Back then, he was already in enough pain.

He'd been misunderstood in so many ways, by so many people-but when it came to that child, he simply couldn't let go.

That's why, after everything happened, he kept flying out to New York.

Only by checking in every month, seeing for himself how things were, could he find any peace.

It had become his anchor.

He'd always been a man who kept his emotions tightly leashed, but with Elodie and the baby, he held nothing back.

Elodie stared at Jarrod for a long moment, unable to stop herself from laughing through her tears.

"Jarrod, it feels like you've saved my life again."

Just barely.

She'd come so close to being trapped by regret for the rest of her life.

But fate, it seemed, had given her Jarrod.

He always saw the bigger picture, always managed to plan ten steps ahead.

He'd given her a lifeline-a chance big enough to rewrite the rest of her days. She couldn't deny it.

If Jarrod hadn't already decided that, no matter what, he'd raise the child himself, she honestly didn't think she could have gotten through it.

No wonder.

with little girl's clothes and a pink

made sense

away her tears once more, patient as ever. "Do you think maybe I'm not so bad after all? Maybe I actually

put her

by the sudden rush of hope after

just focus on recovering, okay? Try to get better soon, so you can go see the baby."

Everything felt different now.

was as if, suddenly, there

was a brand-new

short end of the stick, keeping

caught off guard by his teasing, almost choked. "I don't recall

her a crooked smile. "So you're officially here

at him, at

ways to

the grin from her face, her hands still trembling with excitement. She couldn't process the joy, so she

can't rest if you're still

she was practically glowing. She grabbed his hand and

No more

Bennett. You need to focus or

better. As

a long flight, I'll book

tickets."

still recovering, she'd fly to New York this very minute-she couldn't

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