Chapter 133: Pizza Party

Moana

By the time I picked up Ella and took her home, I had almost completely forgotten about the woman named Olivia who called the orphanage. Ella and I spent the remainder of the afternoon drawing and playing in the penthouse, and by the time that dinnertime came around, I was too tired and hungry after my long day to think about much of anything.

“Let’s get ready for dinner, Ella,” I said. I wasn’t sure what Selina and the maids planned on preparing for dinner that night, but I looked forward to sitting down and relaxing a bit. I helped Ella clean up her coloring books and toys, then had her wash her hands and clean herself up before we headed back out to the dining room to eat.

However, when we walked into the dining room, I was surprised to find that there was no dinner. In fact, when I poked my head into the kitchen, it didn’t seem that Selina and the maids were preparing anything at all. The three of them were seated around the kitchen island with tea and their own meals, but nothing else had been prepared.

I was about to open my mouth to ask if I should prepare something for myself and Ella — which I didn’t mind doing at all — when I suddenly heard the elevator doors open and Edrick’s voice came bellowing through the penthouse.

I could already smell it, and my mouth instantly began to water. I hadn’t had pizza in ages,

leaving me standing in the middle of the dining room with a puzzled expression on my

in then and set the pizza down on the table. “What are you doing still

had the maids and Selina not mentioned that we were supposed to be having a “pizza party” tonight, but I was also shocked to find that Edrick wanted us to eat in our pajamas. But before I could ask why, Edrick walked out of

at Selina and the maids in shock. Selina chuckled

so often,” she

Edrick might want to make Ella happy after all of the stress she’d been through lately. I decided not to question it any further and went to my room to put on a set of pajamas that I felt comfortable wearing

a cushion on the floor that he set out for me. “Ella, do you want to pick out a

sat down sheepishly and picked up a plate of cheesy, gooey pizza that made my mouth water even more, Ella puzzled over which movie

that it was a lot of fun. With my belly full of delicious pizza, there was a bit of a smile on my face as I occasionally glanced over at Ella and Edrick sitting together in the dark room with only the glow of the television to illuminate them. Eventually,

never seen him do anything so spontaneous like this, and during those moments, it really did feel like we were a normal little family enjoying quality time together. I couldn’t help but rest my hand on my belly as we sat and watched the movie, thinking about how we would soon have another addition to our makeshift family for nights like

attention to Ella. But now, here he was, spontaneously bringing home pizza and watching children’s movies on the couch in his pajamas. Not only that, but to think about how sweet he had been when he took us to the mountain estate, even though it wound up going wrong in the

of the television, and he seemed to notice me looking. He glanced over at me, but I didn’t look away at first,

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