Chapter 0122

For a moment, I sat there in shock, looking at Elva and her wide, earnest eyes.

Nicholas wasn’t exactly the last person I thought she’d say. He had been visiting her a lot lately, he always seemed to make time for her. But I would have thought Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny would

have taken higher priority for a three year old

My face burned hot at the implication that Nicholas would well, we would have to be married for

Nicholas to be Elva’s father, wouldn’t we?

I cleared my throat. “Um, Elva, honey Nicholas can’t be your dad

Elva tilted her head. “Why not?”

“Someday he’s going to have his own family to take care of His own wife, and his own kids. He won’t

have time to spend with you and me

Elva’s shoulders slumped “Why?”

“We won’t be living here anymore then, and he’d have to travel away from them to see us. You wouldn’t

want him to make his family sad, just so he’d come to see us?

“But I’ll be sad

face fell and my

that wants to be a part of our family, Elva

ever hope for

the ground.

I

there was more I could say to comfort her. I understood her attachment to Nicholas

best, maybe. He was good with Elva. He was

husband. I remembered our days together.

with the rest of the world, but he always compromised with me. He was generous

time and his

with one another, we would always make up before we

he caressed my cheek with his thumb 1 can’t sleep knowing you are

unhappy”

future where we would be married and taking care

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we had done in the past, when one of us or the other

how warm he was it

the present There, I chastised

And for good

be together.

I

a prince if I had known that three years ago, maybe I would have never pursued him then either Our hearts had been so close, but our social classes were so far

the

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