My Baby’s Daddy

Chapter 666

The childhood memories flitted through Lorclai's mind like scenes from some old movie, emboldening her. Hence, she couldn’t help bringing them up as she asked, "Elliot, do you still remember the time when I broke the vase in your family home? I think I was about eight at the time, and I was so scared I couldn’t stop shaking. You were the one who took the blame for me, and I managed to get off without punishment!"

Elliot was a little taken aback by this as he asked, "I did that? Huh. I totally forgot about it."

Her lips curled up in a smile. "Well, I still remember, because those are the happiest moments of my childhood. They say that a happy childhood is a soothing balm to (he pains of growing up, you know. So, I guess I should thank you for giving me some of the best childhood memories." She looked up at him after finishing her sentence and her gaze lingered on the features that she so adored.

Hearing what she said, Elliot gave her a perfunctory smile. "Did you have a good time abroad?"

"I suppose I did, though I was a little lonely," she admitted with a sigh.

"If I ever come across someone suitable, I’d be sure to send them your way."

She feigned embarrassment as she mumbled, "You don’t even know my type."

He wanted to know what he should look out for if he wanted to set her up

broke over her face as she gazed al him and said, "I’m not asking for much. I want someone

he could sense that the admiration she had for him was beyond platonic the moment he saw the smoldering gleam in her eyes. If he were any other man, he might find her love for him a triumph, something to gloat

away.

said, "l.orelai, I do not wish to hear such things again. Anastasia is the only woman for me, and nothing will

calmly, but there was no hiding the dangerous warning

quickly explained, "I think you're getting the wrong

while his gaze darkened. Al some point, it was like staring into the icy depths of

More than anything, she was surprised to be rejected by him. "I’m sorry if 1 cracked a joke and it went too far. Elliot. I guess 1 thought it was okay for me to say something like that because of how much we

letting her continue with her explanation, be it true or false. "1 have a meeting to

documents he had

said slowly, "I'll get going now then. Goodbye, Elliot." When she was out of the office, she clutched the front of her shin and stared into space helplessly. She never imagined him to be so loyal to his marriage, much less so

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