Chapter 44

Her kid always needed permission to visit the Hayes family, yet Emilia’s child was easily welcomed by those two elders. Was Lucas not a kid too? Unable to sleep, Isabella wondered if Dominic still had feelings for Emilia. Back then, she’d found out the visitors were brought by Ethan, so she had sent Liam and the others away to give him the chance to secretly help Emilia and the kid leave. Somehow, she’d felt like she’d done the right thing. But what she didn’t expect was Dominic flipping out after, going around searching like crazy and spouting stuff about doing it all for the child. Isabella knew better—he’d fallen for Emilia, and never planned to marry her anyway. A few days later, Isabella couldn’t hold back and brought Lucas to visit the Hayes family. "Grandpa, you got that piece wrong—put it here instead." In the living room, Mr. and Mrs. Hayes were playing puzzles with Sebastian. The little guy giggled at Mr. Hayes’ mistake, which made the old man chuckle too. Watching that happy