My Baby's Daddy

“You don‘t recognize me? You don‘t remember who I am?” Sophia asked him.

Arthur lowered his head and gazed at the girl in his arms. Suddenly, he felt his heart aching as he sensed a sense of familiarity with that face. Adding on to that, her pair of eyes, which had tears welling up, were tugging on his nerves, and he felt his heart pounding for her as though he was under a spell.

“Do I know you?” he asked with a frown.

Sophia let go of his hands and looked at him in agony before asking, “Don‘t think that you can act dumb, Arthur. Just tell me if you don‘t love me anymore. We can break up.”

Startled, Arthur looked at this enraged girl and didn‘t know what to do.

“My name is Sophia Goodwin, and I used to be your girlfriend. I came here to see you and hear what you said. Once you‘re done talking, I‘ll leave and never get in your way again.”

Surprised, he asked her, “What do you want me to say?”

“Say you don‘t love me any more or that you fell in love with someone else. Just say it. I want to hear what you have to say.” She lifted her head, and while tears were streaming down her face, she made herself look at him.

tightened as if something were pressing on his heart, and he found

 did I feel compelled to comfort her by wiping her tears? Even though he realized

don‘t love

move away; he just gazed at her

of anything you

from the side and barked madly at Sophia. Her face turned pale

her arms around his neck and

Arthur was holding a panicked girl as his

I‘m scared. Ask your dog to go away.” Sophia clutched

you. Come on down!” Unexpectedly,

it‘ll bite me.” She was sure that the big dog considered

inhaled deeply and said,

to leave!”

shout at his pet, and when Gritt caught