Half an hour later, Aiden Grant went alone to meet Tiana Linden.
At this moment, Tiana was meeting a lawyer in a café.
Coincidentally, this lawyer turned out to be her high school classmate, Leo Sutton.
At that time, Leo had a crush on Tiana.
Tiana and Aiden were childhood friends, their eyes conveying mutual affection.
Leo didn’t even have a chance to confess.
Reuniting, Tiana was out of prison, suffering from a serious illness, in dire straits, entrusting her child’s future to someone else.
And Leo had long settled down, with a somewhat unenthusiastic but harmonious marriage.
Seeing Tiana’s letter entrusting their firm with her child due to her severe illness, Leo was deeply saddened.
So, Leo personally came to meet Tiana.
Knowing that Tiana loved purple lisianthus the most.
When he arrived, Leo bought a bunch and handed it to her, "Tiana, I hope you get better."
"You must have read my file, I won’t get better..."
Tiana concealed her sadness with a forced smile.
"Lawyer Sutton, let’s just talk business. If Mr. and Mrs. Chaucer are ultimately willing to adopt Daisy, what procedures would be needed?"
"You’re the same as before, just call me Leo."
"...Alright!" Reuniting with an old friend, Tiana felt even more the unpredictable nature of life.
"Tiana, this adoption procedure won’t be easy. As Daisy’s guardian, you don’t have the right to abandon her. You can only wait until you..."
"Death" — Leo didn’t want to say those words.
How could someone as young as Tiana be facing death?
Even with her delicate makeup today, Leo could still see the sorrow of death in her eyes.
"You can make a will, and after the day truly comes... we can help your daughter with the adoption process. Tiana, I’ll definitely help with this."
"Leo, thank you."
In the distance.
Aiden stood at the entrance of the café.
He didn’t hear what Tiana and Leo were discussing.
He saw them talking happily.
He saw Tiana smiling several times.
He also saw Leo giving Tiana the purple lisianthus she loved the most.
Leo wanted to help Tiana, but in the face of life and death, he was powerless.
When they parted, Leo gave Tiana a gentleman’s hug as a sign of comfort, "Tiana, contact me anytime you need."
Tiana: "Thank you, Leo."
After Leo left, Aiden walked up in big strides.
The pressure around him was extremely low.
The gaze he fixed on Tiana was as if it would devour her.
Tiana held the purple lisianthus, lost in thought: If she truly had to wait until after her death and make a will to proceed with the adoption, would Mr. and Mrs. Chaucer be willing?
"Is Daisy a burden to you?"
Hearing the voice, Tiana looked up and met Aiden’s gaze filled with utter disappointment.
She didn’t want to answer.
She didn’t even want to see Aiden again.
Hugging the bouquet of purple lisianthus, she stood up to leave.
Aiden grabbed her slender arm tightly.
"Tiana, are you so eager to leave Daisy just to find a new love and start a new life?"
Tiana shook Aiden off.
Hatred seeped from every cell in her body.
She bit her lip, holding back her tears, "I said I’m dying, I’ve found an adoptive family for Daisy, Leo is helping me with the adoption process, and you wouldn’t believe it, right?"
Aiden: "Leo has thousands of lawyers under him; would such a small case require him to personally handle it? Tiana, weren’t you just on a date?"
In his elegant manner, Aiden looked icy cold.
Even he didn’t realize the jealousy hidden in his cold tone.
Aiden remembered the man named Leo who had a crush on Tiana a long time ago.
Later he became famous in the legal field.
But he already has a wife and daughter.
"What, would you abandon such an adorable daughter just to be his mistress?"
"Since you don’t want her, why did you have her in the first place?"
Slap!
Tiana slapped Aiden across the face.
"Aiden... you’re a bastard!"
It was he who ignored her pleas, insisting on believing those paternity test reports and refusing to acknowledge Daisy.
She was forced to the brink and had no choice but to find an adoptive family for Daisy.
He actually dared to slander her like this.
That slap took all the strength Tiana had left.
Her energy drained, she trembled all over.
She steadied herself with the nearby coffee table, just barely managing not to fall, "Aiden, I will never forgive you in this lifetime."
Her powerless voice seemed to shred the air.
It also tore at Aiden’s heart.
The slender, fragile body eventually summoned enough spirit to leave that place, getting farther and farther away.
Standing in place, Aiden touched his left cheek where he’d been slapped.
Just now, that line should have been said by him to Tiana.
He watched her departing figure, with a gaze filled with entangled love and hate, unable to calm down for a long time.
Tuesday morning.
Tiana went to the gallery.
The gallery manager saw several paintings by Daisy and wanted to sign a commission agreement with Tiana.
Tiana said, "Miss Carter, I can represent Daisy to commission those abstract paintings to your gallery, but not this portrait painting."
That was painted by Daisy of her at twenty-nine, as a birthday gift.
She took the portrait back and signed the remaining agreements.
At this moment, Tiana received a phone call.
It was from Mr. and Mrs. Chaucer.
Mrs. Chaucer was very apologetic on the phone, "Daisy’s Mom, we can no longer adopt Daisy."
Tiana’s mind went into a frenzy, "Mrs. Chaucer, why, didn’t you say you really liked Daisy?"
"Daisy’s ear..."
"Mrs. Chaucer, you knew about Daisy’s ear problem before, you accepted it, so why suddenly..."
"It’s my mother-in-law; she threatened to jump because of this, really sorry."
When the call was disconnected, Tiana didn’t know.
In Tiana’s mind echoed one sentence, Daisy’s ears had problems.
Because of this, many potential families were unwilling to adopt her.
Her Daisy, was so well-behaved and adorable.
She held the portrait Daisy painted of her, dazed as she walked out of the gallery.
A tall and strong figure came into view.
The man in the suit and tie was Aiden.
Aiden brushed past her.
The two seemed to be strangers.
Tiana didn’t look back.
Today, Aiden came to the gallery to pick up a painting.
The slender, frail figure behind him almost made him turn around several times, but each time it was the surging hate that turned him as cold as frost.
He looked at her as if she were a stranger.
"Aiden, I want to discuss a condition with you." Tiana seemed to have made some kind of decision, this time calling him by name instead of Mr. Grant!
Today she was not here to beg him, she was here to "discuss terms"!
Suddenly, Tiana stopped, turned around, and looked at Aiden. Aiden’s cold silhouette also slowly came to a halt.