Charming Lady Hard to Chase After Being Dumped novel Chapter 144

"..."

Hillary stared at Mia incredulously.

She even suspected whether she had misheard just now. What was that heartless little wench saying? Did she not feel even the slightest bit of reluctance to part with her?

She clenched her fists. "What did you say, Mia?"

Mia met her eyes and repeated timidly, "I'll be a good girl, Mommy. You don't have to worry about me."

"..."

Hillary felt a wave of frustration that she simply couldn't get off her chest. The look in her eyes gradually turned menacing. She wanted to lose her temper and make a scene, but when she saw the man seated on the sofa, she ultimately suppressed the urge.

As expected, those unrelated by blood would never be faithful!

She had never dared to treat her unkindly all these years —or at least, she hadn't dared to abuse her, lest Joel discovers it. All she had done was complain that Mia wasn't a boy and even so, Joel had given her a warning.

Hillary wanted to say more, but Joel looked over dispassionately and said, "Aren't you in a hurry? You can leave after you say goodbye to Mia."

"... Okay."

Hillary didn't dare to say any more. She nodded, took a deep breath, and went upstairs. After doing a simple packing of her things, she came back down and said, "I only took some of the clothes that I usually wear, Joel. I'll go home for a few days for now... I'll come back again when you aren't this mad anymore, okay?"

Joel neither agreed nor disagreed. He merely gave her a small smile.

Hillary couldn't help but become lost in his smile.

Who wouldn't fall in love with such a handsome and gentle man?

She left the house with her suitcase. After she left, Joel turned to Mia. He picked up his daughter and looked at her little oval-shaped face. Her big eyes were filled with puzzlement.

He suddenly asked, "Mia, let's not allow Mommy to come back anymore. Is that okay?"

Mia was still young, so she didn't understand any of this. Her eyes merely flickered a little when she heard what her father said.

To be honest, her mother treated her alright.

Although she had a nanny taking care of her daily needs ever since she was a baby, her mother had still taken her to school in the morning and picked her up in the evening every day. She even slept together with her.

However, she had never told anyone that she was afraid of her mother.

There was no love in her mother's eyes whenever she looked at her. The way she smiled when she looked at her seemed more like how she looked when she was inspecting the jewelry that she had bought...

Her mother often told her to make her father happy. She wanted her to be obedient and forbade her from making any noise and making trouble unreasonably. She forbade her from doing this and doing that, making the timid girl even timider than she originally was...

Later, she even occasionally complained resentfully, "It's all because you're not a boy. That's why your father doesn't want to marry me..."

After hearing too much of that, she had become a little afraid of her mother before she even realized it.

When she said that she was leaving, Mia had actually breathed a sigh of relief inwardly.

She stretched out her little arms and put them around Joel's neck. She sounded as timid as ever as she said,"... Okay."

As soon as she said that, Joel called out to the butler.

The butler immediately walked over respectfully and asked, "Is there something you need, sir?"

Joel looked up at the second floor with his upturned eyes and said, "Pack up the things in that woman's bedroom and send them to the Joneses. Do not allow her to ever enter the house again."

"Yes, sir."

At the sight of the butler going upstairs and getting people to pack up the things in the bedroom, Mia felt inexplicably relieved.

At Club Prism.

Justin was currently ordering food in the private room.

As the head of the Hunts, he actually had nutritionists especially in charge of managing his diet. Justin had always preferred mild-tasting food and didn't particularly hold any desire for good food.

He was equally strict on Pete.

However, he looked at Cherry in this instant and said, "You can order whatever you want."

Cherry pointed to the ice cream and said, "Daddy, this looks delicious, yeah!"

The weather hadn't completely become warm yet. Having ice cream during this period easily gave one the runs, so Justin was rather hesitant. However, when he made eye contact with his daughter's big innocent eyes, he nodded and said,"... Okay, we'll order it!"