CHAPTER EIGHTY-ONE

HAZEL 

My hopes were resting on this final attempt. Maybe if he knew I had a child for him… if he just knew.

Xander looked speechless for a while, before he finally looked away. 

“I'll tell Darius about it.”

“Oh, thank you so much, Xander. Thank you.” I said, with tears filling my eyes. 

That day, Xander left with a gruff expression on his face, and I could only watch him from a corner of the living room, not wanting to make a mistake that would change his mind.

When the evening came, I looked out the window, gazing up at the stars. Darius was there somewhere underneath...