Chapter 392



Just as Mia was about to say something, Hillary’s voice rang through the phone. “Do you miss Mommy, Mia?”

Little Mia shivered a little at the sound of Hillary’s voice. Finally, she nodded and replied faintly, “Yes.”

“Did you hear that, Joel?”

Hillary struggled to convince him, “Mia wants to see me!”.

Joel let out a huge sigh.

He didn’t want Mia and Hillary to come into further contact, but if Mia wanted to see her mother, he couldn’t stop her.

Therefore, Hillary knew immediately that Joel must have given in when she heard him sigh. She asked timidly, “Can I go back to the Smiths’ tonight? I heard you just found your younger sister, so I might as well take the opportunity to pay her a visit.”

Joel had a very cold look on his face. “You’re not going back to the Smith’s. If you want to see Mia, then I’ll take her to you.”

Hillary was a little puzzled. “Okay, then.”

After hanging up, Joel drove Mia to the housing complex where Hillary lived. However, he stood at the door and refrained from entering.

After informing Hillary that he had arrived, she came out and invited Joel and Mia into the villa. She told them, “Grandma misses you, Mia. Let’s go inside.”

Mia didn’t like that grandmother of hers either.

She was always pointing at her and scolding her for being a girl, and kept saying that if she were a boy, her parents would have been married long ago.

She held onto Joel’s sleeve.

galnovels . com is your storytelling hub Joel said, “Let’s stay here.”

Seeing that he wouldn’t budge, Hillary could only sigh and say, “Okay. Mia, this is Mommy’s birthday present for you, do you like it?”

Hillary had prepared a toy car for Mia.

Mia looked at the toy car and took it.

Joel wanted to take it away, but Hillary suddenly said, “Let’s take a family picture, Joel! It’s been a long time since we were last together.”

Joel scoffed, “We’re not a family. You’re just Mia’s mom.”

Hillary bit her lip. “Okay, I won’t make things difficult for you, even if you don’t recognize me. But in the end I’m still Mia’s mother, so can I have my picture taken with her?”

Joel was about to refuse when Hillary said, “I’ve already put up with you refusing to let me see my daughter. Are you going to deny me this too? All I can do now is spend the day looking at pictures of my daughter.”

Joel remained silent, but no longer refused her request.

Hillary squatted down and hugged Mia. She picked up her phone and said, “Mia, look at the camera~.”

Then, she took a picture.

Once the picture was taken, Mia went back to Joel. Joel took his daughter and left right away.

After leaving Hillary, little Mia unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed.

The two went to a restaurant and had dinner.

Neither of them realized that Hillary had been following them since they left the housing complex. When they entered the restaurant, she finally snapped a picture.

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Tanya sat in the living room after saying goodbye to the two of them.

She felt terribly disturbed.

Mia was really adorable. She liked her a lot. Not only had she inherited her talent for dancing, but the two had hit it off from the moment they met. He had liked Mia from the bottom of his heart ever since he had met her.

Where had they gone to celebrate Mia’s birthday after she left?

He was wondering that when his phone suddenly rang, indicating that he had received a message.

It was a picture of two hands, one large and one small, clasped together.

It was of Joel.

Tanya was taken aback. After thinking for a while, she answered with a question mark: ‘?’

Next, Joel sent a text message: ‘I’m going to celebrate Mia’s birthday with her. The cake is too big for both of us, so we can’t finish it, would you like to come over for some?”.

The two of them were celebrating Mia’s birthday?

Tanya knew that Mia’s mother, Hillary, had been kicked out of the Smiths. But hadn’t they gone to Hillary even on a day like this?

For some reason, Tanya found herself actually very happy.

But right afterward, she couldn’t help but feel disgusted with herself.

What was wrong with her?

Was she really thinking about going back to him?

There was nothing between her and Joel anymore.

With that in mind, she replied, “No.”

The man then sent her an audio message, which surprised Tanya. In fact, she was very afraid to hear Joel’s voice at this point.

But when she played the message after a long hesitation, it was Mia’s voice instead. She said, “The cake is really delicious, Miss Turner. I’ll save you a piece and put it in the fridge later. Shall I bring it to the garden tomorrow so you can eat it?”.

Mia’s voice was very soft and pleasant to the ear.

Tanya couldn’t bear to say no, so she replied, “Okay.”

Even her mood couldn’t help but improve, as if her heart had been coated with honey before she ate the cake.

Then, she couldn’t help but open her Facebook account.

But when she did, she saw that Hillary had posted something.

It was a couple of pictures.

One was of her and Mia in a residential complex with a man standing behind them. Although only his pants were visible in the photo, it was obvious at a glance that it was Joel.

The other was taken in a restaurant. Joel and Mia were sitting nearby as she took a selfie.

Tanya’s heart sank sharply, and an acerbic feeling welled up inside her immediately.

She clenched her fists and let out a sudden cold laugh.

Indeed, here she was, treating Mia as if she were a child.

Here he was, treating Mia as if she were his own daughter, but in reality, she had a mother!

Besides, what exactly was Joel trying to do?

Was he sending her vague, ambiguous messages while bragging about how happy and blissful he, Hillary and Mia were as a family of three? Was there any point in doing that?

Tanya was so angry she stopped looking at him altogether and tossed the phone aside!

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The next day.

As a dance teacher, Tanya also greeted students at the entrance.

Mia and Pete got out of the car together and greeted the teachers. Joel was holding a container of food in his hand with the cake from the night before. He handed it to Tanya and said, “Miss Turner, this is from Mia.”

Tanya looked down, then said coolly and distantly, “No, thank you, Mr. Smith. I don’t like candy.”

She then led Mia and Pete straight into the garden.

Joel: “?”

Clearly things hadn’t been that awkward between them the previous evening. What was wrong with him today?

Tanya returned to the entrance after leading Mia and Pete into the classroom, intending to greet the rest of the children. However, when she reached the door, she saw that Joel was still there.

He approached with a cold stare.

Joel asked, “What’s the matter, are you in a bad mood today, is it that time of the month?”

That time of the month?

Tanya blushed with embarrassment. She immediately replied coolly, “I don’t think it’s appropriate for us to discuss such an intimate subject, Mr. Smith!”

Joel was taken aback. “Okay, I take back my words. But can you tell me why you’re upset?”.

Tanya had always been a direct person. She didn’t like to keep things to herself. So, she lifted her head and looked directly at Joel. She pulled out her phone, opened Hillary’s Facebook post and held the phone up to his face. He sneered, “Why am I upset, what exactly are you trying to do, Mr. Smith? You were clearly enjoying your precious family time last night, yet you send me such ambiguous messages while you’re having fun with your family. Can you be a little more responsible with Mia? Besides, what are you trying to do by treating me like this? Are you planning to practice polygamy? Have your cake and eat it too? Even if that’s what you want, have you asked me if I’m okay with it?”

As Tanya’s words became more and more unpleasant, Joel’s expression also became more and more horrible.

He looked at Tanya’s phone…. When he saw the pictures Hillary had posted, he was stunned.

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