Shadows Of A Forgotten Spring

Chapter 171

Chapter 171

The doctors were working treatments that could finally heal her and give her the life she so rightly deserved.

He just wished he’d known sooner, that he hadn’t wasted so much time. But now, he was determined to make things right. He just hoped it wasn’t too late.

Emily leaned back an inch or two, her soft voice cutting into his thoughts. “May I show you my drawings?

Alexander smiled, his heart swelling. “Of course, sweetheart. I’d love to see them.”

Emma handed over Emily’s drawing book, her fingers brushing against his for the briefest of moments. Their eyes met, and though neither said a word, the weight of unspoken emotions passed between them.

Alexander slowly turned to Emily now, who flipped the pages over to show him colorful and imaginative artwork–to him, each drawing was a masterpiece.

“It is my favorite one,” Emily said, pointing to one drawing with a sun in the middle, around which plenty of bright smiling faces were drawn. Her little finger circled, tracing the images as if explaining the masterpiece to somebody who did not know about its magic yet.

Alexander wrapped his arms tightly around her, overcome suddenly with emotion as a wave of love washed over him. He pressed a light kiss against her forehead and whispered softly, “It’s beautiful, just like you.”

Emily blushed at the compliment, her cheeks turning the softest shade of pink. She looked up at him with her wide, innocent eyes, tilted her head, she said something that completely stopped Alexander’s heart for a couple of seconds.

“You look just like my brother.”

Alexander blinked, taken aback for a moment. For a moment, the weight of everything, the years of separation, the guilt, the longing,seemed to dissolve in her innocent observation.

He snorted, but it came out much more like a laugh than he had meant for it to. She brought out a side of him he hadn’t felt in ages.

“Really?” he asked, his lips twisting in a smile.

in a voice so simple and pure it made Alexander’s chest ache, she added, “It would have been nice if you were our dad.”

were so carelessly spoken, they hit him with the force of a thousand emotions. His heart squeezed painfully, guilt and love colliding in a way that left him speechless. To hear Emily

he asked softly, but in his

began, but before the

said as she entered. Immediately, Emily turned to

Brianna, her eyes shining. “Kids! Want to tour the estate?”

Ethan and Emily chimed

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helped her mother into an electric wheelchai then gallantly swept Emily out of Alexander’s arms. The sudden emptiness of his arms left Alexander hollow

on the tour of the estate, but was stopped by Brianna, who

Alexander, a

the family began to turn and leave the room, Brianna glanced

you here,” Alexander whispered, his

room was deafening, yet not an empty silence. It pulsed with a tension that seemed to have been building since the second he walked

rose slowly to her feet. Her heart was pounding so loudly she was sure he could hear it. She kept clenching and unclenching her palms

unwavering intensity. Slowly, she raised up her head and met his glance, and immediately, the whole world dimmed into total

invisible tension between them

could take another breath, he

closed the distance between

enveloped her.

warmth of his

as he looked at her, his eyes brimming with a