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 don’t like

do I,” Tarquin said.

Elijah

“Any news about

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

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 in his heart. He

out of 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

doorstep! Not only did she abandon him, but also their kid! How cruel she must be!

calm down. He knelt beside him to caress his cheek.

could appear before us right now, but…

the highest–valued men in the world were both

you, or me? Did you not do enough, or

how could you be not good

enough. Did you upset her? Is

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