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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

severing ties with his own mother to

light faded

He couldn’t remember anymore.

her presence fade into the background of his life. She had grown quieter, her smile rarer. Like a rose slowly wilting

a flower. It would only bloom according to how

suddenly reached out

meant passion–something fierce enough to give up everything for. But who says love must always burn bright? Can’t it also live quietly, in the small, steady

I didn’t want to let you go–not because you’re Theo’s mother, or because you were a

door to the hospital

Thomas stepped inside.

eaten?

the moment his gaze fell on

smile tugged at Thomas’s

“Did I… interrupt something?”

said it lightly, he

her hand back, her heart tightening with a flush of guilt–caught

darkened, his

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