Billionaire's Rekindling Love

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of my life to burst through those doors. I wasn't the on

ght now, I will do anything to have her in my arms once again. The huge bell ran

just as if time had slowed, I saw her, Hazel. My little girl, with her messy brown hair bounc

. I caught her easily, holding her tightly as if I

brushing her hair from her forehead, inhalin

Guess what? I made a model of the Earth and...." she continued excitedly, but I barely heard her. My mind, for a b

a child who would never know the identity of her father. A child who would be mine alone. But now, five years later, Haz

er voice pulling me into the present. "... and then we played s

gged in my chest. Her spirit, her energy, so

queezing her a little tighte

etting her down gently and holding her hand as we walked

yes wide. "Chocolate ch

ts like these that made everything feel worthwhile. I would protect her,

car and couldn't feel her around me. "Haze

olded her hands around her ches

asked, and my heart sank. For a five-year-old child, my daught

ht words, something that wouldn't hurt her

lly. "You do have a daddy, sweetie," I said, my voice a li

ng. "But all the other kids have thei

I began slowly, "sometimes families are different. Some daddies live far

, but it was clear she wasn't completely satisfied. She tilted her head,

He's someone who loves you very much, even though you've never met him. He's a part of you,

g into the backseat of the car, the co

a knot loosen in my chest. I fastened her seatbe

d falling asleep on my lap, we headed home

tio to see a huge env

il today. After a rundown of our evening activit

n the table in front of me. Hazel was asleep upstairs, her soft breath the only sound breakin

a future I could be proud of. I had earned my law degree, worked hard to establish myself as a partner in a

largest shareholder of a prestigious law firm. Zenith Law. Every lawyer worth his or her salt knows abo

ocument, trying to figure out how this happened

t a clause in the document. "You have g

to get married and it doesn't give me the ch

everything I could to get away from. The man beh

e couldn't b