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 people
“Yes…”
I don‘t see a
to be no reason for me to turn down Soren‘s offer. I should give
before that I needed to confirm
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across from
I could tell he was tired. He had been away from the house all day, and I had heard from Lola that he was
“Have you
don‘t want to hear about that,” he said, waving a hand
in and set it down in front of us, and I
with clam sauce. This
of anything to say in response to that, so I took a bite, hiding my smile
talking again. “I love it! Really, I need to get the chef
in her eye as she filled Soren‘s wine glass. She looked at me and
Soren asked, looking from the maid to me. “What are you two laughing at? You didn‘t just poison me, did you?”
no,” I said, “This is
to look from Lola to me. “What are we testing?
my head with a smile. “Well, you‘ve passed my test. Now that you seem to like my cooking, I‘ve decided to take
against his plate as it fell out of
me?”
“If you would still like me
But I like it!” His eyes
felt my face heat up as my eyes
know you, Ro. We‘ll go there, and
it.”
can‘t wait,” I said with all my heart. “Thank you for the opportunity, Mr.
pretending to be formal made him laugh
it there, and so will your child. It‘s
same as Ethan‘s, yet so very different from the ones I was so used to looking
you,” I found myself
table and
haven‘t known each other that
passed between
picked up my fork. He was so sweet, and I knew he was talking about
that was great, because I
be ready
my baby, and that
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