Persuasion

Her nanny was by her side to comfort her while I watched the whole scene unfold right in front of me. I closed my eyes and took in a deep breath. This has turned into a bigger mess than I thought possible. Why did Adrian have to put it that way? He could have told her nicely. I didn’t know that he was so strict with his daughter like this.

“Adrian…” I whispered his name in shock.

I looked at the crying girl and realized that this all started off on the wrong foot. We shouldn’t have sprung this up on her like this and Adrian’s strictness did not help. Despite Adrian’s best intentions in wanting Millie to have a mother so that she could have a ‘normal family’, there was no guarantee that Millie wanted the same thing for herself.

“Millie, stop crying…” Adrian scolded her in a low voice.

Instinctively, I reached out a hand and grabbed Adrian’s arm as if to restrain him from causing Millie any more psychological harm and fear.