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Life returned to how it used to be.
Early one morning, Reginald took Harriet to the military base to watch a live exercise. Harriet was deeply impressed.
By evening, as the two returned from the base, Harriet’s
emotions were still stirred. She felt that the projects Galaxy
Innovations was involved in were truly impressive-no wonder
Reginald had always been reluctant to work with private
enterprises.
With both hands on the steering wheel, Reginald had just
finished discussing guidance and positioning with Harriet when
his phone rang.
He picked up the call, and a young girl’s voice came from the
other end: “Is this Gracelyn’s father? I’m Gracelyn’s homeroom
teacher. Gracelyn accidentally bumped her eyebrow at
kindergarten and is now at Shoreworth Hospital. Do you have
time to come over?”
“Is it serious?”
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“It’s not too bad, but it would be best if a parent could come.”
“Alright, I’ll come over now.”
After hanging up, Reginald turned to Harriet and discussed with
her, “Harriet, I have something to take care of at Shoreworth
Hospital. After I finish at the hospital, I’ll take you home. Is that
alright?”
Upon hearing this, Harriet quickly said to Reginald, “Mr. Barton,
I’m fine. The hospital matters should come first.”
After Harriet agreed, Reginald drove straight to Shoreworth
Hospital.
By the time they arrived at the ward, dusk had already fallen.
Grayson had arrived before them and had already accompanied Gracelyn Barton through her suturing procedure. The little girl
was now lying asleep in her hospital bed.
She was fair and quiet, exceptionally pretty, like a porcelain doll-
except… she didn’t look like Reginald.
After carefully checking the little girl and confirming she had no other injuries-just a cut above her right eyebrow, which had
already been stitched and bandaged-Reginald went to the
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doctor’s office.
In the ward, after Reginald left, the teacher apologized to
Harriet, embarrassed: “Are you Gracelyn’s mother? I’m so sorry,
we didn’t take good care of Gracelyn and she fell during a
running activity.”
As soon as the teacher finished, Grayson, standing beside
Harriet, quickly explained, “Ms. Luo, you’ve misunderstood.
Harriet, like me, is an employee of Galaxy Innovations. She and
Gracelyn’s father are just colleagues. They just came over from
the work site.”
The young female teacher said, “Sorry, sorry, I made a mistake.”
Grayson smiled and said, “It’s alright. Gracelyn is fine now. Ms.
Luo, you can go ahead with your work.”
The teacher replied, “Okay, I’ll head back then. If Gracelyn has
any issues, you can contact me anytime.”
Grayson nodded with an “Mm,” and the young female teacher
left first.
The ward was very quiet. Although the lights were bright, the
little girl slept soundly.
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At this moment, Harriet looked up at Grayson, curiosity written all over her face, and asked in a low voice, “Grayson, isn’t Mr. Barton single? How does he suddenly have a child?”
It was rare for Harriet to be so interested in gossip. Grayson glanced at the door and whispered, “Let’s talk outside.”
Reginald has a five-year-old daughter. This isn’t a secret at Galaxy Innovations. When Gracelyn is on holiday, Reginald
brings her to the company to play and even teaches her some
professional knowledge.
At just five years old, the knowledge Gracelyn has learned already surpasses that of many middle and high school
students.
The two of them quietly closed the door and stepped into the
corridor. The hallway was very quiet, with only the occasional
nurse passing by, their footsteps echoing clearly.
Glancing back at the ward to make sure the little girl was still asleep, Grayson finally spoke to Harriet: “Grace was adopted by
Mr. Barton. Five years ago, Mr. Barton had acute
gastroenteritis. I accompanied him to the hospital for an IV, and as we were leaving, we saw a little girl abandoned at the
emergency entrance.”
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“The nurse said the child had been born not long before. The
father had never shown up, and the mother suffered from severe postpartum depression. She had twice tried to end her
life with the child but was stopped by the nurses. That time, she
left the child at the door and disappeared.”
“Mr. Barton stood there for a while. The nurse said that if the
mother came back and took the child, both mother and
daughter probably wouldn’t survive long. So Mr. Barton took the
child with him.”
“At the time, I reminded Mr. Barton that raising a child isn’t easy,
and that being single with a child would be even harder. But Mr.
Barton said he probably wouldn’t ever get married or have
children, so adopting Grace would be a kind of spiritual
comfort. I didn’t say anything more and just helped him with the
adoption paperwork.”
“Grace doesn’t know about this. She has always believed Mr.
Barton is her biological father. But this isn’t a secret at Galaxy
Innovations-everyone knows.”
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Harriet listened quietly to Grayson’s story.
At that moment, Grayson glanced at his watch and said to
Harriet, “Harriet, I have dinner plans with my girlfriend tonight. We’re talking about marriage lately. I need to go now. Could you look after Grace for a bit? Is that okay?”
Harriet replied, “Go ahead, don’t let me hold you up. I’ll take care
of Grace.”
After Harriet agreed to stay and look after Grace, Grayson left
the hospital first.
Watching Grayson’s figure disappear from view, Harriet turned
and went back into the ward.
She pulled out the chair beside the hospital bed and sat down,
resting her chin in her hand, gazing intently at the little girl in the
bed, thinking how lucky she was to have met Reginald.
She reached out to tuck the thin blanket around the little girl,
just as Reginald returned.
Seeing this, Harriet stood up and said to him, “Grayson went to
