Semua Bab Reclaiming His Runaway Baby Mama: Bab 401 - Bab 410

He held her for a few more minutes before throwing on his jacket and heading to the kitchen to make breakfast.Adela waited until he was gone, then slowly kicked off the covers and dragged herself to the bathroom. She squeezed out toothpaste and brushed carefully. Looking at herself in the mirror, she noticed the pink flush on her cheeks and the shy, soft look in her eyes—it was like there was a whole lake of emotions there. She paused, then forced herself to act calm and ignore the... heated memories playing in her mind.She looked down, not daring to face her reflection again.After rinsing, she grabbed a towel and dabbed her face, remembering that usually it was always Layson taking the lead. This time, though, she’d taken initiative—and yeah, it definitely felt different.At first, he didn’t even want to go along with it. He just held her, whispered softly that he didn’t want to push her. But she’d gotten him so worked up... and for the first time ever, she found herself wondering

“Adela, if you’re not willing to apologize today, I’m just an elder, I can’t force you. But after what happened, it’s hard for me to believe you truly love Layson. Is your pride more important than the love he’s given you?”Richard’s words were a dagger to her chest.Adela felt like she couldn’t breathe—like her heart was being ripped open. Her nails dug hard into her palms as she looked at him coldly.“Richard,” she said through gritted teeth, “I call you ‘Mr. Norman’ out of respect. But using whether or not I apologize to Marah as some test of how much I love Layson—that’s insulting. You want to know how much I care about him? Look no further than the fact that I’m even living in this house. If it weren’t for Layson, I wouldn’t be here. I have my own place—quiet, private, and peaceful. Why would I put myself through this? Did I beg you to let me stay here?”Her voice trembled with rage, her eyes burning. She turned and saw Layson standing there. The sound of his phone dialing echoed

Layson started reading—in French.Ralph blinked, then tried his best to repeat the line, stumbling a little. Layson gave him a brief look, then kept reading.Ralph’s little cheeks turned bright red, but he managed to finish the next sentence too, slowly but surely.Adela shot Layson a look, then turned to Ralph and praised him softly, “Baby, you did amazing! You could follow along so well.”That lit Ralph right up. He puffed up his tiny chest proudly and explained in his soft little voice, “I’ve been taking lessons! And Grandma plays cartoons for me every day!”Adela’s eyes grew warm and slightly misty. No matter what, the Norman family was raising Ralph well.Soon, Ralph fell asleep.Adela gave Layson an exasperated glance as he picked Ralph up and carried him out of the master bedroom.She slipped on her slippers and followed, cradling Ralph’s little pillow in her arms.“He said he’s never gotten to sleep with his mom before,” she whispered. “Let him stay with us just for tonight, o

The message was from Kate, one of the models.“Heard Susan jumped! Late last night—from the sixth floor!! ”Adela blinked, stunned. She tapped open the reply bar: “She jumped?”Kate’s reply came instantly—clearly glued to her phone.“Yeah! That’s the initial report. It’s all over our model group chat. Some people even have photos, but I didn’t send them—I was afraid it’d freak you out.”Adela didn’t want to see the photos anyway. Her mind kept circling those two words: she jumped.For all the times she’d met Susan, she’d never once gotten the sense the woman was emotionally fragile—let alone suicidal.She glanced up at Flora. “Are you in any of those private model group chats? People are saying a lot right now.”Flora hesitated, a little surprised. She must’ve noticed Adela looking down at her phone.She shook her head. “Just the official company chat, and they muted it this morning.”That made sense. With such a huge incident, the agency would definitely want to control the narrative

Adela instinctively glanced at Assistant Liu standing nearby.He thought she was silently asking who was inside and politely answered,“Someone from the Norman family sent lunch to the CEO.”Adela was confused. Did Diana arrange for someone to deliver food?That thought eased her a little. It was still awkward, but not overly strange. She nodded and thanked Liu politely, then pushed open the office door.She figured if there was extra food, maybe she could sneak in for a bite too.But the moment she stepped in—Adela nearly swore out loud."What do you mean, someone from the Norman family?" Standing right there in front of her was none other than Marah—that backstabbing snake!Just thinking of the setup from last night had Adela’s temper flaring again.Before she could say anything, Marah’s voice rang through the office like nails on a chalkboard.“What are you doing in Layson’s office?”Funny enough, her screech grounded Adela instead of riling her up. She calmly looked around—Layson