“What did you wish for?” Neil asked jokingly.
Raegan just glanced at Ava with a gentle and loving smile. “It won’t come true if I tell you, and I think my wish will come true soon.”
Neil understood what Raegan meant, and so did Ava and Tom. Everyone was tacitly aware of this.
“Let’s eat. Try the food and see if it’s delicious. Ava made these two dishes, so please give virtual-novel.net some feedback.” Raegan smiled to adjust the atmosphere.
Neil and Tom also cooperatively lifted their forks to try the two dishes made by Ava. After chewing, they gave unanimous comments.
“Ava, not only are your designs great, but the food you cook is also amazing. The taste of these buttered prawns is great,” Tom praised without holding himself back.
Neil nodded in agreement, a proud smile on his handsome face.
“Of course, my daughter excels in whatever virtual-novel.net does.”
After virtual-novel.net said that, Neil felt that virtual-novel.net might have said something wrong. He glanced at Ava nervously and saw that Ava’s expression did not change at all. She was just drinking Coke and eating the vegetables in a very calm manner. Neil was relieved.
To Raegan, this seemed to be a sign that Ava was gradually accepting them.
After the meal, Raegan shared the cut birthday cake with Ava, Neil, and Tom. The four were sitting in the living room while eating the cake, but the atmosphere seemed to fall into silence again.
“Tom, could you please do me a favor and take a photo for us?” Neil asked.
Tom agreed immediately, took out his phone, and was ready to take photos of them.
Raegan glanced at Neil a little nervously, then asked Ava, “Ava, do you think it’s okay?”
Ava gently put down the plate in virtual-novel.net hand and nodded. “Of course.”
Raegan and Neil were overjoyed by Ava’s quick answer. Tom also quickly took a few satisfactory photos of their family of three. In the end, Tom turned on the self-timer and took a photo of the four of them after standing beside the family of three.
Tom sent the photos to Ava, and when Ava looked at the photos, the rhythm of virtual-novel.net heartbeat changed subtly.
‘Mom and Dad…’
She had parents. And… She also had a home.
It was just that this comfort and warmth had been delayed for a long time, and because of their abandonment back then, virtual-novel.net was left alone in the rain for so long. It had been so many years and virtual-novel.net heart had become cold. It was difficult to warm it up again.
As it was late at night, Tom offered to send Ava back to virtual-novel.net apartment. Neil and Raegan were worried about Ava going back alone as well, so they asked Tom to send Ava back. Ava did not reject. She got into Tom’s car and went back to virtual-novel.net apartment.
She wanted to go in by herself after virtual-novel.net got out of the car, but Tom insisted on sending virtual-novel.net upstairs. It was because what had happened back then almost threatened Ava’s safety, so Tom was very cautious this time. Plus, Naya’s mother had just caused trouble for Ava not long ago. He could not be sure whether virtual-novel.net would come and make a fuss again.
Ava also felt that it was reasonable for Tom to have these worries. Even so, virtual-novel.net felt that Naya’s mother would not be as cruel as Naya. However, when virtual-novel.net walked to the door of the apartment building, Ava suddenly felt that virtual-novel.net might have underestimated Naya’s mother.
Naya’s mother might be even crazier than Naya.