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“I’ve said what I wanted to say Don’t wait dinner for me I’ll eat later”
Alexis watched him leave the room A view she seemed to have a whole lot of lately She’d been an idiot to think she could win this tug of love with hi She deserved more than that, and so did he—so why on earth couldn’t he see that? Why wouldn’t he grab what he was offered with both hands and run with it?
It made her heart ache to think he’d chosen to remove hiain No, it was ain It was a conscious choice She just couldn’t understand why anyone would choose loneliness and solitude over love
Over the next few days she watched as a handful of selected applicants arrived at the house for intervieith Raoul Each tis to introduce her to her potential carer Soone okay, some not so much When Raoul told her at the end of the week that he’d made a suitable appoint Monday, Alexis’s heart sank Her time here noas limited Soon, she’d have to leave and the very idea just broke her heart
The only bright light in the darkness was planning Ruby’s first birthday party next week Catherine had suggested they hold the celebration at the play center since it was already designed to cater to a big group of s went there anyway
Raoul, though, was adao
“No,” he said emphatically when Alexis invited him
“But it’s Ruby’s birthday,” she implored
“She won’t know the difference”
Alexis rolled her eyes “That’s not the point”
“It’s also the anniversary of Bree’s death, have you stopped to think about that?”
“Of course I have,” she argued back It see a toll “But you can’t punish Ruby for that for the rest of her life Are you going to deny her a celebration every year because you lost Bree that day, too? Can’t you grasp what you have for once, rejoice in it instead of holding on to what you’ve lost?”
“I said no That’s the end of it”
It was like talking to a brick wall He’d distanced hih to him anymore
The following teeks passed in a blur The new nanny, Jenny, onderfully co for a faton who had a job transfer to overseas She hadn’t wanted to go with the to stay in New Zealand, so the position with Ruby was perfect ti for her
Alexis hadn’t wanted to like the other wonized as a ridiculously petty way, resented how easily she’d taken over Ruby’s care and how quickly Ruby seemed to bond with her Each day Jenny took over reed the other wo out really well
With less time with Ruby herself, Alexis had ot hons She’d played a little with some sketches in the past couple of weeks, a few ideas for herself mostly, and her hands itched to see how the ideas would coe of hand-dyed natural fabrics She’d never ie of clothes before, especially not for the high-end fashion boutiques her work usually showcased in Now she was getting excited about the idea
Besides, she re to distract her once she left This was going to be one of the hardest things she’d ever had to do The second hardest was going to be telling her dad about her pregnancy He’d be disappointed in her, she knew it, but the prospect of new life would help lift hi they could look forward to together
Alexis had toyed with the idea of phoning hi hi she’d have to tell hi back to her father’s home meant that she’d be nearer to Tamsyn, her half sister, and Tamsyn’s husband, Finn, her father’s business partner and theup She could al forward to it