NovelsFreeChapter 866: Hadley tucked her phone away, slipped into a coat, and stepped outside.
"Hadley, over here!" Eric stood by his car door, giving her a small wave. With no other destination in mind, they found themselves at the sdessert shop as yesterday.
"What'll you have to drink?" "Lemon water." "Coming right up." Today, Hadley carried herself with a newfound calm compared to the storm of the previous day.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtEric fetched their drinks and slid hers across the table. "Here, lemon water." "Thank you." Hadley cradled the glass, sipping delicately.
Struths between them needed no grand unraveling.
For instance, the quiet ease of sitting together now-it all circled back to Joy.
"Hadley." Eric's deep gaze settled on her, his voice soft as a breeze. “I'm reaching out to specialists for Joy, searching for someone with real expertise in this field and a steady hand." With that single sentence, Hadley's eyes shimmered with unshed tears. Joy was her soft spot, her priceless gem! "Hadley!" Eric's hand instinctively found Hadley's, warm and steady. "There are cases of full recoveries from aplastic anemia—Joy can be one of them. Everything I failed to give her at the start, I'll pour into making it right now." Hadley slipped her hand free, her fine lashes quivering faintly. "I'll wait to hear from you." "Alright." Eric's expression grew shadowed as he pulled his hand back, toying with the cup in his grip, pausing before forcing the words out.
More chapters gvlnov "Hadley, could I... spend twith Joy?" What was he getting at? They both understood it wasn't a casual request.
He had already met Joy before; this was clearly about acknowledging their father-daughter relationship. Hadley's lips curved faintly, her response calm and rehearsed. "Eric, Joy and I have built our life together. It's just us in this little world-it always has been. Do you get that?" It was the answer he'd braced for.
Eric dipped his head, a sour ache settling in his chest. "I get it." He had been absent for every moment of Joy's life so far. It made sense Hadley wouldn't let him step into that role now.
"And one more thing..." Hadley took a sip of her lemon water, then continued, "Keep Joy a secret from Nyla, please." Nyla prized the Flynn lineage above all else.
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If she learned the truth, she'd surely kick up a storm, insisting Joy be folded into the Flynixfold-maybe even pressuring Eric and Hadley to reunite for the sake of the child. Hadley wanted no part of that chaos.
"Alright." Eric's brow creased slightly as he agreed, his voice low. "Don't worry. I'll handle it."
"Thanks." Hadley's lips lifted in a coin small, appreciative smile. Eric, steeped in regret, couldn't mirror her expression.
He slid a card from his pocket and set it before her.
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