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

is he hiding from me? Could he, instead of the traffickers, have stolen the newborn baby? If that’s the case, Evander must have been planning this charade and knew that I would

Not daring to ruminate further, she opted instead to investigate the matter

the bell in the kindergarten rang a long time ago, but

teachers called for every child to produce an artwork to be presented to their

for Angeline and Evander to appear together in the parent-teacher conference, Floretta honored the occasion by applying herself fully

admit a group of boys who came barging

before Floretta with his chest puffed up

his gesture, her face flushed red with

Mark? Give my drawing

Floretta away

Instead, all you have is a drawing of your family! Aunt Olivine said that you’re

“You’re lying!”

her feet angrily. Her

have said those things in a fit of embarrassed anger because my father

he pushed her again and jabbed a menacing finger. “Your mother threw you away as soon as

the oppression of his bulk, Floretta fell onto the ground. She was so frightened at

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

good at

along with his friends, began to point

you laughing about? My mother is Angeline

convince them, but despite her earnestness, none of them

they laughed all the harder

is a movie star! How could

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