Gregory was visibly shaking with excitement. Pulling on Ashton’s elbow, he dragged him into the private room. He leaned so much of his weight into Ashton that he almost toppled over.

Ashton, on the other hand, seemed perfectly calm. He walked over slowly.

I didn’t know to expect to meet them in the same place twice. “Greg, why are you here?”

“I’m hungry, so Daddy brought me out for lunch!” Gregory loosened his grip on Ashton and plastered himself to me.

Faced with Ashton’s chilly stare, I unconsciously took a step away.

Ashton looked between me and Emery. He seemed surprised that we were together.

A few seconds later, I recalled Emery’s bombshell. I looked at Gregory with mixed emotions.

Is Gregory really my son? I used to be married to Ashton?

As this thought crossed my mind, I tried to stare surreptitiously at Ashton. I began appraising him seriously for the first time.

more I looked at him, the less sure I felt about ever having marital relations

Ashton was a man who was difficult to please. He

he sensed my roving eye, Ashton lifted

his demeanor.

look like him, but he hadn’t inherited even an ounce of his

some difficulty in securing a parking spot. He looked surprised to see me and

I nodded in acknowledgment.

shocked at his

at Ashton,

with Joseph right under Ashton’s nose. They seemed to reach a

and reminded, “Mr. Fuller, the

lightly. “Gregory,” he called

could almost see the little gears turning in Gregory’s head as he reached out to hold my hand in a vice grip. “I want to eat

his opinion. After a short moment, he gritted out, “Fine, up to

our room

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