HannahI told him everything.Everything.Even the stuff that I didn’t want to think about ever again.Over the next twenty minutes, I told Noah my entire story from beginning to end—from the moment I watched my baby’s embryo in a puddle on the floor to this very moment here, now, in this courtroom.
Relief washed over me, so intense it nearly made me collapse. Noah guided me to sit beside him on the bench, his hand still holding mine.“You know,” he said after a moment, his thumb tracing circles on the back of my hand, “I always found it strange how you had such a sudden change in demeanor that
HannahNoah and I walked out of the courtroom side by side.Viona and Drake, who were waiting in the hallway, turned. Their eyes widened the moment they saw our intertwined hands and the flushed color to my cheeks.“Before you start asking questions,” I said, holding up my free hand to stop Viona, “
Perhaps he was simply unsurprised. Because perhaps he had planned on suggesting the same thing.It was the most logical outcome, after all.…Melody’s soft coos filled the air as I gently bounced her in my arms, pacing back and forth across the carpeted nursery floor. Quiet lullabies played on her l
NoahHannah arched her back and slipped her leg to the side, strawberry blonde hair spilling over her shoulder. Pale blue moonlight filtered in through the sheer curtains, illuminating her skin like liquid silver.Noah couldn’t stop himself from wondering if this was real. Even as his lips brushed h
Hannah swallowed hard and trailed her fingernails down his spine. “We’ll have to be quiet tonight, you know. For Melody’s sake.”Noah nodded as he pushed a little deeper, savoring every inch of himself plunging into her warmth.It wasn’t just Melody—this house was full to the brim. Her sister and he
HannahI awoke to warmth: a warm arm around my waist, a warm body against my back, golden rays of sun warming my cheek, heat pooling in my belly.It didn’t take long for consciousness to return, and with it came the memory of last night. My skin still felt flushed wherever Noah had touched me, my co
“Oh?”He nodded, letting Melody play with the seashell around his neck as he bounced her in his arms. “I can’t sleep without you, Hannah.”He said it so simply, so matter-of-factly; and yet I felt my throat close in response, my heart momentarily stilling in my chest.Little did he know that I’d had