Chapter 71 New Home In Papeno
**Rosalie‘s POV
A little foot kicked me right in the rib cage as I finished slipping my shoes on in the morning.
“Oof,” I mumbled as I sat down on the edge of my bed to catch my breath.
“Are you all right?” Seraphine asked, an amused expression on her face. She was tidying the room, even though that wasn‘t her responsibility.
“Yes, I‘m fine,” I told her, laughing as I rubbed my belly. “This one sure knows how to find Mama‘s ribs, though.”
I sat there for a few minutes, feeling the baby kick, thanking the Moon Goddess that I was so blessed to have this wonderful child growing inside of me.
For a moment, I let my mind wander to Ethan. It was something I tried not to do. I tried not to think of him at all, if I could help it.
I could imagine him sitting next to me on the bed, his enormous, muscular hand engulfing my abdomen as he waited for the baby to kick his palm.
Would he smile? Would he laugh along with me at each little jab of the baby‘s foot?
I wasn‘t sure if Ethan would be like other fathers and marvel at the growth and milestones of his baby along the way, or if he would just look at the child as his heir and otherwise ignore this precious bundle of joy I was growing inside of me, even after I‘d given birth.
It didn‘t matter now. I would never know…
“Are you okay?” Seraphine asked, breaking me out of my trance.
“Yeah, I‘m fine.” I smiled at her and then added, “Just thinking about the baby.”
“Ro, what are you going to do about Mr. Soren‘s offer?” Seraphine asked me as I got ready to go downstairs and get some fresh air.
It had been in my mind for the past few days. I hadn‘t made a decision yet.
With Derek on this island, I had decided to leave as soon as I could, but where would I be able to go without money? Especially when I was pregnant.
“Seraphine,” I told her, “I‘ve been meaning to talk to you about that. Do you think I should take it?”
“I do, dear,” she said with a nod. “It‘s a good job for you to take, especially with the baby. You could raise your child and care for his home… Also, I am from Papeno too, remember?”
I nodded. I did remember that, and it was an important factor.
“It‘s just… I don‘t know him that well.”
“He seems like a good man. He takes care of his people.” She put her hand on my arm. “If I were you, I would take the job.
He had been kind to me, and I agreed with what Seraphine was saying. “But I‘m also worried that I can‘t do the
job right.”
“Have you done housework before?”
“Yes.”
know
“Yes.”
care of other
“Yes…”
I don‘t see a
reason for me to
that I needed to
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from Soren, wearing
had been away from the house all day, and I had heard from Lola that he was busy with lots of
said. “Have you been working all
about that,” he said, waving a
front of us, and I tried my best to act
can‘t remember the last time I had linguini with clam sauce. This is one of my favorite dishes,
to that, so I took a bite, hiding my smile
He wasn‘t even done chewing when he started talking again. “I love it! Really, I need
her eye
but smile. “What is it?” Soren asked, looking from the maid to me. “What are you two laughing at? You didn‘t just poison me, did you?” he asked in a silly voice, which let me know he was joking and trusted me. It just made us
said, “This is
wide eyed as he continued to look
my test. Now that you seem
Soren‘s fork clattered against his plate as it fell out of his hand. “At my house? You‘ll watch over
me?”
would still like me to do
I was the one who was hiring! How did I end up being interviewed? But I like it!” His eyes were bright. “Yes, yes! Of course, I would. This is great. I‘m
face heat up
could– but I won‘t!” he amended hastily. “I know you, Ro. We‘ll go there, and I‘ll
it.”
my heart. “Thank
pretending to be formal made him laugh
so will your
eyes, those familiar eyes that were the same as Ethan‘s, yet so very different from the ones I was so used
trust you,” I found
across the table and found my
you‘ll be staying with us, Ro. I know we haven‘t known each other that long, but you‘re like a breath of fresh air. I‘m so glad to have met
and a strange moment passed between us before
and I knew he was talking about the fact that we were getting along so
and that was great, because I was absolutely
be ready for anything
my baby, and that
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