Chapter 16 Have A Baby with This Woman
*Theo*
I’d touched her.
I’d touched the girl, Ciana, and she hadn’t pulled away from me. She wasn’t afraid, nor did she seem disgusted by me.
“Here you are, Father,” I said, giving my dad the book that he‘ d requested. “If you would be more comfortable working in your own office, I can have whatever books you require brought to you.”
“Nonsense,” the king said, taking the book. “I am quite enjoying seeing my son with such a lovely young lady. The two of you are quite a match.” He chuckled, and my stomach twisted in a knot.
While I was happy my plan was working and we were able to fool him into thinking that Ciana was a woman of interest to me, I didn’t appreciate having to pretend like this in my own
office.
And that coffee she’d brought me was dreadful! It was clear she’d grabbed that nasty banana creamer Jake uses, rather than my own. And she obviously didn’t know what a “splash” of creamer meant!
As I walked back to my desk, I gave Ciana a look, hoping she could read it. I was somewhat regretful that I had come up with this idea now that my father was hanging around for so
long, but I was also hoping she would find some magical way of making him leave.
She must’ve read my expression, because she came over toward me, which made me stop in my tracks.
planning on doing
a hug, my
her, swallowing hard. “Not right now,” I said, stepping away from her. “I think we
who loves you so much who is present,” she reminded me, and I knew what she was getting at. She
let’s have a hug!” my father
and gave him a pointed look, and he
a few seconds, unable to keep from doing so, and then turned back to the girl. “Really, I don’t
arms were wrapped around my shoulders, and she
But when I finally
how small she was in my arms. This wasn’t
the greenhouse…
felt different.
she was still smiling. The hug was obviously fake, but it wasn’t painful as I thought it would be,
quiet and
to my desk,
his book aside. “That’s it, then. I’ve made
said, looking at him with a look on my face that would certainly tell
with this woman,” he said, a delighted
she was even more shocked than I was, if
Majesty, sir,” she said, tipping her head down
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