Flash Marriage to a Stunning CEO (Alistair and Richard)

Chapter 51 Sleep With Mommy

"No matter how they tried to explain, Eloise stubbornly equated "sleeping in separate rooms" with "fighting and being angry."

Apparently, Zoe's parents had a huge argument yesterday over something and even mentioned divorce. Zoe had been crying all day at preschool.

Eloise, being a good friend, had spent half the day comforting her, secretly grateful that her own parents never fought.

But when Eloise heard that Zoe's parents were sleeping

in separate rooms after their fight, her heart dropped. She remembered that Alistair and Caroline slept in separate rooms too.

They have been fighting behind my back?

Worry clouded Eloise's mind as she rushed to Caroline's room the moment she got home. There was only one pillow on Caroline's bed. She darted to Alistair's room. Only one pillow there too!

Eloise froze in shock.

It hit her like a thunderbolt. Her comforting belief that her parents had a good relationship, that they loved each other and her, and would always stay together all of it crumbled to dust in an instant.

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At just five years old, Eloise could already envision the day her parents would divorce.

Mom won't leave me, but what if Dad gets kicked out by Mom and

can never come home again, just like Zoe's dad? No, I want Mom and Dad to be together forever!

The more Eloise thought about it, the more upset she became, until she finally burst into tears.

"Mom, Dad, please don't fight anymore, okay?" she sobbed, taking Alistair's and Caroline's hands and joining them together.

Alistair's heart nearly melted at the sight of Eloise's tears. "Okay, I promise you, Eloise. We won't fight anymore."

Eloise turned to Caroline. "What about Mom?"

"Mom promises to never fight with Dad again," Caroline said gently.

But Eloise wasn't satisfied. "I want you to stay together forever and ever. No divorcing!"

"Deal!" Alistair agreed without hesitation.

It was a well-intended lie, but even as he made the firm promise,

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he couldn't help feeling a twinge of guilt.

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other hand, had no trouble

certain she would never let Alistair go, not in this lifetime.

even explain to herself why she wanted to hold onto him so badly. She couldn't possibly

serious.

way to a

Caroline's room, where she placed Alistair's pillow next to Caroline's

His mind

Eloise's angelic, expectant face, he

left his mouth,

promised Eloise I'd sleep in the same bed as Caroline! Would Caroline think I was

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advantage of

up at him so hopefully, there was

relieved to

his own room. Staring at his pillow-less bed, he couldn't

with the choice between

just making do for the night,

finished his shower when someone knocked

he and Caroline had an unwritten agreement not

his hair with a white towel. He quickly walked over and opened the door, expecting to find Caroline. Instead, his gaze traveled downward until he

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asleep in her princess bed, stood clutching her small brown teddy bear with a quivering lip. "Daddy, you lied. Haven't

at a loss for

shameful, but at this point, to protect Eloise's young, fragile heart that longed for a complete family, he had no choice but to keep up the charade. "Your mom and I needed to shower

hurry back to

Alistair was speechless again.

idea struck him. "Sure, I'll go right now, but it's getting late, Eloise. Let me take you back

just tuck her in, wait until she fell asleep, and then sneak back to his own bedroom. After all, he always woke up before her anyway. He could make sure she never

her eyes suspiciously. "No way! I need to see w..n my own eyes that you're

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her little heart

together.

stern little face, she dragged Alistair to Caroline's door and pounded

bringing with it a sweet

hair falling messily around her shoulders. Her smooth skin had a rosy

delivered Dad back to you!"

Alistair stood there awkwardly.

had been like

living there for a week, he'd never set foot

second before