergarten and was so frightened that she called out “Dad”
to Calix.
That was all in the past, but looking back now, I still couldn’t help feeling guilty towards Karina, and
it saddened me.
After I mentioned this story, Calix vaguely remembered that there seemed to be such a broken piece.
At that time, the only thing he hated was me, and he didn’t pay attention to what Karina said.
“It’s not good for the child to call others dad, but Calix, please reconsider your thoughts. Since Karina is not allowed to call you, don’t stop her from calling others!”
Suppressing my sorrow, I spoke seriously.
Having said what I wanted to say, I didn’t want to delay for another second and chased after the
direction Fredrica had left.
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As if his heart had turned to stone.
Numb.
He couldn’t breathe.
Fredrica played with Karina under the lights for a while, then Lucas pulled him away to another area to continue the “family training.”
Ignoring the live stream footage where Fredrica always appeared with an imposing aura and exclaimed, “Buy it, follow me!” and attracted many fans to purchase products, in front of Lucas, she
looked like a well–behaved, soft kitten.
Finally, I didn’t need to participate in Fredrica’s activities anymore. I lightly shook my head and let out a sigh of relief.
I didn’t care about these business gatherings, and once the two left, I also didn’t want to stay any longer. I bent down, held Karina in my arms, and walked outside.
Karina had been happily playing with Fredrica before they arrived, but now her eyes were drooping with sleepiness. She could only take a few steps before leaning against my shoulder and falling fast asleep.
I lovingly patted my daughter’s head and quickly walked to the parking lot.
However, not far from there, I saw Calix standing on the side of the road.
Perhaps he was also about to leave.
Pretending not to notice, I turned my head in the opposite direction.
But Calix walked past, “I’ll take the two of you home.”
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