NovelEnglishAlexander hesitated, looking down atwith a wary expression. But to my surprise, after considering for a
moment, he nodded. “Alright. Since it was partially my Beta’s fault you missed your interview, I'll give you
another chance.”
“Thank you.” | puffed my chest out and went to walk past him, heading straight for the nursery.
“Where are you going?” Alexander called after me.
| froze at the base of the stairway, cheeks reddening as it hit me-I wasn’t supposed to know where the nursery
was. | wasn’t supposed to know anything about the house that had been my hfor six years.
Forcing a smile, | turned back to Alexander. “I'm sorry. | assumed the nursery was on the second floor.”
Alexander blinked in confusion. “Well, it is, but...” His shoulders deflated with a sigh, and for a second, | almost
thought | could see the faintest flicker of amusement in his tired green eyes. “Nevermind. Right this way.”
| let Alexander leadupstairs and down the hall, where | knew the nursery was. The door was already cracked
open when we approached. My heart thudded as the soft sounds of a lullaby playing on a speaker
-the very speaker I'd picked out, which had a spinning feature that cast shapes of stars and moons across the
walls to the tempo of the music-emanated from within.
| wanted to run straight to my son and hold him in my arms so desperately. But | restrained myself, focusing
instead on making a good impression.
“He's just in here,” Alexander said, his hand resting on the doorknob. “I'll give you five minutes. After that, I'm
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇttaking him back.”
Five minutes. For all | knew, this could be the one and only t| would ever get to hold my son. The thought
shot throughlike a knife stabbing directly into my heart, but | maintained my cool smile on
the outside.
“Of course. | can have him soundly asleep by then.”
Alexander once again looked disbelieving, but swung the door open and gestured forto enter. The moment |
stepped into the nursery, | felt something inside ofcrack. It had only been a week since I'd last set foot in
here, but it felt so... different. Like stepping into a life that wasn’t my own anymore.
And | supposed, in a way, it was. | had built this nursery with my husband, intending to welca child into our
lives. Things had been different then. | had been different-quite literally.
Now, the little boy that was currently fussing in his crib would never get to knowas his mother. Only
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his nanny. If | even got the job.
Lucien was swaddled in the crib Alexander had built as | approached, little feet and hands straining against the
soft blue fabric. His tiny face was scrunched up and red with frustration, and he was letting out little hiccups that
weren't quite cries-more like croaks.
“Has he lost his voice?” | asked, glancing at Alexander over my shoulder.
Alexander ran a hand through his hair, mussing the red locks further, and nodded. “He cries so much, plus the
oxygen tubes dry out his sinuses. The doctor gavedrops for his throat, but he spits them out.
“Can | see them?”
Alexander hesitated once more, then reached into his pocket and withdrew a small vial of medicinal drops for
lubricating the throat. | took it and set it aside before gently reaching for Lucien.
My hands shook as | took my son into my arms for the very first time.
He was tiny, So, so tiny. Like a baby bird in my embrace, wiggling uncomfortably beneath my touch.
“There, there,” | whispered low enough so only he could hear, holding him close and inhaling his sweet newborn
scent for the first time. “It’s alright. Mama's got you.”
Slowly, | began to rock Lucien in my arms. The motion cnaturally as | held him against my chest, like I'd
done this a million times before. Without even thinking, | began to hum along to the tune of the lullaby playing
on the speaker, adding a few notes here or there as a flourish.
It didn’t take long for Lucien to calm down. His breathing, once labored and raw from crying, began to even out.
He stopped his thrashing and even opened his eyes to look up at me.
Those eyes stole my breath away.
One was green. The other blue.
As if he had taken one of each of ours.
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