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Diana thought she had mistaken it.
She rubbed her eyes, and looked harder. This time, she was sure that the man downstairs was without a doubt
James Winnington!
His smoking pose was exactly the same!
When Diana first arrived at the Winningtons’ residence, James had looked just like that, with his brows furrowed.
Every other smoker held his cigarette between the index and third finger, while he held his between his ring and
little finger. It made for an exceptionally silly sight.
But his solemn face and proper dressing made one neglect that strange feature, although his posture remained
etched in people’s minds.
It was precisely that posture that allowed Diana to recognize him at that moment, despite being so many levels
above him.
Feeling troubled, she put aside the binoculars that the hotel prepared for her and opened the door, with the
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtintention of heading downstairs.
That dazed look in her eyes frightened Betty somewhat.
Her hair was still damp and the wet ends of her hair hung over her shoulders, making her shirt wet. In the past,
Diana would have urged her to get changed into a new shirt, so she wouldn’t feel uncomfortable in wet clothes.
But this time, Diana kept looking out the window. Her legs instinctively moved toward the door. She didn’t even say
anything about where Betty should go.
“Mommy…” Betty called in a small voice, “where are you going?”
They had just come back, and Betty felt rather tired. She didn’t want to head out again. But if Diana wanted to go
out, she couldn’t possibly stay in the hotel by herself.
Betty was scared to be all alone in this huge hotel room.
Diana snapped back to reality upon hearing her daughter’s cautious yet vulnerable voice. Although finding her
biological father was important, she couldn’t prioritize that over her own daughter.
James Winnington might be a very important clue, but she couldn’t neglect her daughter’s needs.
Diana immediately stopped dead in her tracks, and caressed Betty’s forehead. “I’m not going anywhere. I just
wanted to head downstairs, but I’m not going anymore.”
Betty didn’t have a good impression of the Winnington family. Diana didn’t intend to take Betty downstairs with her.
She might not have thought that way in the past, but now that she saw James, Diana immediately thought of how
much hurt Zachary caused Betty.
In fact, the three of them were still carrying the Winnington name.
It was truly a surname that disgusted her to no end.
Diana decided that if she really managed to find her biological father, the first thing she would do was to change
her surname.
After she settled Betty down and put her to sleep, she looked downstairs again and saw no one there.
She didn’t know where James had gone.
Only the Hughes’s car used to drive her and Betty to their hotel remained, unmoved.
Diana wondered if she would see James again in the next few days.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmWell, it was fine if she didn’t. She now knew that he was in Jacroaof. That made it easier for her to find him.
Diana lay in bed, rubbing her belly. She pondered over what she would say when she met James, and make him spit
out the truth.
She grabbed her phone, about to switch it on when she heard something ringing. It was the hotel phone.
Diana thought the front desk had something to tell her, and quickly put her phone down. She rummaged for the
handset, and answered the call.
“Hello.”
“Hello.” The greeting was followed by a chuckle. It was Jim.
Diana could make out his voice in an instant. His voice was exceptionally crisp and clear, like pearls falling on glass.
“Mr. Hughes.”
Diana was about to go on, when she heard Jim ask, “Do you like my present to you?”
His present to her? Diana glanced at the many things that the maids had brought to her room. “You’ve already
given me many things, including the air ticket. You really shouldn’t have.”
“Not that,” Jim mumbled. “Seems like it’s not there yet.”
What wasn’t there yet?
Diana was about to ask further, when she heard her doorbell ring.
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