Chapter 51: Sophia is Missing
The following day, it was finally the weekend, granting the two little ones a break from their kindergarten routine. Olivia had planned to take them to the research institute for a fun outing.
As they finished preparing to leave, the doorbell interrupted their departure preparations.
Olivia thought it was Isabelle and got up to open the door.
However, upon seeing Sophia standing there, Olivia’s brow furrowed in confusion. “Sophia? What brings you here?”
Instinctively, Olivia glanced around, half-expecting Victor to be lurking nearby.
However, after scanning the surroundings, there was no one else at the door except for Sophia.
Olivia shifted her gaze back and squatted down, looking into the little girl’s eyes. “Tell me, how did you come here? Did Daddy bring you?”
Considering Victor’s behavior towards Sophia at the kindergarten the previous day, it seemed unlikely that she would seek Olivia’s company voluntarily.
Yet, at that moment, Olivia could only speculate on the possibility.
Sophia, dressed in a white dress and carrying the same small backpack from kindergarten, retrieved a notebook from her bag and began writing.
“I came by myself.” Sophia’s message read.
Olivia was astonished. “By yourself? How did you find your way here?”
Sophia wrote on the notebook again, “I came by myself, took a taxi.”
Olivia still harbored doubts, but after confirming the absence of anyone else nearby, she reluctantly accepted the truth.
Victor’s daughter had independently taken a taxi to their home early in the morning.
This situation troubled Olivia greatly.
“Well, what brings you here?” She suppressed her complex emotions and asked softly.
“I want to be friends with the two boys and play with them. Is that okay?” Sophia raised her notebook, looking at her with anticipation.
Just for that reason?
Olivia was momentarily at a loss for words.
Yesterday, their teacher did mention that this little girl was very attached to her two little ones.
However, Olivia never expected that the little girl would dare to take a taxi by herself just to come and play with them.RêAd lat𝙚St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only
And she couldn’t even speak yet.
Olivia didn’t dare to imagine what could have happened if she had encountered a bad person on the way.
“Mommy?” Sebastian and Ethan had been waiting inside for a while, curious as to why their Mommy hadn’t come in.
They came out and saw the person at the door. Their reaction was no different from Olivia’s just now. “What are you doing here?”
Sophia was about to write on her notebook but Olivia turned around to explain for her. “She wants to come and play with you.”
Upon hearing this, Sebastian looked around suspiciously, expecting to see Daddy, but there was no sign of any adults around.
“How did she come here?” Sebastian shifted his gaze back to his Mommy, seeking confirmation.
Olivia helplessly said, “She came by herself in a taxi.”
As she said those words, she herself found it hard to believe.
However, the two little ones didn’t doubt it at all.
Ethan, in particular, looked at Sophia at the door with a surprised expression. “You came by yourself? Did you run away from home again?”
If he remembered correctly, the first time they met, Sophia had run away from home by herself!
But Sophia didn’t think there was anything strange about her actions and nodded at them casually.
Witnessing her casual response, the two little ones exchanged a glance, their voices momentarily silenced.
Why did this daughter, who their father had instructed, repeatedly run away from home every few days?
And why did she keep choosing their house as her destination?
Meanwhile, in the CEO’s office at Leer’s Group…
Victor was engrossed in his work when his private phone suddenly rang. He answered the call to find the butler’s anxious voice on the other end. “Mr. Leer, Miss Sophia is missing again!”