CHAPTER 68

At first, our fingers touched, and then our eyes locked and I almost felt like everything was but a distant memory.

“Um, Grandpa, that is quite a drastic. . . decision do you not think?” Kylo replied in a bid to avoid the question.

Grandpa laughed aloud and the sound was as hearty as it had always been. “Well, watching you two for quite some time, it’s high time you two begin thinking of such issues.”

Dora’s eyes sparkled with rage, and Cassandra’s mouth formed a tight line. However, Grandpa never cared about other people’s reactions; he was only concerned with us.

I got embarrassed, but at the same time, I got something more than simply being embarrassed, there was something within me that was struck at the core, which I could not express fully.

The idea of having children with Kylo was something I had never really considered, given the nature of our marriage. But now, with Grandpa's words hanging in the air, it felt like a possibility, a future that was suddenly real and tangible.

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