Jules wanted to get Ivy out of Ceaser’s arms but she didn’t want to wake her. Ivy looked so peaceful in his arms but Jules had come to the conclusion that she knew nothing about this man, he was a stranger in her home.

I don’t even know you.

Jules wanted to say but instead said “No, it’s fine. I’ll take her.” She gently picked Ivy from Ceaser’s arms.

Ceaser’s jaw clenched as Jules declined his offer. No one had ever said no to him. It made him all the more furious that she was saying no to putting his daughter in bed. His daughter.

Ceaser stood in the same spot as Jules went to Ivy’s room and placed Ivy in her crib trying not to stir her awake. She looked at her peacefully sleeping daughter and smiled.

How did she ever get this luck?

She wondered once again like she had done every night she put her munchkin to bed. Jules smiled then walked out without making any noise, switching the lights off on her way out. She joined Ceaser in the living room and saw him at the same spot she had left him. He looked up when she walked in and she stopped a few feet away from him their gaze locked.

"I'm sorry about all..." She said gesturing to the sofa where Ivy had been all over him a while ago.

her once again. "She actually seems like she knows

as a matter of fact "I've always thought all this was a dream. That I'd finally wake up and she'll be like all those other kids that cry about everything and are difficult to deal with; although she has her moments." Jules rambled on about Ivy

she isn't like other kids." Ceaser said,

like she's done

to grow up."

up at him and saw him smiling, noticing the dimple on his left cheek and he

He asked.

shook her head and sighed

been able to relate with anyone about Ivy. Andy and Sofi knew Ivy was a smart kid but they never got it like she did. Ivy was a miracle child; her miracle child

grew. Their gaze locked and it was like they were frozen in time. Ceaser’s gaze grew darker and Jules’ heart

thing was they both knew the other felt it but neither of them

Ceaser wasn’t going to do anything about their awkward situation, she cleared her throat and forced herself to

was mad at her, then he was relating with her and the next he wanted to...what

breaking the silence, wanting to get the heck out of here before he did something he’d regret in the morning.

turned to something else. Something entirely different

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