Chapter 83 Children by Her Side

Chapter 83 Children by Her Side

Had his eyes deceived him?

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Baron almost reached for Natalie’s hand, but the sight of her inflamed, broken skin stopped him cold. He clenched his fist, then loosened it, calling the twins closer instead.

“Come,” he said softly. “Introduce yourselves to your mommy. She doesn’t know you exist yet.”

Susie hesitated, nervous now that the moment was here.

Sean stepped forward without pause. Standing by Natalie’s bedside, he spoke clearly: “Mommy, my name is Sean. Daddy gave me this name, but I don’t like it. The meaning’s terrible. When you wake up, can you give me a new one?”

“Sean!”

Baron’s face darkened. He’d expected a tender, heart-wrenching speech to move Natalie even in her sleep. Instead, the boy’s first words were to complain about the name he’d chosen.

But strangely enough, the heaviness in the room eased a little.

Susie, emboldened, took her turn. “Mommy, my name is Susie. I don’t know why Daddy picked it, but I like it. Do you like it too?”

indeed the softest armor

on Natalie’s face. “Mommy… I’m four years old already. You missed all my birthdays. This year, will you celebrate


Baron’s heart twisted.

the void. Sometimes she could hear voices; sometimes she could not. But she always felt safe

faint sense of him. Panic pressed at her chest, but her body

that emptiness forever-until two bright, childish

Mommy.

was calling her

word warmed her chest, melted something

Sean…? Baron’s son?

married? Then why… why did he

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her fevered

and sweet as a bell. A little girl’s voice, tender, sticky-sweet. Natalie longed to

children talked and talked, pouring their hearts out. Natalie heard every word, yet her eyes would not

called an end. “Enough for now. Rest two days. In that time,

was firm. Cruel, even.

come; his face showed no surprise.

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