I couldn’t bear it anymore and forcefully pushed him away, tearfully hugging my daughter.
“Lucas, it doesn’t matter if you don’t want to raise Emma, but she is my life!”
Throwing down these words, I carried Emma and left the family house without looking back.
Lucas stood frozen in place, feeling as if a heavy stone was pressing on his chest, extremely uncomfortable.
After returning home, I received many half–hearted explanations from him.
But no matter what, my daughter’s heart had already been broken. I didn’t even think about replying.
The next day, I went to pick up Emma from kindergarten and ran into Rachel and the principal.
“Sis, I heard that Emma likes to hurt others. The principal and I think… maybe it’s better if she transfers schools? After all, Lucas has already donated a building to the kindergarten in Lily’s name. Don’t make things difficult for the principal.”
Seeing the principal’s timid appearance, I could guess Rachel’s intentions and methods.
The tear stains at the corners of Emma’s eyes were enough to show that Lily must have bullied her too.
Worried that my daughter would be bullied again, I promptly agreed and followed them to the principal’s office to process the withdrawal.
Rachel held the signed withdrawal papers, smiling triumphantly and arrogantly:
“You’re smart. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have let you and Emma off so easily!”
I didn’t want to continue arguing with her, but when I turned around, I found that both Emma and Lily were gone.
Then, several cries for help came from the swimming pool downstairs. The two children were flailing desperately in the water, shouting for help.
Lucas, who had been chatting with the head teacher, was instantly frightened. He turned and jumped into the water without hesitation.
Although Emma was closer to him, just because Lily cried the loudest and shouted the fiercest:
“Daddy, save… save me!”
Lucas swam forward a few meters without hesitation and brought Lily out of the water.
I was scared and panicked, quickly running to the edge of the pool to rescue Emma, who had already passed out.
“Lily, daddy’s here, don’t…
Lucas instinctively turned to look back, realizing that Emma and I had already left, he suddenly fell silent.
In the hospital room.
I hugged Emma lovingly, unable to bear it any longer. I sent a message directly to Lucas:
(I will be marrying someone else soon and won’t bother you anymore, but Emma’s custody belongs to me.]
This wasn’t a negotiation, but an unshakeable notification.
Because of Rachel and Lily’s arrival, Mr. and Mrs. Chen couldn’t wait for me to leave with Emma.
Seeing that he had read the message, I directly removed the SIM card and took my daughter to meet up with Ethan.
Lucas saw the message in the chat box and found it laughable.
He was convinced that Sophia was just trying to anger him and prevent him from marrying Rachel.
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He was convinced that Sophia was just trying to anger him and prevent him from marrying Rachel.
He disdainfully closed his phone, picked up Rachel and Lily, and drove to the courthouse.
In the moving car.
Rachel intentionally complained to him:
“Lucas, isn’t it ridiculous? This morning, the Pool family came to my house to discuss marriage arrangements. I didn’t expect him to be as clingy as my sister.”
Thinking of Sophia’s message, a strong sense of panic swept over Lucas’s heart.
He suppressed his pounding heart, gripped the steering wheel tightly, and repeatedly dialed Sophia’s phone number.
But without exception, all calls went unanswered.
At this moment, the financial news on the car radio interrupted with an announcement:
“Ethan Pool, CEO of Pool Group, has reached a marriage agreement with the eldest daughter of the Brooks family, Sophia, using 30% of his company shares. Will this affect..”
Lucas’s pupils constricted sharply. He slammed on the brakes, and after a collision, the windshield shattered…
