Chapter 0829

“I was thinking we could grab some vanilla ice cream and sit somewhere to talk. Sound good?”

“Perfect.”

We stopped by an ice cream shop and bought a liter each.

As expected, she devoured hers.

I watched her for a moment before taking a deep breath.

“Mary… there’s something I want to talk to you about.”

She looked up, concerned. “What is it?”

“I know we’re getting married soon, and Serene will have my last name. But I’ve been thinking a lot about what I proposed to you….”

“What do you mean?”

“About being Serenity’s father.”

She froze, her face unreadable. “Are you… backing out?”

“No! How could you even think that?”

“Then why bring it up?”

I hesitated. “Because today, I had a terrible nightmare…”

“What did you dream?”

“That I died.”

She gasped. “What?!”

“Yeah… It felt so real. Everything about it–it was like living a normal day, but it ended with me dying. It left me with this awful feeling, Mary. That’s why I needed to talk to you.”

scaring me,

more scared than you are.”

“Why?”

something happens to me, you and Serenity are my responsibility. Do you really think I could

just a nightmare.”

it

hand

to keep living, to surround yourself with people who love you. I wouldn’t want you to be alone. I wouldn’t want you to stay

her grip tightening around her

Chapter 0820

+25 BONUS

the fullest. And now that we know we’re having a girl, we need to make sure that every choice we make is to help her become strong–strong enough to go after whatever she

then added

for that… we have to be honest. We can’t hide the trull

has to find out, and I don’t

deserves to know. When our daughter is born, she needs to know who her real father is. You can’t take that

who

I said. But at least give him the choice. If he wants nothing to do with her, that’s his decision.

“I don’t know… Besides, Maximus is about to marry Alexia, and that woman hates

And I also know

at that.

that idiot has to take responsibility for all his actions–whether he was conscious of

maybe we should move back to Hesperia,”

Her eyes widened.

hadn’t expected that.

asked Marcus to buy a house–a small one, nothing flashy,

wanted her and Serenity to go to Solaria–the place she had once dreamed

serious?” she asked

anywhere. Besides, Marcus lives in Coravela now. We could find a place nearby and settle there. It would

I

worrying

at

beautiful, and when Serenity is born, it might feel like your whole world is crashing down. But you’ll always

a curl behind

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255