Semua Bab When She Turns Her Back: Bab 271 - Bab 280

Christian quickly answered the call, but the background was somewhat noisy—he must have been at the hospital.Christian's voice came through the phone. "Yvonne?"Hearing her father call her, Yvonne couldn't hold back. Her eyes instantly turned red, and tears trickled down. She couldn't help sobbing, "Daddy, no one's here with me."Hearing his daughter's words, Christian's heart clenched, but he could only coax her gently. "Be good, Yvonne. I'll return once I'm done."Yvonne asked tentatively, "Can you come back by 10:00 am, Daddy?"It was only a little past 8:00 am. Christian hesitated but ultimately told her the truth. "Yvonne, I probably won't be back until tonight."Yvonne's hopes were instantly extinguished in that moment. She said helplessly, "Okay then."After hanging up the phone, Yvonne burst into loud sobs. "Emma, I want Mommy. Mommy would never leave me alone. Mommy… I want Mommy..."Yvonne cried with hiccups as Emma held her, pacing back and forth in the room. After

In the photo, the finger was stained with blood, and a deep, long gash was visible. Quentin set this story to be visible only to Talia.After posting it, he locked his phone screen and tossed it onto the passenger seat. He played some music and sang along, swaying to the beat to mask the turmoil in his heart.After waiting several minutes, his phone screen finally lit up with a notification. He practically lunged toward the passenger seat and grabbed his phone.After unlocking the screen, he saw only a spam notification. It wasn't a message from Talia. The smile on his face froze instantly, and he tossed the phone aside again.But then he wondered if Talia had commented on the story. So he grabbed his phone again to check his social media. As expected, there was a notification.Quentin immediately tapped on it, but the smile on his face froze once more. Someone had liked his other story, but it wasn't Talia. Furious, Quentin blocked that person immediately.He held his phone, ref

Hearing that Talia had agreed to let them play together, Maeve suppressed whatever dissatisfaction she felt toward Yvonne.She turned to look at Yvonne and curiously asked, "Yvonne, have you drawn your picture of autumn yet?"Maeve didn't like Yvonne at school, and because of what happened with Talia, she liked her even less. But since Yvonne was Talia's daughter, she decided to overlook those feelings.Yvonne clutched several maple leaves and looked at Maeve's easel. She frowned and asked, "Did the teacher assign homework?"Maeve frowned, too. "Didn't anyone tell you that the teacher assigned homework?"Yvonne shook her head. "I didn't know."Maeve held back her urge to lecture Yvonne and explained, "The teachers created a parent group chat. Every weekend, they post homework assignments there, and parents are supposed to tell their kids to complete them. Didn't anyone tell you?"Yvonne pressed her lips together and refused to answer. Maeve continued, "My mom told me about it.

When Talia ignored him, Quentin didn't take the initiative to speak to her either. Instead, he went over to Evan's side.After glancing at his drawing, he said with dissatisfaction, "That's not right."Evan pouted. "Then how should I draw it?"Quentin said, "Why are you drawing flowers in autumn? You should draw maple leaves or chrysanthemums."Evan said dejectedly, "But I don't know how to draw those."Hearing this, Talia quickly came over. "Evan, let me teach you."It wasn't that she wanted to get close to Quentin. She just didn't want him to hurt the child's self-esteem.The moment Talia came closer, the wind carried her fresh, clean scent. Quentin took a deep inhale, and the tips of his ears began to burn.Soon, Talia had finished drawing some chrysanthemums. When Maeve and Evan saw it, they both clapped their hands happily and praised her."Aunt Talia, you're so amazing!""Ms. Stewart, it's so beautiful! The teacher will definitely praise it too."Talia didn't actually

This time, it was Christian's turn to fall silent.Seeing that he wasn't speaking, Talia didn't want to argue with him further. She just reminded him, "You're Yvonne's father. I hope you'll pay more attention to her schoolwork."Christian raised his eyes to meet hers, a sharp edge of sarcasm in his gaze. "If you have time to spend with other people's children, why can't you spend time with your own child?"Christian's words amused Talia. Couldn't he see how differently Yvonne and Maeve treated her?Christian might not know clearly, but Talia did. She didn't care to explain and didn't want to waste time arguing with him.After a long silence, she finally said calmly, "Christian, there's no point in talking about this further. I just want to ask you, when exactly are we going to the courthouse to file the divorce so we can begin the mandatory waiting period?"Christian's tone was as calm as hers. "I've already said it. Before the divorce, we'll do it one more time."Talia couldn't