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

to be a part of our family, Elva And

ever hope for

ground. “But I want Nick–lass”

I

say to comfort her. I understood her attachment to Nicholas He

He was good with Elva.

husband. I remembered our days together. He

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

his time and his money

we fought with one another, we would always make up before we went to sleep.

love you,” he had whispered as he caressed my cheek with his thumb 1 can’t sleep knowing you

unhappy”

caring man into a future where we would be married and taking

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he’d bid her goodnight and come to me We’d hold each other through the night, just as we had done in the past, when one of us or the other snuck into the other’s room

warm he was it haunted

pulling myself back into the present There, I chastised myself for

good reasons,

was clear we would never be together. And for good reasons,

I

years ago, maybe I would have never pursued him then either Our

the moon

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