Chapter Seventy four

CAELUM

Leaning forward, I set my whiskey glass on the small table next to me and lean back into the seat once again, my gaze never leaving Aurora and Layla. Layla came in with a piece of paper and a pencil, for Aurora to help her. They've been writing a letter together for the past fifteen minutes, with Layla being the one to hold the pencil and Aurora spelling out the words she can't by herself.

“Can I add I love you?” Layla pauses, looking up at Aurora. Aurora is focused on the paper of at least she wants me to believe she is. I see through her facade, the same way I see her watching me from underneath her lashes. The marks I left on her glisten in her flawless skin, I know they'll heal in three to four days but I hate that I did that to her. Under other circumstances I would have loved it but that wasn't her, she was different.

“Mommy!” Layla whines, tapping her thigh this time.

Aurora instantly nods, her eyes meeting Layla's questioning gaze. “Anything you want princess.”

“Oka