When Callie and the Brooks mother-daughter pair were finally done with the usual formalities, Callie had no choice but to escort the mother-daughter duo to her baby Anaya's room as they kept on mentioning how much they were looking forward to seeing the baby and if they could go see her in her room and various other requests.

If it was any other guest, Callie would definitely disagree in a heartbeat. However, these two were, unfortunately, Hugo's family and at this moment what she wanted to do was to show them the baby and kick them out before Owen and Ethen gets home from school as she did not want them to meet this poisonous duo at all.

Callie, an expert in reading human emotions could clearly see the hidden jealousy on both the women's faces even though they tried very hard not to show it as they passed through the staircase which exhibited most parts of the first floor of their mansion in full view due to how it was constructed.

Ignoring their stares, Callie walked towards the baby room slowly giving them the chance to admire as long as they wanted. Even if they were looking at her home in jealousy, what could she do? this is how humans are. if they see something better than they have, they would be jealous of the one who owns it. Only in a very rare case, someone who would not be swayed by the luxury would turn up.

Once again thinking of the fact she had to show these two hyenas her angelic daughter Anaya, Callie sighed in her heart. However, she comforted her self saying that these two were Hugo's family so she shouldn't insult them by not showing them her daughter.

Reaching the room, Callie slowly opened the baby room not making any noise as she knew Anaya still had more time to wake up as she normally wakes up when her two brothers get home. She hoped in her heart that the two would not make much noise to wake her angel up. Seeing her daughter peacefully sleeping in her white princess cot, Callie couldn't help but smile warmly gazing at the toddler.

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Anaya our main protagonist of this story, the adult in a baby body was sleeping peacefully with no worries in her life whatsoever until she suddenly in pain, making her involuntarily open her eyes with difficulty. Her chubby cheek was pinched making it burn. With pain on her soft skin, Anaya woke up groggily still unaware of her surroundings only to hear a hushed conversation going on near her.

Anaya instantly knew the owners of these hushed voices. Startled she opened her eyes wide only to see two people she hated the most in her past life ogling at her while talking with each other.

Heh, look who it is. Who else would talk badly of the dead other than my awesome mother in law and sister in law? With bitterness in her heart, Anaya drowsily sat up making the older woman and her daughter coo at her cuteness.

Ignoring the urge to roll her eyes at them, Anaya started at them wondering what antics these two were up to now.

When the Brook mother-daughter duo was looked at with those big dark blue eyes glistening with slight tears as the toddler just woke up, of course, the two adults couldn't help but melt at the sight. Even the most poisonous people were still no match to little Anaya's baby charm. After all, she had inherited the best genes from two gorgeous humans whose looks were otherwordly.

Even though Mother Brooks reprimanded her daughter, Emily Brooks was not a slight bit bothered. Only the infant and two of them were present. Who would bother listening to them? Even if someone opens the door the would hear the click of the handle. So why worry.

Callie who had an urgent business call to answer hesitantly had to take leave as she had to access her lap and she had still not come back.

And out of everything she was speaking in a very low tone that only her mother could hear. And even if the baby in the cot might have heard her, It's definitely unlikely for not even a year old toddler to understand her words. Hence Emily Brooks was fearless.

Extending her arms at the baby Emily whispered back.

Anaya who was not the average eleven-month-old had clearly heard everything the two had spoken. Including the part 'After we finally managed to get rid of that bitch with so much effort'.

When it hit her brain, Anaya Brooks felt as if her soul got ripped out.

What did Emily meant by them getting rid of her with so much effort? Didn't she die from an incurable illness? Aren't the wordings extremely wrong? What did those words that they had spent effort on getting rid of her truly meant?

The shock of hearing such words made Anaya's tiny body tremble with shock.

Anaya could hear her heart beating fast to a point she felt as if it might leap out her chest. Seeing the hands which might have murdered her in her previous life-extending towards her, Anaya did the only thing she could do to protect herself from been touched by those filthy hands. She wailed.

For the first time in both her lives, she wailed so hard that the mother-daughter duo both looked at her dumbfounded by the sudden outburst of the toddler. Seeing that she might have frightened the child Emily immediately retreated her hands away from the toddler.

Anaya could hear an angry voice in the background.

Anaya who was muddle-headed couldn't understand or see what's going around her. The only thing which was going in her mind in circles was the fact that she might have been murdered.

On top of that, she might have been murdered by her own husbands' mother and sister, whom she had sincerely taken care of even though they had mistreated her when she was alive.

Anaya wailed even harder with tears falling down like an opened dam clouding her vision.

The involuntary tremble in her small body only calmed down a bit when she was taken into strong arms hugged in place and placed on a man's torso. She couldn't comprehend who it was, yet she knew from the warmth that it should either be her dad or Hugo.

The man was soothingly caressing her back to calm her down, though the maximum she could do was to stop crying hard. Nevertheless, the small hiccups in between her breaths were still let out showing how much pain she was in.

