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Ava bade Derek goodbye, feeling really sorry for him. He looked very worried as he left, and she guessed that he was probably worried that her parents would convince her not to let him see Harper or something.

Her parents would never do that, and they had, in fact, urged her to tell Derek about the birth of his daughter after she gave birth to Harper.

They believed that every child should have both parents in their life, so long as the parents in question were good parents and anyone could see that Derek was a great father.

What they were worried about was the fact that Ava was so close and friendly with the man who shattered her heart into a million pieces years ago.

Although Ava certainly understood where they were coming from, she was also an adult who could make her decisions by herself, and she valued her friendship with Derek very much because it made co-parenting with him super smooth and easy.

"Well? Has he left?" Ava's mom asked her as soon as she got back.

"Yes, he has," Av