Chapter 25

Mia thought that if she ever told anyone else about it, she would probably get snuffed out!

Timothy pursed his lips and scoffed, “Don’t get ahead of yourself. I was just pretending for Grandma’s sake, I’m not interested in you.”

Mia stood up. “That means I can leave now, right?”

“Hold it. What if Grandma finds out you leave alone in the middle of the night? How am I supposed to explain things to her?”

Mia thought about Laura’s chilly hands. Hesitating, she asked, “When is Grandma going to get surgery?

“Didn’t you hear her? She refuses to get one.”

Frowning, Timothy added, “Before she agrees to get the surgery, don’t tell her about our divorce.”

“Alright,” Mia agreed without hesitation. “I’ll try my best to get Grandma to agree to the surgery.”

Timothy’s expression improved. “Let’s sleep.”

Mia took out her phone and sent Patricia a text. “Aunt Patricia, I won’t be coming back tonight. Help me inform Dominic.”

head back tonight, but there was no way she could

worry about other

she had put up with everything for three years, so what

finished texting, she looked around for a couch but couldn’t

room.

“I remember seeing some extra bedding

Mia opened the drawers, she didn’t find

She knew there used to

her. “Grandma arranged everything on

on Mia as well. She realized that Laura genuinely wanted her to have a baby. Unfortunately, she couldn’t tell Laura about the divorce

the only set of bedding that was covering the only bed in the room. She felt conflicted. “What

just sleep like that. Don’t worry. If I wanted to do anything to you, I wouldn’t have waited this long

flashed mockingly. He was right,

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lay down on one side of the bed, but there was no

conditioning on.

Mia and said, “Take it. I’m

to be courteous with him. She was pregnant, so she couldn’t afford

on the other side of the bed,

who lay with her back toward him. His gaze was a little complicated. He

describe what he felt.

a while, Timothy closed his eyes. Soon, he felt something warm snuggling against him and nuzzling

looked at the woman who had rolled into his arms

looked a

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