Chapter 835

Jayde sighed. “When Lele asked, I almost told him. If he’d pushed—‘Why didn’t my dad want me?’—I wouldn’t know what to say.”

Bonian pulled her close. “I’m the one who should feel guilty—not you.”

Lele clung tighter to Bonian with each passing day, his innocent affection drawing them closer. But Jayde hesitated, unsure where the lines blurred—or if they even existed anymore.

Then came the call: Mrs. Leung had landed in the hospital.

“She woke me screaming,” Jayde told Jace, breathless. “She was calling for Dad.”

“Slow down,” Jace said, gently prying her hand from his arm. “You’re hurting me.”