, feigning annoyance as she folded one of Chlo

um of a Parisian night, a stark contrast

leg, looking up with wide, innocent eyes. "We just want you to

mall chest like a miniature CEO. "The market analysis report shows a highe

r smile faded, a shadow of deep-seated sadness passed through he

oftened. "Mommy, do you not like Mia

a title the children had invented themselves, pieced t

Chloe's face in her hands. Her voice was gentle, but strain

room sofa. The moonlight streamed through the large windows, painting silver str

was a raw,

ad discovered she was pregnant in a small, anonymou

fierce, protective determination.

g for her to go to a private hospital in France, away

difficult. The d

gent voices of the doctors. She remembered holding

full of pity as he told her that one of the boys, the

e

soul. It was the true reason she never wanted to return to Miami. Th

gently touche

tood beside the sofa, his blue eyes, so like his father's, fi

mmy," he said sof

l-loved teddy bear into her arms. "Mr. Snuggles

eautiful, perceptive children, and her carefully constructed walls crumbled. She pulled

s a burden on them. Taking a s

her voice thick with emotion. "Mommy

s small hand patting her

way and forced a smile. She went to her desk and r

lly voice, she began

romise to be happy every day, starting now, an

d, their expression

, Mr. Caleb and Miss Chloe, to conquer the Ame

rked. Giggles erupte

Mommy! And seal it!" C

ith a flourish and then pressing

, folding it carefully and placing it in his lit

hadows. The moonlight illuminated the three of them, a t