The Delusional White Moonlight​ Novel by Motonovel _ Novel




The Delusional White Moonlight​ Chapter 01

I was softly reading a bedtime story to Mr. Hayes’s autistic daughter when his long-lost love burst through the door.
Her eyes darted between the two of us, and then she strode forward. Just as I thought she was going to embrace her child, she swung her hand and slapped me hard across the face.
“You shameless bitch,” she hissed. “I’m gone for a few years, and you slide right in, sleeping with my husband, stealing my daughter.”
“You think because you look a little like me, you can be my replacement? Steal everything that’s mine?”
I cupped my stinging cheek, utterly bewildered.
A replacement? Me?
Wasn’t I just the occupational therapist Mr. Hayes had hired to care for his autistic daughter?
…
The sharp crack of the slap terrified little Pearl. On the verge of sleep, she let out a piercing wail. My professional instincts took over. I ignored the raving woman in front of me and immediately gathered Pearl into my arms, murmuring soothing words.
Pearl had been diagnosed with autism at birth. She formed no attachments, showed no interest in anyone. The only time she seemed to find any comfort was in my arms. It was why her father, Mr. Hayes, paid me a generous salary to be her full-time therapist and caregiver.
Under my gentle coaxing, Pearl’s cries gradually subsided. But the woman, ignored and enraged, lunged forward, trying to rip Pearl from my arms.
“I carried you for nine months! You’re my daughter! How could you attach yourself to a cheap substitute? I’m your mother!”
She was hysterical, almost feral. Autistic children are far more sensitive to emotional turmoil than others, and Pearl, who had just calmed down, began to spiral again.
That’s when my patience ran out. Even if this woman was Pearl’s biological mother, Mr. Hayes’s infamous “one that got away,” I couldn’t tolerate this.
I shielded Pearl from her grasp and pressed the emergency call button in the room. Within moments, the butler and Mr. Hayes himself rushed in.
“Mr. Hayes,” I said, my voice firm and loud, “this woman is trying to harm Pearl.”
Instinctively paternal, Elias Hayes rushed to his daughter’s side, placing himself between us and the intruder. But when he saw the woman’s face, his eyes instantly reddened. His voice was a raw, choked whisper. “Seraphina… you’re finally back.”
His hands trembling, Elias took Pearl from me and held her out to the woman, Seraphina, wanting her to hold their child.
But Seraphina didn’t move. She turned her head away, her face a mask of wounded pride. “I don’t have a daughter who would betray me like this.”
Then she rounded on him. “And you! You told me you would love me and only me for the rest of your life!”
“I’ve only been gone for six years… and you’ve already replaced me with another woman. One who looks just like me!”
Elias looked uncertainly from Seraphina to me, then back again. I couldn’t see the resemblance, other than the fact that we both had two eyes, a nose, and a mouth.
“You’re still looking at her!” Seraphina shrieked. “If you’re choosing her right in front of my face, then I’m leaving!”
With that, she burst into tears and ran for the door.
Elias panicked. He shoved Pearl back into my arms and chased after her. I could hear his desperate explanations from the hallway.
“Seraphina, darling, wait! Kristin is just a nanny I hired to take care of our daughter.”
“She’s not a replacement, I swear. Now that you’re back, we can be a family again. Please?”
“Darling…”
Half an hour later, Elias led Seraphina back into the room. She shot me a triumphant smirk. “You’re fired.”
Before I could say a word, Elias jumped in. “Honey, I just explained this to you! Our daughter can’t be without her.”
Seraphina’s face crumpled, the tears returning instantly. “Elias, I don’t blame you. It was my fault. I was selfish to leave you and the baby to go abroad. I don’t blame you for finding a substitute.”
“But I’m back now,” she sobbed. “Our daughter needs me. And so do you…”
Elias hesitated. He knew Pearl needed me, but he couldn’t bear to lose Seraphina again.
He looked at me, his expression torn. “Kristin, why don’t you take the rest of the night off? Go home.”
I pointed to my still-red cheek. “Your wife slapped me. That counts as a workplace injury.”
Elias tapped a few things on his phone. A notification popped up on mine. He had just transferred the deed to a luxury apartment in the city center into my name.
My attitude changed instantly. I handed Pearl back to him and bowed respectfully. “As you wish, sir.”
As I left, Seraphina stood with her hands on her hips, puffed up like a victorious rooster. I was too busy dreaming of my new apartment to care. Besides, I hadn’t had a proper rest since I’d started working with Pearl.
That night, deep in a dreamless sleep, my phone rang.

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