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Chapter 736

Author: Sisi Yea
last update Last Updated: 2024-11-28 19:00:00
After that mess, Cole's wife blamed herself for everything and was drowning in guilt.

Cole could not stand to see her cry day in, day out. So, he did something big: he went to an orphanage and came back with five kids.

They were not his flesh and blood, but Cole raised them with all he had, a no-nonsense dad through and through. His wife? She poured her heart into those kids, loving them like they were her own.

Maybe it was their good hearts that did it, but somehow, they got their miracle. Thanks to the wonders of in-vitro fertilization, they got a second chance at parenthood.

That was how Yessica came into the world.

After Yessica arrived, a tiny, squishy bundle of joy, she became the center of the Foster family's universe.

Yessica was the only child born to Cole, and the baby Evangeline was carrying was the last hope for the Foster family's lineage.

Cole's world shattered when Evangeline lost the baby, and he passed away, overwhelmed by sorrow.

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