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.

in her heart

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 only hate him all

to ruminate further, she opted instead to investigate the matter thoroughly

time ago, but Floretta remained in her seat with a colored pen

the parent-teacher conference looming close, the teachers called for every child to

to appear together in the parent-teacher conference, Floretta honored the occasion by

of boys who came barging

arrived before Floretta with his chest

her face flushed red

dare you touch my things, Mark?

away

fancy artwork in here. Instead, all you have is a drawing of

“You’re lying!”

her feet angrily. Her features contorted

who insists on being my mother and must have said those things in a fit

Sherrock. That’s my Aunt Olivine,” Mark growled as he pushed her again and jabbed a menacing finger. “Your mother

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

Daddy will never do that,” she exclaimed indignantly while rubbing her eyes. “I have a mother. She’s

‘The Journey’? Look at how good at lying Floretta

around and, along with his friends, began to point and laugh

laughing about? My mother is Angeline

them, but despite her

they laughed all the harder

is a movie star! How could

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