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.”

her company, and at one point I looked up to see Edrick’s gray eyes on me in the rear

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

things,” she said. “We

as he guided the

gloating smile. “I didn’t miss any of the jumps, and I kept my balance the whole way on the beam. Oh, and then after that,

little family; we were a strange little family, but we were a family nonetheless. I quickly looked

restaurant, I was amazed by how

entered the restaurant. I walked behind the host and Edrick, who was wearing 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 little trickling fountains and a greenhouse

that was entirely glass so we could see out over the cityscape. He left us with the menus, and when he

he said, flipping through

tapped her chin thoughtfully, then leaned over from where she was sitting

I asked in a playful tone of

Ella insisted, folding her arms across her

up — and as he did, I caught his eyes sliding over my dress, my belly, then up to my hair and eventually they met my own eyes. Once he noticed

he asked. “What are

know what I was going to order. Lately, I’d been craving a lot

Steak sounds

safe for a pregnant woman to

and the baby’s health. “But I can get something else, if you’re that worried. I’ve just had a craving for red

phone. He quickly typed something, then was silent for a moment and nodded his head. “It says that protein is actually recommended, as well as the vitamins in red meat. You should eat it if you want it. Maybe a craving like that is

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