Ethan kindly set the table for Anna and ladled her a bowl of soup.
"You've been weak lately. Have some soup."
As Gemma devoured the chicken wing, she said vaguely.
"It doesn't matter what we eat as long as we can be full and happy. Am I right, Mommy?"
"Yes, you're right!"
"You're right about everything, my sweetie."
Anna and Ethan couldn't help laughing.
Ethan's eyes glittered with amusement, "Anna, you can only eat one chicken wing. The rest of them are all for Gemma."
"I'd be happy with just one." Anna couldn't wait to eat.
Gemma held the plate happily, "Wow! I'm so happy they are all mine!"
Anna and Ethan laughed again.
Anna took a bite of the wing, the delicious gravy running down her tongue and giving her an appetite.
Those two days of bland hospital food were more than she could bear.
Ethan gave Anna a piece of tissue and said gently.
"Slow down there. No one robbed you of it. I also made you cream mushroom soup, bolognese spaghetti, and salami pizza."
"Oh, so terribly kind of you! You're a great cook. It's delicious!" Anna happily champed it.
Seeing Anna and Ethan smile happily, Liam, who was standing outside the door, was very unhappy.
'It turned out that she would laugh so happily only when she was with Ethan.'
Gemma and Ethan were really close. When Gemma was full, she put down her fork and fell into Ethan's arms, rubbing her head against him.
And she said sweetly, "You're so kind, Daddy. You're the best dad in the world!"
"My daddy's the best and the most handsome. Right, Mommy?"
Anna nodded quickly, "Exactly. Gemma is right about everything."
Anna and Ethan penetrated what Gemma was thinking. She wanted the last piece of pizza.
"You are the most beautiful and lovely princess in the world, my little princess."
"Daddy..." Gemma stared at the pizza with greedy eyes.
Ethan and Anna couldn't bear to keep Gemma in suspense, so they gratified her.
Gemma smiled radiantly and tucked into pizza.
Anna shook her head, smiling, "This little foodie."
Ethan fondled Gemma's head, "You really like my cooking?"
Gemma nodded violently.
"Yes. I like your cooking very much, Daddy.
Everything is so tasty!"
Ethan smiled, "Well, as long as I have time later, I will cook for our little princess."
Gemma danced out of joy.
"Wow, that's great! I love you, Daddy!"
Ethan laughed, took Gemma in his arms, and kissed her little face hard.
Gemma began to giggle.
Anna looked at them with a happy smile on her face.
But there was a trace of sadness behind this smile.
Gemma didn't know that her biological father was Liam and that Ethan, whom she had always thought o f as her daddy, was not her biological father.
If Gemma knew the truth, she would be sad.
It tore Liam to see Gemma and Ethan so intimate.
Liam couldn't look at it anymore. He opened the door and went in.
Anna and Ethan were surprised.
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