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,

do I,” Tarquin

Elijah

news about my

the second there’s

about that woman! She had been his 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

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

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

saw Elijah calm down. He knelt beside

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

pill to swallow that the highest–valued men in the world were both lonely and pitiful since they were

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

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

not good enough. Did you upset her? Is that why she

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