Chapter 70: An Unbridgeable Gap

Moana

By the time Ella’s training was about to end, Edrick and I had purchased a whole host of baby supplies. He insisted on buying the bassinet anyway, as well as anything else the baby might need. Although I thought it was a bit irresponsible for him to spend so much on certain items, I figured that he knew what he was doing, and I didn’t argue any further. Besides: I couldn’t help but feel happy to spoil our future child as well.

We picked Ella up at training, then Edrick pulled out of the parking lot and began driving in the opposite direction of the penthouse.

“Um, daddy?” Ella called from the back seat, twisting in her car seat to look intensely out the window. “I think you’re going the wrong way.”

Edrick smirked, then shook his head. “No, Princess. We’re going out for dinner.”

Ella gasped and squealed excitedly. “Really?” she asked.

“Really.”

“Really really?”

“Really really.”

looked up to see

did you learn at training today?” I asked Ella as

lots of things,” she said.

as he guided the car

placing her hands on her hips with a gloating smile. “I didn’t miss any of the jumps, and I

like we were a little family; we were a strange little family, but we were a family nonetheless. I quickly looked out the window before either

I

his mask, and looked around as I held Ella’s hand. The restaurant was located at the top of a tall building, and we had to take an elevator to get up to it. It was spacious and peaceful at the top, with

led us to a small, private room with one wall that was entirely glass so we could see out over the cityscape. He left us with the menus, and when he did, Edrick finally took off his mask. Much to my pleasure, the Alpha billionaire was smiling. He pulled Ella’s chair out, then mine, which made me

he said, flipping through the

where she was sitting next to me and

asked in a playful

Ella insisted, folding

all dinners.” He didn’t look up from his menu as he spoke, aside from a quick glance up — and as he did, I caught his eyes sliding over my dress, my belly, then up to my hair and

Moana?” he asked. “What are you

he cared to know what I was going to order. Lately, I’d been craving a lot of meat; no doubt it was due to the pregnancy. I was carrying a

sounds good,”

you sure that it’s safe for a pregnant woman to eat something like that?” he asked.

think it’s okay,” I said, feeling my face blush from the Alpha’s concern for my health and the baby’s health. “But I

is actually recommended, as well as the vitamins in red meat. You should eat it if you want it.

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