Chapter 76: Trending Again

ELLIOT’S POV

I continued to stare at my dad after I asked the question, and he let out a deep sigh.

"Who is the child's dad? Have you met him before? How did it happen?"

I asked at the same time, almost as though his silence and his new thoughtful mannerisms had stirred up my curiosity even more.

He finally cleared his throat and shook his head slightly.

"It's quite a long story."

I shrugged and said.

"Well, I'm not too bored to listen."

"Alright." He said calmly, adjusting himself on the couch.

"I think it was about 3 years before your mom had you. At the time, we had just moved the headquarters to the company’s current location. Life was set, and I had decided to source more investors for our budding corporation. I planned to travel around the world for like a few years, precisely 3 years, leaving your mom behind, who I had just engaged with, of course." He let out a small smile. Which was plainly not a happy smile, I could immediately tell that it had come from a deep place of pai