Chapter 12 She Wants to Stay!
Fiorella’s voice was soft, yet it struck Jamila like a hammer.
“Me?”
Jamila stiffened. What did any of this have to do with her?
“Your mom and dad are right here. Don’t you want to say something to them?”
Fiorella tilted her head slightly, her long hair cascading over her shoulder.
“When I found out my biological parents were someone else, I was filled with curiosity. I wanted to meet them and talk to them. I thought you’d feel the same. But after all these days, you haven’t said a word… Could it be… you don’t want to go back to your real parents?”
That offhand remark hit Jamila’s sore spot right away.
She didn’t want to go back!
To Jamila, the Huerta family was her real home.
But now, with her biological parents standing right in front of her, Jamila didn’t even dare lift her head. She mumbled vaguely, trying to dodge the question.
“Aren’t we talking about you? Why drag me into this?”
“This isn’t just about me. What you want matters too. After all… Mom and Dad miss you very much.”
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Fiorella said what the couple hadn’t dared to say aloud.
How could their well–raised daughter still think of them?
They knew it clearly.
That explained why they couldn’t bring themselves to speak.
In front of this grand, luxurious mansion, what were their longing and affection even worth?
Perhaps staying silent was the best choice for both of their daughters.
When Fiorella said that, the couple was both touched and grateful.
Now that things had reached this point, Jamila could no longer play dumb. She had no choice but to lower her head and nervously twist the hem of her dress. “Actually… I do miss them… It’s just…”
“Just what?”
“It’s just… I don’t know how to say it…”
“If you don’t know what to say, why not let your actions speak? Jamila, if you just give them a hug, it’ll mean more than a thousand words.”
Fiorella spoke as if she understood her, but Jamila’s eyes nearly popped
out.
A hug?
Did they even deserve a hug from her?
Look at them! The man looked poor, without a single trace of the boldness of a businessman. Even her wrinkles read poverty. And the woman… she was old and worn. Her plain face and hunched figure
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showed no trace of feminine charm. Her entire appearance screamed pauper.
How could Jamila possibly acknowledge these people as her parents?
To do so would be to admit she was just as lowly!
But Fiorella had already guided the conversation this far. If she didn’t act now, what if her grandfather or parents noticed her hesitation?
Despite a thousand inner protests, Jamila stiffly stood up.
“Dad… Mom…”
She wanted to cut off her own tongue for saying those words to two complete strangers, but she had to keep composed and pretend to be moved.
Reluctantly, Jamila opened her arms and hugged the couple.
She only wanted to give a polite yet distant hug, but to her surprise, the couple only hugged her tighter and tighter, unwilling to let go.
Jamila panicked. Were they suddenly planning to take her away just like that?
She quickly pushed them away.
Then, realizing how rude that looked, she hurriedly added, “I’m sorry, I’m just… so confused right now…”
Jamila looked flustered and overwhelmed as if she didn’t know what to
- do.
Everyone tried to understand her feelings. After all, the couple who had raised her for more than a decade weren’t her real parents. No one
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blamed her too harshly.
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Only Jamila herself knew… that one hug had made everything clear to her that she was more than eager to stay!
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