THE RETURN OF THE BILLIONAIRE'S LOST HEIR

Chapter 27

Leonard got to the hospital late at night, but even the night shift seemed a lot busier than he had anticipated. I found his way through the crowd of people and got to the hallway that led to his daughter’s private ward.

‘God, I hate hospitals,’ he thought to himself and creased his nose before heading into her ward.

It was already past eleven at night, and he wasn’t expecting a child to be up, but Ava was not your average child, he knew that there was every possibility that she had tried to stay awake, waiting for him, but when he opened the door as gently as possible, he was surprised to see her cuddling her teddy bear, deep in sleep.

Leonard smiled and walked into the hospital ward and dropped his bag, loosened his tie and sat down in the chair close to the door. There was another chair in the ward, next to the bed, but Emma was seated in it, with one of Ava’s story books in her hands as she slept.

‘Even Emma is more of a mother to our own daughter than you Sophie,’ he thought to