Chapter 790


    La became even more upset after that.


    Elliot was not at all surprised.


    Everything would make sense if La was the one who took the box; it exined why they couldn’t


    seem to find out who stole the box because no one would suspect a four-year-old child.


    La was very dependent at the time, and who would suspect a child who couldn''t take care of


    herself?


    Apart from that, it also exined why the content inside the box was never publicized or used to


    ckmail Elliot after it was taken.


    "La, what kind of clothes did that woman wear?" Elliot sat her down on a


    chair, before wiping her tears away with tissue. When her sobbing had ceased, he continued, "was she


    a gray coat?"


    "How do you know?" La looked at him, red-eyed. "Did you get the box back?"


    Elliot remained thoughtful for a while, before he decided to tell her the truth. "No, thatdy who lied to


    you had died in a car crush. Whatever''s in the box had been taken. Don''t be sad though, what''s lost is


    lost."


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    "But my brother said that the box contains something really important..." La snuffled and lowered her


    I shouldn''t have taken your stuff."


    Elliot felt exceptionally calm as he listened to his daughter''s apology. Had it been anyone else who took


    what belonged to him, leading to such an unfortunate oue, Elliot would have made them pay;


    but because it was his daughter who did it, he did not intend on ming her even if the sky was the fall


    upon them.


    Curious to what she was thinking at the time, he asked, "why did you take the box?"


    "I hated you, so I took something of yours. I want you to get nervous when you can''t find it." La


    pouted regretfully. "If only I knew that it''s that important, I would have never taken it!"


    "Don''t cry, La. Let''s not tell your mom about this." Elliot didn''t want Avery to worry, and judging from


    how scared La appeared to be, she must have kept it from Avery.


    He had asked Avery about the box when it went missing at the beginning; Avery would have told him if


    she knew anything about this.


    La looked at him. "What about my brother?"


    "You can choose not to tell your brother if you don''t want to." Elliot looked at her gently ?d+


    "What about you?" La finally let her guard down and felt an indescribable warmth spreading from her


    chest to throughout her body.


    Her father didn''t seem too bad after all.


    "I will be spending new years in my house.” Elliot studied La''s face, which resembled Avery, and


    asked endearingly," what new year gift do you want? I will buy it for you before you leave."


    La blinked thoughtfully as she contemted it.


    There were plenty of things that she wanted, but most could be obtained from her mother, Mike or Eric.


    "I like hair clips. I already have a lot of pretty hair clips but I will still be very happy if I get new ones."


    La told him the gift that she wanted most and asked, "what new year gift do you want? I can buy you


    a gift as well. To tell you a secret, I have a lot of money!"


    "I want you to call me Dad," Elliot confessed his wish, "even for once."


    La was stunned. She had never called him ''Dad'' before and to suddenly start felt somewhat


    embarrassing. However, she had lost something that belonged to him, and not only did he not me


    her, but he also offered to buy her a new year gift. It seemed as though calling him ''Dad'' was not too


    much a thing for him to ask.


    "Dad," she looked up at Elliot''s sophisticated features and muttered shyly.