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Then it could be over Then Sera would leave and she wouldn’t have to think about her again

But as she walked out, she wondered about that girl who haunted her dreams Sometimes that face of Sera’s became someone else’s Her own

She shook the thought off and began to planchapter fourSera hadn’t stopped thinking about Harry all day Sending him away had been harder than it should have been, and it wasn’t merely because he would have been incredibly helpful

She wanted to spend time with him She liked how he smiled and how he flirted with her in a way that didn’tShe flat out liked hi

She rocked for a moment, Luc’s little body draped over her torso and shoulder He was getting so big One day—way too soon—he wouldn’t be able to lie on her like this He wouldn’t need her to rock him to sleep

One day she ht not be able to rock her baby while she listened to the sounds of the evening, to the cicadas singing, herto country h the big cypress trees outside their house One day soon she and Luc would be alone in the city and the only sound that wouldher it was another day to get through

She did not want to leave Papillon

She wanted Luc to be surrounded by family the way she had Remy had only been hoain They just felt co older and he would hear the rumors about his birth

Would it help if she slist He could show up and claiht and break up and he could leave, never to be seen again

What was she going to tell Luc? Did she have the right to keep the secret of his conception from him?

I love you, Seraphina I always have

She could still hear Wes that otten drunk and landed in the bed of her best friend When she’d explained it had been a huge ry with her There had been an undeniable potential of violence in hi She’d known Wes Beaumont most of her life, but in that moment, she’d been afraid of him