Chapter 12

“You’re getting married?”

Tarquin froze. “Who told you that?” he asked.

Elijah didn’t speak, just stared him down.

It hit Tarquin then, “Nola let it slip?”

Elijah’s brow furrowed ever so slightly as he stayed silent.

Understanding dawned on Tarquin, and his face darkened as he explained, “Don’t listen to her tall tales! Daddy’s not looking to bring you a stepmom. You know I’ve never stopped looking for your birth mother.”

“Not marrying her?”

“Not in a million years!”

“Sure?”

“Positive!”

eased a bit, “I

do I,”

Elijah

“Any news about my mom?”

but rest assured, the second there’s a word,

saving grace who indirectly saved his life, and for that, he was grateful. And he was old–school about love – a one–woman man for life. Since they had been together, then it had to be her and no one else

the blue, Tarquin’s feelings became a tangle of love and resentment. She was the only one he’d ever been with; Elijah was surely hers and their fruit of love. So, how could she just abandon

hadn’t stumbled upon Elijah, he would’ve died on their doorstep! Not only did she abandon him, but also their kid! How cruel she must

internally, he saw Elijah calm down. He knelt

us right now, but… some things can’t be forced.

the highest–valued men in the world were both lonely and pitiful since they were abandoned by the same

was knotted tight. “Why doesn’t Mommy want you, or me? Did you

shook his head, “She left when you were just born so how could you be not good enough? You’re a

enough. Did you

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