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Amber's face was drenched with tears. Her countenance turned pale, and the words did not want to leave his mouth.

"You?" How? Why didn't you tell me? Amber's voice cracked.

"I'm so sorry Amber, I... I couldn't do it." Amber frowned.

Aidan felt a weight come off his shoulders. He had been watching Amber from afar for years, longing for the exact moment to approach her.

"There's no excuse for a father not to be close to his daughter, I lived my life longing for a father," his voice cracked. Because mine was absent, do you know why? Because I wasn't his daughter, and you, who claim to be my father...

"Amber, my father was a bad person. He forced me to marry Sommer's mother, even though I was in love with your mother. I always hid from him that we had a daughter, because he was capable of murdering you." Aida's voice cracked. He did it in the past, he sent to hurt your mother when she was pregnant with you. But we made her believe that she had had an abortion. Then, when he found out, the