Chapter 127: Dinner For Two

Moana

Selina helped me put on the dress. It fit like a glove, and even showed off my growing belly a bit. As I stood in the mirror while Selina fixed up my hair, I couldn’t help but smile a bit while I looked at my belly in the dress.

Even though I didn’t particularly like the concept of not being in a real relationship and only being in a fake one, I was relieved to finally not have to hide my pregnancy. Now that everything was out in the open, I could finally enjoy the early stages of pregnancy when my belly was beginning to show the little life that was growing inside of me. Before, I had been nervous about what would happen when my belly was too big to hide anymore, but now I couldn’t wait. The thought of walking down the street with Ella’s hand in mine and my other hand on my big pregnant belly — once the paparazzi calmed down and it was safer to go out, of course — made me smile.

When Selina was finished with my hair, I headed downstairs to meet Edrick.

He was sitting at a small table by the window in the dining room when I arrived. The room was dark, aside from the light emanating from little candles that were scattered around, and he stood up as soon as he saw me.

For a few moments, Edrick just stood there and stared at me. Even in the darkness, I could see his eyes wandering my body, admiring the dress. It made me blush, but I didn’t mind. Having him look at me like that made me happy; I felt like the lady of the house, even though I wasn’t really.

dress and cleared his

perfect,” I said sheepishly as he pulled the chair out for me

from me. “I was worried you wouldn’t

wine. I was a bit confused at first as to why Edrick would give me wine knowing that I was pregnant, but he quickly explained when

juice for you,” he

nodded and blushed a bit. Of course Edrick wouldn’t try to give me alcohol when I was pregnant, and I felt a bit silly for thinking that. He then lifted the covers off of our plates to reveal two decadent meals of what looked like lamb, fresh vegetables, and garnished with little sprigs of rosemary. My eyes widened

of this for?” I asked. “This is so

mother of his child?” Edrick asked with a bit of

caring nature, but something told me that it wasn’t just him simply wanting to take care of me. All of this felt too romantic for that… The candles, the dress, the beautiful meal. It was different from all of the other times that he doted

smile faded then as he looked at me. He seemed to be struggling to say something, but it

want to leave,” he said quietly.

Edrick’s words. Was this true? Did he really want me

opened my mouth to respond,

of the lamb combined with the taste of the vegetables, which almost tasted as though they had been pulled out of the ground on that very day, made me completely forget my nausea from before. And in fact, the longer we sat and ate together, the more comfortable

and opened the set of French doors by the table, letting in the

the wine bottle in one hand,

together. Edrick led me around the huge wraparound porch to a small sitting area. There were two chairs and a little side table there, which he set our drinks on and refilled our glasses. While he did that, I couldn’t help but lean on the railing and let

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