"Hailey, I…" Alieen began.
Hailey reached out and gently wiped Aileen's tears. "Aileen, from now on, I'm your sister. Welcome to our family. I'll protect you, and when you grow up and become someone amazing, you'll protect me too, right? We're a family now."
With tears streaming down her face, Aileen nodded. "Mhm!"
Declan stood outside the door, watching the scene unfold. At that moment, his eyes reddened. He hadn't expected Hailey to officially bring Aileen into the Lambert family.
Just then, two maids walked past, whispering to each other.
"That young lady is so lucky. She met Ms. Hailey and became a Lambert. This is like rewriting her fate."
"For a young girl, having a powerful family like the Lamberts behind her—what could be better?"
"We can't call her young lady anymore. From now on, she's Ms. Aileen."
After that, the maids walked away.
With tears welled up in Declan's eyes, he fixed his gaze on Hailey. She had suddenly entered his life, and he couldn't begin to fathom how much she had given him.
He pulled out his phone and dialed her number. He had so much to say—about his father, about Stella, about everything.
All the things he couldn't say before, he would tell her now, one by one.
He would bare his soul to her and lay everything out in the open. He would tell her that it was over.
From now on, he belonged to her alone.
He also needed to tell her that he loved her deeply.
As Hailey was talking to Aileen, a soft, melodic ringtone suddenly echoed through the room.
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