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Russell’s POV 

When Eleanor said that Heidi swam slower than a dog, I felt a surge of discomfort. 

My daughter, Russell’s daughter, not even as good as a dog? 

If she couldn’t beat other exceptional children, at least she could beat a dog, right? 

Competitive by nature, I coldly ordered Heidi to race against Furry. 

I told her that if she couldn’t win, she shouldn’t call me Daddy anymore. 

As soon as I said it, I regretted it. 

Just as I was about to call it off, she, with red–rimmed eyes, jumped into the water to race. 

Her performance only turned my regret into anger. 

Useless! 

Is this really my daughter? 

Losing to a dog in a swimming race, after all the money I spent on her lessons! 

Furious, I wanted to call Tessa and scold her for how she was raising Heidi. 

But Tessa, who always answered immediately, wouldn’t pick up this time! 

Eleanor laughed, saying, “Isn’t that what always happens when you’re with me?” 

At that moment, looking at Heidi, who looked nothing like me, I grew even more suspicious that she wasn’t my child. 

And if Tessa wasn’t picking up, was she off with some man? 

Enraged, I ignored Heidi’s pleading eyes and headed straight to the kitchen to cut watermelon for Eleanor. 

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Halfway through, Eleanor said she wanted it in a heart shape. 

Thinking about Heidi’s sad expression, I agreed to Eleanor’s request. 

I didn’t want to admit that I thought of how Heidi loved heart–shaped things. 

Whenever Tessa saw that Heidi had no appetite, she’d make her meals in heart shapes, and Heidi would immediately brighten up. 

Maybe if she had some heart–shaped watermelon, she wouldn’t feel so bad about losing to a dog. 

As I cut the watermelon, Eleanor turned on rock music and danced against my back. 

I should have felt happy, but instead, I felt uneasy and guilty. 

Except for that one drunken night when I slept with Eleanor, I hadn’t done anything else to betray Tessa. 

It wasn’t until I finished cutting the watermelon and found that Heidi had stopped breathing that I understood why I felt so anxious and guilty. 

I panicked and tried to resuscitate her. 

But she was already gone. 

Lost and unsure of what to do, Tessa came home. 

I didn’t dare face her. 

I lied, telling her that Heidi was asleep, urging her not to disturb her. 

She, looking preoccupied, believed me. 

That sent a chill down my spine. 

I desperately wanted to know where she had gone today, alone. 

Was she cheating? 

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Did she care so little about her own daughter? 

My thoughts were a chaotic mess. 

It wasn’t until Tessa held Heidi’s lifeless body, crying and asking why, that it hit me. 

Why? 

When I didn’t know how to respond, the sight of her swollen knees stung my eyes. 

What had she been doing on her knees? 

Suppressing my anger, I deliberately called Heidi a “useless failure.” 

As expected, Tessa dropped the act. 

She said I didn’t deserve to be Heidi’s father! 

What did she mean? 

Was Heidi really not my child!? 

Rage burned away all my reason. 

The child I had so carefully raised wasn’t mine! 

And Tessa, who had sworn she would love me forever, had betrayed me. 

I had only cheated once, but she had betrayed me five years ago! 

Just the thought of her kneeling and doing something to wrong me made me want to retaliate! 

And her daughter’s death was the quickest revenge! 

I went on trips with Eleanor, enjoying myself thoroughly. 

The guilt from cheating vanished. 

I just waited for the paternity test results so I could kick Tessa out with nothing and marry 

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Eleanor! 

But I didn’t expect that the joke was on me. 

When fate’s boomerang struck me, it hurt–badly. 

Heidi was my biological daughter, my only child. 

Having lost my ability to father children due to an accident, how could Eleanor be pregnant? 

I still didn’t believe Tessa until the hospital confirmed my infertility. 

It became clear–Eleanor was the only one who had deceived me from the start. 

The truth was, she was the one who had truly betrayed me. 

In that moment, I felt an unusual calm. 

I continued to soothe Eleanor, but I immediately hired someone to investigate. 

I found out that even Eleanor didn’t know who the father of her child was. 

The shock sent me collapsing in the street. 

A kind stranger took me to the hospital, where the doctor informed me I had late–stage 

brain cancer. 

The doctor asked why I had waited so long for a check–up 

That’s when I learned from him that Tessa had thought she had brain cancer and went for a check–up, hiding it from me. 

She came to the hospital alone, cried desperately in the hallway alone. 

And during that half–day, I had killed our daughter with my own hands. 

And I had seen her swollen/knees and accused her of cheating! 

I called her a whore and called Heidi a bastard. 

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So, what does that make me? 

I’m the real monster. 

If this was fate’s punishment for betraying my family, I accept it. 

But why did it have to take Heidi’s life as collateral? 

I hate myself, and I hate Eleanor. 

And I know Tessa would gladly kill all of us, including that dog. 

I’ll never forget the madness in her eyes when she lost control. 

I drove a once gentle woman to the brink of insanity. 

Had Heidi not died, she might have gone mad because of me. 

And it all started because I liked Eleanor! 

From the day she returned, my heart had wavered. 

The goddess of my youth, my “white moonlight,” always held an irresistible allure. 

I admit I was vile and disgusting. 

Hatred needs an outlet, even if I’m dying. 

I didn’t dare tell Tessa that I was just seeking my own revenge. 

I couldn’t accept that the love I fought so hard for was nothing but a betrayal. 

I stabbed the child in Eleanor’s belly with my own hands. 

I killed her precious dog. 

Days in prison were a blur./ 

But somehow, I felt at peace. 

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The only thing I regretted was Tessa. 

But she refused to see me one last time. 

I guess I wanted to say, which is why she refused. 

she knew wha 

I know my final wish is shameless. 

I wanted her to take care of my body. 

I found out she bought an empty plot next to Heidi’s grave. 

I wanted to ask her to bury me next to Heidi. 

I wanted to be with Heidi forever, to be the good father she deserved. 

But in the end, it was just a foolish hope. 

Tessa was right–I don’t deserve it. 

As I collapsed, my world plunged into darkness. 

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