Chapter 2399


    Thomas curled his lips into a smile and swept his nce over Nellie.


    "I, too, hope to have a daughter of my own, but unfortunately, circumstances won''t allow me to, so..."


    He propped his chin up with one hand and fixed his gaze on Luna''s face.


    "I was hoping I could get to know Nellie better during our contract period, Ms.Luna.Don''t worry; as soon


    as our contract is over, I''ll get out of both you and your daughter''s lives, and I promise not to get in


    touch again in the future."


    Luna furrowed her brows upon hearing this.


    She was unfamiliar with Thomas Howard''s background, and if she had known that he wanted to work


    with her because of Nellie, she would not havee to meet him! Even though having such a famous


    celebrity be an ambassador for her products would truly be the honor of a lifetime, she would not


    use her daughter as leverage! At the thought of this, Luna let out an exhale and stood up.


    "I''m sorry, Mr.Howard, but my daughter is the apple of both me and my husband''s eye.I''m sorry to say


    that our rtionship, Mr.Howard, is only that of business in nature, and I''ll never use my daughter as a


    bargaining chip for your cooperation."


    With that, she grabbed hold of Nellie’s hand and turned to leave.


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    However, they had just taken two steps when all of a sudden, Nellie drew her hand out of Luna''s grasp


    and turned to stare at Thomas with wide, innocent eyes.


    "Sir, you said you liked me, but can you tell me what it is that you like about me? Is there anything


    particr that makes you want to get to know me better?"


    Thomas'' expression darkened at the sound of Nellie''s sugary sweet voice.He looked back at her


    through narrowed eyes but did not reply.


    Luna was startled by Nellie''s impulsive behavior.She quickly stormed forward to pull the little girl back


    into her arms.


    "Nellie!"


    Nellie had already promised her beforeing here that she would listen to her everymand, so


    why did she suddenly break free and say such things to Thomas Howard?


    "Why can''t you answer me, Mr.Howard?"


    Nellie cocked her head innocently, blinking.


    "The truth is, I wasn''t the reason you wanted to work with my Mommy, am I right?


    "That was just an excuse you came up with on the spot."


    Even though her voice was soft  childlike, the words that came out of her mouth were oddly sharp.


    "When I entered the door just now, you had just nced at me without even a hint of adoration in your


    eyes.You imed that you liked me and wished I could be your daughter, but when you were talking to


    Mommy, you kept staring at her and didn''t even nce at me.


    "If you truly liked me and wanted to get to know me better, you would''ve been staring at me all this


    while."


    Finally, Nellie let out a sigh and added, "Therefore, you probably have other reasons for wanting to


    work with my Mommy, but you didn''t want toe clean with us, so you decided to use me as an


    excuse!"


    The entire room fell silent.


    After a long time, the sound of pping echoed through the air.


    As he raised his slender, bony hands in apuse, Thomas nced impassively at Luna and said with a


    sneer, "I never thought a seven-year-old would be more observant than you, Ms.Luna."