Married to My Billionaire Baby Daddy

he large windows, casting a soft golden glow over

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h, a bittersweet ache

ls and video chats from overseas. Now, she sat across from him, a little older,

order, the conversation d

r voice laced with determination. "She was being bullied

his hands, the words

continued, eyes distant. "It broke something in me. All I want is

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Grace'

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said, keeping he

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litely looked away, feigning interest in

g okay?" she

s pride. "Yeah... I just... Tomorrow's Friday, and I was wond

dressed up as a casual offer. He wouldn't directly sa

ied gently. "You must be busy with wor

quiet fo

Since her stepmother and uncles threw her out with nothing but a growing bell

ool and also raising her daughter. She built her business fr

because she didn't need it, but bec

come on Saturday morning, then. J

when a voice in the bac

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on so the waiter could drop the tray. The t

the phone tightened. A

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would be damned if another man tried to slip i

," Derek asked softly, his voice

ation. Instead, she turned back to the table and began cutting Michaela's food i

ence. When they stepped outside, the sun was already beginning to dip b

them off at

," he said as Michaela

tired smile as she helped her da

che settling in his chest. She was slipping fur

losed behind them, Derek

past closing time. A few customers came fo

siness, and eve

shutters came down, she pulled out

n tomorrow. I have somet