Her Precious Baby

He expected Angeline to blame and scold him instead of opening up like this. It was as if she had numbed herself to her fate.

The only thing more dangerous than a fight in a relationship was a cold shoulder, which was proof of her increasing disregard for him.

Evander felt empty in the stomach at that thought. He reached out and grabbed Angeline’s arm.

“Why did we have to break up?” he asked, gritting his teeth in dismay.

“Was I not clear enough?”

“I want the real reason.” Evander gazed down at her, his voice husky. “Why did you react that way when you saw the Heart of the Ocean I gifted you? What are you hiding from me?”

He only realized the shift in Angeline’s emotional state after he calmed down. Though he was unclear of the reason, he surmised upon further thought that it must have been due to the necklace.

“Is that important?”

Angeline’s heart skipped a beat at Evander’s words. She turned around to face him while feigning a calm she did not feel.

“Everybody has their secrets, Mr. Golding. That must be why you won’t tell me who Floretta’s real mother is.”

Initially prodding Evander to see if she could discover something, she did not expect such a hostile reaction from him.

“You are becoming bold, Angeline!”

“Forget I ever asked.”

Angeline scoffed and again struggled to free herself of Evander before turning around to leave abruptly.

her heart gnawed

of the traffickers, have stolen the newborn baby? If that’s the case, Evander

Angeline’s arms grew weak. Not daring to ruminate further, she opted instead to investigate

in the kindergarten rang a long time ago, but Floretta remained in her seat with a colored pen in her hand, busy filling

close, the teachers called for every child to produce an artwork to be

rare for Angeline and Evander to appear together in the parent-teacher conference, Floretta honored

the classroom door swung open to admit a group of boys who came barging in. They gazed in Floretta’s direction and

chubbier than the rest, arrived before

her face flushed red with

you touch my things, Mark?

Floretta away

thought you were hiding fancy artwork in here. Instead, all you have is a drawing of your family! Aunt Olivine said that

“You’re lying!”

her feet angrily.

on being my mother and must have said those things in a fit of embarrassed anger because my father ignores

Olivine,” Mark growled as he pushed her again and jabbed a menacing finger. “Your mother threw you away as soon as you were born. Besides, Aunt Olivine said she’ll

was so frightened at

gulped. “No, Daddy will never do that,” she exclaimed indignantly while rubbing her eyes.

‘The Journey’? Look at how good at lying Floretta is! She’s practically

along with his friends, began to point and

are you laughing about?

convince them, but despite her

the

star! How could she be

mother has been binge-watching ‘The Journey,’ and she loves Angeline in it. She’s the hottest star right