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Chapter 158

Lea frowned, her heart missing a beat. Why was he looking so cold and distant? ‘What’s wrong?’

He drew in a sharp breath, moved a few paces away, released the breath, and then turned back to face her. ‘Do you not think it might have been appropriate to ask me first before accepting an invitation like that?’

Lea swallowed a bauble-sized lump in her throat. ‘But I thought you’d be honoured to—’

‘You thought wrong,’ he said, brows drawn down heavily in a brooding frown.

'Dave...' She tried for a conciliatory tone but missed the mark. ‘Why are you so upset? Being asked to be a godparent is such a lovely thing. It’s mostly symbolic these days, but, still, it’s wonderful to be asked. I would feel awful saying no. And besides, they want both of us.’

“I’m not signing up for any more responsibility, especially when we’re not really a couple. Or at least not for the long term.’

Not really a couple. Not for the long term.

The words hit her like slaps. Cold, hard-stinging slaps of truth. A truth
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