Chapter 0528

Nicholas lifted his gaze, shock and wonder filling his eyes.

"Tabitha... She really is my child. My child... Tabitha... Tabitha Hawk..."

Suddenly, I was enveloped in a powerful embrace, his body trembling against mine. His heart thudded in rhythm with his shaking voice.

"My child... I really have a child..."

I felt warm tears against my neck, quickly losing their heat to the coldness surrounding me.

Each drop slipped down, landing closer to my heart. A steady ache reminded me that Nicholas's soft, unsteady sobs were painfully real

He seemed drained, his weight pressing against me as if he could barely stand. The two of us swayed slightly, unsteady together.

bent over and almost unable to

said, "Nicholas, I'll ask you one more time. Where

and his knees buckled. Nicholas sank before me. He wrapped his arms tightly around my waist and pressed his face against my

words were fragmented, choked with sobs. "W-Wendy is

I tilted my head back, fighting to hold back my

in my heart, pressing down with a dull ache. I felt

to accuse him, but my words faltered as he looked up. "Ariana, thank you. Really...

feet tall look

and shaking were impossible to ignore. This man before me felt as fragile as glass, on the verge of breaking with a

mine as he held me tight, repeating my name, over

you...

hesitating above his head

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