Chapter 5 - The Final Rejection
Daniel whipped his head around, his eyes flashing with sudden, explosive rage as he glared at Sophia.
"Don't you ever speak about my daughter like that," Daniel growled, his voice vibrating with lethal intensity.
He turned back to Elena, tears spilling over his cheeks as the weight of his colossal mistake crushed his soul.
"I threw away seven years of my daughter's life..." Daniel whispered in sheer agony, his hands trembling as he fell to his knees on the white marble floor, bringing himself to eye level with little Lily.
"Elena, please," Daniel begged, his voice cracking with pathetic desperation. "Let me make this right. I'll call off the wedding. I'll give you whatever you want. Just let me be her father."
Elena looked down at the billionaire kneeling at her feet. She felt no satisfaction, no joy—only a profound sense of closure.
"You don't get to buy your way back into a family you threw away, Daniel," Elena said softly, her quiet, decisive whisper carrying unshakeable authority. "Lily already has a father."
Daniel froze, the blood draining completely from his face. "What... what do you mean?"
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Elena looked down the long hallway, where a tall, distinguished man in a sharp grey suit was walking toward them, holding two cups of hot chocolate with a warm, genuine smile.
👉 Read Part 6 to see the man who raised Daniel's daughter.
