Chapter 148: Ex-Husband and Biological Father Show Up Together

In the early morning, Hope woke up.

Seeing her mother's smiling face, she smiled sweetly and tenderly too, climbing up and hurling herself into Amelia Garcia's embrace.

Mother and daughter giggled foolishly together, their heads pressed close as they gazed at each other.

"Mom, I thought when I woke up, you would have disappeared again! That's always what happened before."

Straddling her mother's waist, the little girl pulled at her mother's hair, her coquettish and soft manner melting anyone's heart.

Amelia felt a wave of sourness in her heart, and gently promised with her forehead against her daughter's, "Not anymore. Daddy said that from now on, you can come over to Mommy's place often and even stay a few days—are you happy about that?"

She had expected her daughter to cheer.

But upon hearing this, the little girl suddenly turned her head away, creating some distance, frowning her pretty little face.

"What's wrong?"