#Chapter 70: An Unbridgeable Gap

Moana

By the time Ella’s training was about to end, Edrick and I had purchased a whole host of baby supplies. He insisted on buying the bassinet anyway, as well as anything else the baby might need. Although I thought it was a bit irresponsible for him to spend so much on certain items, I figured that he knew what he was doing, and I didn’t argue any further. Besides: I couldn’t help but feel happy to spoil our future child as well.

We picked Ella up at training, then Edrick pulled out of the parking lot and began driving in the opposite direction of the penthouse.

“Um, daddy?” Ella called from the back seat, twisting in her car seat to look intensely out the window. “I think you’re going the wrong way.”

Edrick smirked, then shook his head. “No, Princess. We’re going out for dinner.”

Ella gasped and squealed excitedly. “Really?” she asked.

“Really.”

“Really really?”

“Really really.”

Ella squealed excitedly again, which made both Edrick and I smile. I was sitting in the back with her to keep her company, and at one point I looked up to see Edrick’s gray eyes on me in the rear view mirror. I blushed and quickly looked away. When I glanced back up, he was looking at the road again.

you learn at training today?” I asked Ella as

of things,” she said. “We did an obstacle

course?” Edrick asked as he guided the car around a corner. “How did you

the best in the class,” she boasted, placing her hands on her hips with a gloating smile. “I didn’t miss any of the jumps, and

about her exciting day of training, I felt a tear come to my eye. That day, I really felt like we were a little family; we were a strange little family, but we were a family nonetheless. I quickly looked out the window before either

I was amazed by how beautiful

and we had to take an elevator to get up to it. It was spacious and peaceful at the top, with little trickling fountains and a greenhouse feel to it. There was a big glass ceiling with an observation deck for people to walk around and look at the city view. Meanwhile, green

with the menus, and when he did, Edrick finally took off his mask. Much to my pleasure,

you want,” he said, flipping through the menu. “Both of

over from where she was sitting next to me and

tenders?!” I asked in a playful tone of voice. “Don’t you

fancy,” Ella insisted, folding her

glance up —

about you, Moana?” he asked. “What are

swallowed, taken aback that he cared to know what I was going to order. Lately, I’d been craving a lot of meat; no

sounds good,”

pregnant woman to eat something like that?” he asked. “I just don’t want

from the Alpha’s concern for my health and the baby’s health. “But I can get something else, if you’re that worried. I’ve just had a craving for red

nodded his head. “It says that protein is actually recommended, as well as the vitamins in red meat. You should eat it if you want it. Maybe a craving like that is a

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