Chapter 78
If Margot couldn’t attend this school, then this school had no reason to exist.)
“Principal Landers, are you certain about this decision? If my daughter leaves, I promise you, this place will be flattened within three days.”
I made sure not to say Margot’s name aloud.
Dakota burst into mocking laughter.
“What, do you work for demolition now? Think you can bulldoze the place just because you said so? Or is your husband the one driving the excavator?”
“Your bluffing is so pathetic it’s almost entertaining.”
Just then, Margot suddenly came running out of the infirmary.
Paul’s tall figure immediately caught her eye.
“Daddy!”
She ran toward him with innocent joy lighting up her little face.
But Paul recoiled like he’d been touched by fire, instinctively pushing her away.
instantly, and blood began to
Margot hit the ground hard, her forehead smashing into the edge of the flowerbed. A large bump swelled stream down her tiny face.
I rushed over and gathered her in my arms. She whimpered through the pain, yet still whispered, “Mama… does Daddy not like Margot anymore…”
Paul stood frozen, his face drained of all color.
But Dakota laughed smugly. “Serves her right! Who told her to go around calling random people Daddy?“}
I gently wiped the blood from Margot’s face, then lifted my gaze to Paul, my voice sharp and cold.
“Paul, are you even human?”
Even now, he still hadn’t realized the little girl his precious sons had bullied was his own daughter. He was still pretending not
her.
“Like mother, like daughter.”
I stared at him, stunned.
But there wasn’t a flicker of guilt in his eyes, only that same cold, hostile glare.
And then it hit me.”
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When I called him earlier, and with Harper handling everything behind the scenes, he must have assumed I wasn’t even in Jacksonville.
That explained his confidence, why he believed the woman standing before him couldn’t possibly be me.allemand
Cradling my injured daughter in my arms, I gently brushed my fingers over the swollen bump on her forehead.
Paul stood just two meters away, dressed in a crisp suit, polished and poised like a man of stature, yet his gaze was frigid, as if he were looking at a stranger.
“How can you be so heartless…”
My voice trembled. “She’s your…”
I nearly tore the mask from my face on the spot.
“What nonsense are you spouting?!“}
Paul snapped, veins bulging at his temples. “I don’t know you or your kid!“}
Dakota immediately latched onto his arm.
“That’s right! Paul only has our twin boys. Where did this worthless girl crawl out from?”
“Probably some stray mutt, calling random men Daddy.“}
My daughter trembled in my arms; she heard every word.
She might have been small, but she understood.
Just as I opened my mouth to speak, the kindergarten gates creaked open. A middle–aged man in a navy tunic strode in with measured steps.
“President Dalton?”
Paul’s expression changed instantly. He bent forward, his tone suddenly ingratiating.
“You’re here? Just passing through, perhaps on the way to discuss that project payment with me?“”
Dakota quickly straightened her posture, smoothing her hair as she bowed with a bright, flattering smile.
“Hello, President Dalton!”
But the man didn’t even glance their way.”
In full view of everyone, he walked past them without pause and stopped right in front of me.
With both hands, he respectfully handed me a document envelope.
“Chairwoman Hathaway, here is what you asked for.”
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8:46 PM
The entire kindergarten fell into stunned silence.
Paul looked like someone had struck him square in the head. He stumbled back two steps, dazed.
“President Dalton, what did you just call her?“N
His voice quivered, sweat already beading at his brow.
Dakota let out a scornful laugh, her tone filled with contempt.
“President Dalton, you must be mistaken. Someone this pathetic, how could she possibly deserve that kind of treatment?”
