EVELYN

What Ian said as a dumb joke pissed me off so bad. He was indirectly attributing me to the likes of a prostitute who only cared about the pocket of her client.

Wait, was he seeing me that way all this while? I asked myself.

Well, that was his business. I tried to brush off the sad feeling in my chest.

I had no idea Rio was behind me until he touched my hand with his ball in his mouth.

"My love, you're here." I ran my hand over his head, taking the ball.

He nudged me to throw it.

"No, mummy doesn't want to play." I opened the...