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Loving DAD 1105

Chapt

Chapter 1105

Sharon fell silent, unsure what to say.

Once, she had always had endless things to share with Carter. Now, there was nothing left between them but quiet.

Without Kelly between them, even arguments had lost their meaning.

Carter didn’t seem to notice her silence.

“Sharon, you’ve changed a lot. I used to think that since we had a child, all I needed to do was swallow my pride, coax you a little, and we’d go back to the way things were. I even thought I could use Theo to soften your heart, but he told me that you’re happier now than you ever were before.

“Back then, I couldn’t understand it. For a child, isn’t having his mother around supposed to be the greatest happiness in the world? But now I see it clearly… I’m not even as perceptive as a five–year–old.”

In Sharon’s eyes, he caught a faint shimmer–light he hadn’t seen in years.

It reminded him of their early days, when they’d just married–how bright her eyes had been then, how full of life.

because of the child. He’d thought she would make a good wife. He

with his own mother to marry a

that light faded from her

He couldn’t remember anymore.

life. She had grown quieter, her smile rarer. Like a rose slowly wilting in the shade–its

tending a flower. It would only bloom according to how

suddenly reached out and clasped her

up everything for. But who says love must always burn bright? Can’t it also live quietly, in the

drew in a breath. “Sharon, after the divorce, I’ve thought a lot about us. Back then, I didn’t want to let you go–not because you’re Theo’s mother, or because you

he could finish, the door to the hospital

Thomas stepped inside.

you eaten? I brought

his voice faltered the moment his gaze

smile tugged at Thomas’s

“Did I… interrupt something?”

said it lightly, he made

back, her heart tightening with a flush of guilt–caught between them as though she’d been exposed

his

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