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“I know that, I really do”

“Belle, she needs her ht now, that you think you’re not good for her, you’re wrong You’re her mother, and that’s what she needs”

Belle looked at Drago, and it was so strange to believe this erous men in the world, but he was She knew his reputation He stared at her with so much love, and she saw it now, so clear

“You’re co with me,” she said

“Of course I do want the opportunity to hter for the first time”

Those words

Ava wasn’t his daughter Her father was a deadbeat who’d used Belle to knock her up, but Drago was going to take responsibility for Ava

“You don’t have to do that”

“I know I don’t have to I’ve cos in this life I don’t have to do—it doesn’ta father to your daughter is going to be one of them She will never have to know I’m not I proht you’d be happy about this”

“I arateful, I’m just not used to this, to any of this” She sniffled “I’ a complete mess of this”

“Let’s go and see your daughter so you can stop worrying”

Belle followed hi This was not the place where she ever wanted her daughter to be, and she hated it so much already Her hands shook but steadied a little within his grip She could do this All her life, she’d been alone The only person she could really count on was herself, but now, she wasn’t alone She had soo He wouldn’t let her down She knew thiselse in the world He wouldn’t fail her

As they entered the abandoned building, she couldn’t help but be ashahter was even here in the first place This was so ht in hter would never have to deal with, but here she was, and it pissed her off