Chapter 669

Livia:

“How is she?” Daniel asked, crouching beside me.

I smiled at the little girl in front of me, who had been building something with her

blocks for the past few hours.

Turning to Daniel, I returned his smile.

“She can speak again,” I said, watching his eyes widen.

He tried not to show too much excitement because that would be wrong.

It would make the little girl self-conscious and might even scare her.

So we were trying to let it happen naturally.

“Yeah, she woke up crying and saying she misses her family, her mommy, her

daddy, and her siblings,” I said, repeating her words.

I smiled at her as she looked down and continued building something.

“That’s great news. It seems like we’re being blessed with good news left and right,”

he commented, making me nod excitedly.

“Any news on President Sawyer?” I asked, and he nodded.

“He’s doing much better. I mean, his blood pressure is normal and everything.

Sooner or later, h’ll open his eyes and he’ll speak,” Daniel informed me.

I already knew that.

Our plan could either go very well or very badly.

Either he’d be happy that we didn’t tell his wife, his second wife, or he’d wake up furious that we did.

“Well, I’m really happy that he’s waking up. Once he’s awake, we’ll finally find out what really happened to him,” I said, smiling as I looked back at the child.

“So, kiddo, what was your mother like?” Daniel asked.

She looked up, stared at him, then lowered her gaze again.

“How did you get here? Did the winged monster bring you here?” I asked.

I watched her little fingers scrape against the wooden block. Then she looked up and nodded.

“He’s not a monster,” she finally spoke up, and her voice was so cute.

Both Daniel and I smiled at the sound of it before I cleared my throat and slid closer to her.

“Why would you say that?” I asked.

She shrugged and continued focusing on the blocks.

“When he took me away,” she began, “I was bleeding because of his claws, but he was so caring. He used to hum lullabies to me. Then I started to feel very drowsy. He carried me here.”

She paused, and I noticed her little lips curl downward.

“I miss Mommy, Bodhi, and my sister, Elara.”

As she let out soft whimpers, I immediately pulled her into a hug.

She started to cry.

“I miss my daddy too. I left my sweater in the cave because I thought Daddy would find me.”

She sniffled, and I pulled back just enough to cup her face in my hands.

“Your daddy will find you. If not, we’ll find your daddy. I promise.”

I rested my forehead against hers.

“You swear?” she asked.

gave her another reassuring smile and nod.

“I swear.”

Once our conversation ended, I decided to leave.

She had been staying here under our care for a while, but now that she was doing much better, we’d

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decided that one of us would take her home

Of course, Daniel had taken the handsome stranger.

So it was automatically decided that the child should stay with me.

I packed her bags to take her home, though I’d need to tell my mother a lie, or

maybe finally tell her the truth.

I just didn’t know how she would respond.

“Ready to go to my home?” I asked and she nodded.

“By the way, you still haven’t told me

your name. That’s not fair,” I teased

as I packed her clothes into the bags while Daniel gathered some of her toys.

The little girl smiled before answering, “I’m Gina.”

I couldn’t help smiling at her.

“Oh, Gina, that’s a pretty name,” I said, picking up my files as I prepared to take her home.

“You will love it at my place. You’ll be well taken care of there.”

I held her hand as I picked up my bag.

What I didn’t realize was that the zipper had been left open.

Some of the contents spilled onto the floor, more specifically, the files containing information about the handsome stranger and Gina herself.

The moment the papers fell out, I bent down to grab them, but Gina got there first.

It made me smile at how eager she was to help, until I noticed the way she was staring at one of the files.

“What is it?” I asked.

Even Daniel moved closer when he noticed she was holding the man’s file and staring at the photograph.

Then she looked up at me, and the words that left her mouth made my heart drop.

“You found him. You found my dad.”

“What?” I almost choked out on my words.

“He is my daddy,” she repeated, making tears burn my eyes.

That was not possible.

He cannot have a family.