Chapter 13


    Angeline was confounded.


    Nevertheless, she quickly tamped down her gossip-loving urges. What was most important at that


    moment was to exin what had just happened.


    After all, Evander Golding’s daughter was not someone she could afford to cross.


    Angeline started, “Mr. Golding, I’m so sorry. What happened earlier was a misunderstanding. Your


    daughter…”


    Evander’s expression was as gloomy as a graveyard.


    It seems like I didn’t get the wrong person earlier. It’s her. The “Angel” that Floretta was talking about is


    her too?


    Previously, she stole the spotlight at the Sorelle residence’s banquet. Then, she was able to make


    Floretta ask to make Angeline the girl’s mother. It was difficult for him not to suspect that she had


    ulterior motives.


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    “Stop trying toe up with excuses. How can things be different from what we’ve seen? You’re an


    uncivilized woman. I won’t hold you ountable for the collision at the hotel, but you’ve even hit a kid


    this time and tried to run off!” Olivine pointed at Angeline before turning to the security guards behind


    Isaac Jansen. “Why are you still all standing there? Hurry up and take this woman to the police station!”


    Before Isaac could recover from the shock of learning that Evander had a daughter, he heard Olivine’s


    usation. It made him even more flustered. As he hesitated and waited for Evander to give him the


    instruction, he muttered, “I…”


    “Nonsense! Angel didn’t hit me! Even if she did, she wouldn’t have done it on purpose. Daddy, this has


    nothing to do with Angel. This is all my fault!” Floretta cried out as she tugged Evander’s pants and


    stared at Olivine fearlessly.


    Olivine never expected Floretta to speak on behalf of Angeline, and she paled. As she tried to grab


    Floretta’s hand, she said, “Floretta, you’re still young, so you still can’t differentiate a bad person from a


    good one. Let me tell you this—this woman’s an uncivilized bad person!”


    “You’re the bad person!”


    Upon hearing Olivine nder Angeline, Floretta turned furious. Like a tiny tiger, she stepped away from


    the spot behind Evander’s leg and red at Olivine. “To me, only Angel has the right to be my mommy.


    There’s no way you’re going to marry my daddy and be Mrs. Golding. No way!”


    Her words struck Olivine’s sore spot, and Olivine paled before grimacing. “You—”


    “That’s enough!” Evander yelled to stop Floretta from saying any more.


    His voice was a thunderous one, and Floretta promptly mped her mouth shut to stop talking.


    Nevertheless, she still nced at Angeline and winked at the woman.


    Words eluded Angeline at the girl’s action.


    I’ve only seen her once, but why is she so adamant about making me her mommy? It’ll be impossible


    for me to clear my name with how smart Evander is.


    “Mr. Golding, there are surveince cameras in the underground parking lot. If you don’t believe me,


    you can always ask them to show you the footage. I’ll admit that I was wrong to have bumped into your


    daughter. I don’t mind if you requestpensation or something along those lines, and I promise I’ll


    bear the full responsibility for this,” Angeline sincerely told him.


    Olivine scoffed. Right as she was about to retort Angeline again, Isaac cut in to say, “Our hotel’s


    underground parking lot has been under construction for three months straight a while before, so some


    of our surveince cameras have yet to be installed. The spot where the incident happened might be at


    a blind spot.”


    At that, Angeline fell silent.


    Evander lowered his eyes.


    If this is also part of the woman’s n, then I must have underestimated her.


    Evander then lowered his head to nce at Floretta’s still-bleeding arm before lifting her up with one


    hand. In a much softer tone, he asked, “Does it hurt?”


    Floretta froze for a second before biting her lower lip and nodding honestly.


    In the next second, Evander’s cold eyesnded on Angeline, and his tone was as cial as his


    demeanor. “Ms. Sorelle, you should know that the Golding family does not need yourpensation.


    Floretta is my precious daughter, and I’m certain a childless woman like you, Ms. Sorelle, would not


    understand the protection a father seeks to give his daughter. If anything were to happen to Floretta


    today, the Sorelle family would never be able to live in Hallsbay ever again.”


    With that said, Evander turned and left with Floretta in his arms. At the same time, he called out,


    “Ss, drive. We’re going to the hospital.”


    Olivine sneaked a nce at the frozen Angeline and sneered. After she vengefully hit Angeline’s


    shoulder with her shoulder, she left with Evander.