That Night My Boss Left Me With Our Three Babies

“Sophia? Is that you?”

Olivia heard the crying more clearly now, and her hope grew stronger.

Sophia also heard Olivia’s voice and paused her crying. “Olivia?”

Hearing this, Olivia felt a sudden relief and quickened her pace towards where the child was.

After just a few steps, she suddenly slipped.

Startled, Olivia barely managed to steady herself by grabbing a nearby tree.

Looking down, she saw a deep pit hidden under the foliage, with the child curled up miserably at the bottom.

“Sophia?” Seeing Sophia in such a state, Olivia’s heart ached terribly.

A beam of light shone down from above, and Sophia looked up to see Olivia gazing at her with relief.

“It’s okay now, I’m here.” Seeing Sophia’s face, Olivia felt even more guilty but dared not show it for fear of scaring Sophia.

Sophia’s little face was red from crying, her eyes and nose were also red, and her cheeks were smeared with mud from wiping her tears, making her look like a pitiful little kitten with drooping head.

“Olivia…” After waiting for so long, finally seeing Olivia come to rescue her, Sophia took a few seconds to react before crying even harder.

Sophia was sobbing uncontrollably, and Olivia was anxious. “Sophia, don’t cry. I’ll find something to pull you up.”

As she spoke, she began looking around for something to pull Sophia up with.

While searching, she softly comforted Sophia.

Unfortunately, Sophia was crying so hard that she couldn’t hear Olivia’s voice at all.

Finally finding a branch long enough, Olivia tested it and found it was within the child’s reach if she stood on tiptoe.

“Sophia, stop crying. Here, grab the branch and I’ll pull you up.” Olivia’s voice was hoarse. She cleared her throat to make herself heard.

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But she could only touch it; grabbing it was still out of reach.

Frowning, Olivia leaned forward and extended the branch closer to Sophia.

Sophia finally managed to grab the branch.

Once she had a firm grip, Olivia gritted her teeth and tried to pull the child up.

However, having not eaten all night and after walking for so long in the mountains, she had no strength left.

Sophia had no strength to help either.

Both exerted themselves, but Sophia didn’t budge. Instead, Olivia slid forward, with most of her body hanging over the edge of the pit.

Seeing Olivia like this, Sophia quickly let go and moved to the side in panic. “Olivia!”

Barely holding onto a nearby tree root, Olivia smiled reassuringly at the child. “I’m okay. Don’t be afraid, Sophia.”

She then tried to climb back up.

From the bottom of the pit came heart-wrenching cries.

Olivia felt a pang of pain in her heart and looked back to see Sophia sitting on the ground crying.

The crying gradually weakened, and Sophia’s breathing slowed down significantly.

Olivia’s heart tightened. Losing her grip, she fell into the pit.

Seeing Olivia fall, Sophia cried and threw herself into her arms.

Olivia quickly hugged Sophia, feeling how cold she was. She was almost completely overwhelmed by guilt.

If only she had taken Sophia with her in the afternoon, if only she had found Sophia sooner…