Chapter 617

Eugene breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that the child was just too agitated, not terrified. Plus, it seemed like she was not planning on rejecting him.

He nodded and said, “Yes.”

“Then… can I call you ‘Dad’ now?” She had always wanted a dad.

Dad? Well, it sounded much better than ‘Godfather’ anyway, so he immediately agreed. “Sure. Then you can call me ‘Dad’ from now on.”

Rue was delighted that she immediately called out to him.

“Dad!”

When Eugene heard the little doll-like girl calling him ‘Dad’, his heart melted into a pool of confused emotions. It turned out having a daughter was such a peculiar and wonderful feeling.

When Fern found them, she happened to hear her daughter calling Eugene her dad. There was trepidation in her heart, and she was petrified.

“Rue? Wha-What did you just call him?” She could not hide the panic and shock in her eyes. She was pointing at Eugene, but her eyes were fixed on her daughter.

She felt her limbs going cold, as though the blood in