Chapter 75: Loveless Family

Moana

The next morning, I decided to take Edrick’s offer for a day off and went to the orphanage to get out of the penthouse for a while. I was still incredibly hurt and angry by Edrick’s refusal to admit that the baby was his to his own mother, but at the very least, I knew that a day out might lift my spirits just a little.

As I arrived at the orphanage, I already began to feel just a little bit better.

“Hello?” I called as I walked in. I didn’t get a response, but I heard the children’s voices coming from the recreation room as they laughed and played, and it made me smile a bit. I walked over to the recreation room and stopped in my tracks when I saw Ethan playing with the children.

They didn’t see me at first. Ethan was giving them an art lesson and was walking around the room, looking at all of the children’s artwork and giving them compliments. Seeing how sweet he was being with the children made me smile, but at the same time, it made me feel sad knowing that his brother was seemingly incapable of having such truly genuine kindness and love for anything except his pristine image.

Suddenly, as I stood in the doorway, one of the children jerked her head up from her intense scribbling and gasped, pointing at me with her chubby little finger. “Moana’s here!” she shouted.

laugh as they bombarded me, and I caught Ethan’s eye from behind. He was smiling at me, but as his eyes traveled down to

children, and we all had a wonderful time making artwork and playing with clay. When it was finally over, Sophia thanked us and whisked the children away for dinner, leaving us alone for

said as we cleaned up the mess left behind

if I was

glanced briefly at the floor, then ran a hand through his hair. “Uh…

“Yes,” I replied.

mean that… When

just wasn’t ready to admit

it’s perfectly fine,” he said gently. “It’s your right to choose who to tell and when to tell them. But

even willing to tell

against it, and I shook my

“No. It’s my ex-boyfriend’s.”

it. But suddenly, at the mention of Edrick and the thought of how he couldn’t tell his mother about our baby, I felt a tear come to my eye. I quickly wiped it away and sniffled, turning away, but Ethan saw it

you alright?” he asked. “I’m sorry if my questions bothered you. I

replied. “It’s nothing like that. I don’t mind the questions.

head and touched my shoulder. “What is it?” he

words. It was a comfort to have a good friend to talk to, although I wished I could only be completely

care not to share too much and spill the big secret. “I might need to raise this baby without

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