NovelEnglishThe Billionaire's Hidden Bride A Lifetof Love 716 Chapter 716 You're Bullying A Kid! At those words, Collin slowly opened his eyes and replied in a calm voice, "I didn't see Dustin again after the banquet last night." After a brief pause, he added mildly, "It's fine. I'll bring him up to speed on the meeting later." "Yes, sir," the assistant replied promptly.
Collin turned his gaze to the window, his eyes settling on a quaint coffee shop up ahead. "Stop here," he said. "I'll grab a coffee." The assistant straightened at once. "Please-letget it for you. You can rest in the car." He had already noticed that his boss looked unusually worn that morning.
With a dismissive wave, Collin stepped out. "No need. I want to stretch my legs." The driver pulled over, and the assistant quickly followed suit, trailing Collin as they made their way toward the café.
But just as they turned the corner, a small kid burst out from behind a wall-then wham-ran straight into Collin.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtWithout thinking, Collin instinctively caught the child in his arms, steadying himself with practiced ease.
But his face darkened the next second.
The child's ice cream had smashed right against his chest, smearing cold, sticky streaks across his finely tailored suit.
The assistant's heart dropped. He stepped forward sharply, voice rising with frustration. "What's wrong with you, kid?" Startled by the scolding, Zenia recoiled. She had intended to fake a few sniffles, but now her eyes brimmed with genuine tears. The grievance was all too real! "M-my ice cream!" she wailed. "You... you're bad guys! You're bullying me!" Her loud, shrill cries instantly attracted a crowd.
"What's going on here?" "Oh no, that poor little girl. She looks terrified!" "Those two guys look so respectable, but they're bullying a little girl?" 0.0% 14:46 < "All that over sice cream on his suit? How heartless." Oblivious to the murmurs, Zenia kept crying, loud and broken, repeating through sobs, "You're bullying a kid!" She was doing exactly as instructed. Before she ran into Collin, Zander had given her clear instructions-collide with the man, then cry as if her heart were breaking, and shout that she was being bullied.
They had been told that Collin had once deeply hurt Linsey, and this was their way of making him pay- publicly, From behind a nearby wall, Zander observed everything, eyes sharp with anticipation. The more people gathered, the better.
Let the world see Collin for what he was.
The assistant shifted nervously as Zenia's sobs grew louder and more tic.
He had worked alongside Collin long enough to know one thing: the man had no patience for children- especially not ones throwing public tantrums.
"Mr. Riley," he said hesitantly, "should I call someone to calm her down? Or maybe take her to the nearest precinct so her family can be contacted?"
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmCollin pulled a handkerchief from his pocket and brushed the mess from his suit, with a casual flick of the wrist. Then, his eyes landed on the girl, and he froze for a moment.
There was something unmistakable in her tear-streaked face. And then it ΟΠ struck him. This was the sgirl he had seen at the airport a few days ago-the one who looked hauntingly like Linsey. His expression shifted, darkening with a complexity that unsettled even the assistant.
So it was her. The child was likely Linsey Gorman's daughter.
He had once imagined that he would feel nothing but aversion toward this child. He had, after all, heard her call Gorman Daddy with his own ears.
But as he looked at her now-crying with raw emotion, her little fists balled at her sides-he felt a strange ache tightening in his chest. In her eyes, in her vulnerable little face, he saw Linsey-just like last night-eyes wet, voice trembling, looking at him like she was trying not to shatter. No, he wasn't surprised by the sudden softness creeping into his chest. Zenia looked too much like her.
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