My Great Escape Led Me to You novel Chapter 340

Inside the office, Isabella Austin’s syrupy laughter mingled with the mocking jeers of the others.

Emily Blair could still hear their words echoing in her mind: “Emily, you might as well go home. Don’t you get it? The reason your private information got leaked was because Andrew Lane wanted to stand up for Isabella. If you’ve come looking for him, you’re just setting yourself up for more humiliation.”

That single sentence alone had nearly driven Emily to step out of Andrew Lane’s thirty-fifth floor office window—she’d pictured herself plunging straight down, the gore of it leaving those who’d ridiculed her haunted for life.

For a fleeting, desperate moment, she even wondered if her death might be enough to stir a trace of pity or regret in Andrew Lane’s heart.

She’d stood frozen, just outside his office door, eyes locked on the half-open window, her feet inching toward it.

“Mommy…”

As the urge to end it all reached its breaking point, a small, soft hand slipped into hers—warm, well-cared-for fingers pressing into her rough palm.

Her heart stuttered violently in her chest.

She looked down and found her daughter, Daisy, staring up at her—eyes swimming with tears, the tip of her nose flushed bright red.

A tremor of guilt and love ran through Emily. She dropped to her knees and gathered her three-year-old into her arms. “Don’t be scared, sweetheart. Don’t cry. Mommy’s right here. I’m right here.”

Daisy was the spitting image of her—those same expressive eyes, the same delicate features. Such a beautiful little girl shouldn’t have to shed tears.

Her full name was Eliana Blair, a name Emily had chosen herself, wanting her daughter to share her surname—a tiny wish that Eliana’s life be peaceful and sweet as ripe fruit.

Eliana had only Emily, and Emily had only Eliana.

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