Chapter 68: Confirmed Alice is Pregnant

RYKER

"Love..."

Claire has been strangely quiet ever since we left our home. She hasn't said a single word, as if the vastness of the world outside has swallowed her voice. The once lively and animated person has now retired into herself, leaving an eerie void. I let go of the situation because I thought that maybe her long-lasting sadness had made her do what she did. I used the harmonious art of music to fill the silence inside the car by carefully arranging melodic notes. This took away any discomfort that might have come from the silence. As we arrived at her parent's house, they were shocked because our entrance had caught them by surprise and left them unprepared. Claire was talking to her parents when I suddenly had to call her immediately. At that very moment, she turned towards me, and I quickly grabbed her wrist and pulled her away from her parents.

"What do you want me to buy for them as a gift?" I asked. Claire had her eyes on me. "What gives you that look? I want to retur