Chapter 351

I was totally gobsmacked. My jaw practically hit the floor.

I glanced between Zoe and Colin in disbelief.

Is this even real?

"Zoe, he's my husband," I tried to clarify, hoping to sway her perspective.

But Zoe just mumbled, head bowed. "It's not like we haven't shared a bed before."

I froze, thinking I had misheard, and anxiously stared at Zoe. "What did you say?"

"I've shared a bed with Colin," Zoe stated matter-of-factly.

My gaze instinctively flicked back to Colin. He remained on edge, as if he had anticipated Zoe's wild claims all along.

He clasped his hands together, explaining calmly, "She's talking about sharing a bed in the literal sense, not what you're thinking."

I was baffled. "Literal sense? What are you talking about?"

"Back at the orphanage, me, Carter, and her often slept in the same bed, but it was just sleeping. That's the literal sense," Colin explained through gritted teeth. "When I'm with you, and we have our baby, that's the other sense."

deep breath, my frustration

shared a bed with Carter too, and Phoebe shared a bed with

my forehead, overwhelmed

"Answer

scared of Colin, her voice

the construction worker who lived across

earnestly. "Yeah, I

you recall if anyone visited him before he... you

head. "How

of disappointment. Of course, Zoe,

of your mind?" Zoe tilted her head as she stepped outside, pointing at the surveillance camera above her door. "I have a security camera, you know. Colin installed it for me. He said if I'm ever in danger, I just have

between the camera and Colin. So, he had been in touch with Zoe all along, even installing

installed the camera to protect

I was confused.

to your place?"

check, we can

Colin's arm in frustration. Why hadn't

pained expression.

could finish, he quickly changed the subject. "I thought you were here for Finn,

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