Even if she tried to calm her rapidly beating heart down she could not. With her heart beating wildly and body trembling nonstop it all soon went completely black for Anaya losing her consciousness from her tiny body.

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Going back one hour back, Hugo Brooks was attending a conference which had almost every influential businessman in the country including Damien Alexander. He never would have guessed that Damien Alexander, the man who was famous for his cold tendencies would ambush him while he was using the comfort room and would sneakily drag him out from the meeting for no particularly good reason.

Damien Alexander, who was dressed in a full Armani grey suit with a white undershirt, Looked dashing in his business attire. Not only did the man had an undeniable noble aura, but he also looked extremely handsome despite being a father of three children.

Without letting Hugo Brooks who was quite amazed by this not so noble behaviour answer, Damien dragged him out while putting his arm around the man's shoulders as if they were really close buddies making Hugo raise his eyebrows in question. After hanging around with Hugo Brooks once a week, Damien Alexanders attitude towards him has changed a hundred and eighty degrees.

Not only the way he spoke, but even the way he acted towards him had changed. Hugo sometimes couldn't believe that this was the most influential businessman in the country who was said to be cold, aloof, noble and unreachable.

Understanding the cold man's unspoken question Damien decided to answer with a slight smile.

Knowing that Damien Alexander had his wife's habits rubbing off on him, Hugo Brooks let the man do as he pleased. And that was how he ended up in the Alexander mansion and got to know that his mother and sister were there for a visit.

Letting Damien greet Callie who was still on a call, Hugo decided to go see what his mother and sister up to. Even though he was not too close to his parents nor his sister, He knew their nature very well.

And right now he had a gut feeling that they must surely have had a hidden agenda for this sudden visit. Even though he was not too close with his parents and sister, he still doted on them as much he could after he was successful. After all, they were his family whom he had lived with for almost eighteen years of his life. hence even though he knew very well his late wife was not that fond of his mother and sister, Hugo ignored it and treated them normally, while letting his wife have less contact with them as possible.

At first, as he thought that he and his late wife held no secrets from each other, Hugo Brooks naturally knew how much trouble and heartache they gave Anaya when she was alive. Although he always took Anaya's side he practically could not do anything regarding their behaviour as well as they were sadly his own Mother and sister. Sure he let them know how much his wife meant to him and how much accomplished his wife was, yet the dislike towards Anaya his family had never faded. At least not from his mother and sister.

Only after finding Anaya's diary within her comic collection after her death that Hugo Brooks realised how much more pain his late wife had gone through mentally because of his own mother and sister. He felt heartache after reading her thoughts on the ones he called family.

Anaya Brooks had written how much she despised the mother-daughter duo and how much discomfort they made her through and how much heartbreak she went through in details because of them. This made a rift between Hugo and his family as he knew that Anaya had not told him these details knowing it would hurt him.

So now after knowing the full truth, though he did not stop supporting his family and let them live in luxury, he did not associate with them much rather than the occasional visit he did to stop his mother from visiting the company.

When Hugo Brooks heard the little girl who had not cried even once for the time he had been with her wail so hard, he couldn't help but erupt in anger and dash towards the cot to see what's wrong.

He saw red when he noticed the little girl crying so hard until tears pouring while her tiny body trembled nonstop. Hugo could see the child having difficulty in breathing as she was crying too hard, So he did the only thing which came to his mind, which was to hold the little one in his arms and pat her back soothingly to calm the small one down.

After a little while of hugging the toddler in his arms and rubbing her back soothingly, the little ones wail stopped but as an aftermath, she had started having little hiccups here and there with her small eyes swollen and nose bright red as a reindeer.

Though Hugo Brooks managed to calm her down a bit and stop her wailing, he could feel her small body tremble like a leaf and her tiny heartbeat rapid. Instinctively Hugo Brooks knew these signs were abnormal for a baby, so he dashed downstairs to Callie and Damien who were still having a conversation at the main hall.

When they noticed him rushing towards them, the parents both paled seeing their baby in Hugo's arms and his panic expression. As both of them were very clear that this man Hugo brooks rarely showed any expressions in his face after his wife's death.

Hugo explained in a rush while taking a seat on the sofa so Callie could be able to take Anaya from his arms with ease.

Emily who rushed behind Hugo with her mother tried to explain. This time Callie glared at the woman without being polite to shut her up. After all, everyone who had met Anaya before knew that the sweet girl rarely cried. Seeing the anger in Callies's face, Emily shook and decided to keep her mouth shut while both she and Mrs Brooks dreadfully looked at the baby who was still in Hugo's arms.

Ignoring them Callie carefully took Anaya into her arms to see what was wrong. While Damien who was panicking hurriedly called Jonathan to get the family doctor rush in and to ready an ambulance just in case.

However right when Callie placed Anaya in her arms, Callies's face went pale making both adult males present skip a beat.

With that said Callie who was in tears now cradled Anaya in her arms. Only to see the little girl had her eyes tightly closed. body getting cold each second.

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