In the past, she didn't understand what it meant to love someone, but now she knew. Loving someone means no matter what they do, they can easily stir up emotions within you, and a single careless look can make you heartbroken.
Watching the woman's lips move, Jaysen Smith felt his whole body surrounded by warmth—warm, aching, like honey bees stinging at his heart. Sweet but painful.
"Okay, I won't be sad, we won't be sad!"
Jaysen's hand, encircling the woman's waist, tightened, pulling her deep into his embrace. A long-standing worry was resolved, but instead of feeling relieved, his mood grew heavier.
Time passed bit by bit, and Sienna Harrison let the man hold her tightly in his arms, her gaze lifted, staring at the buttons of his shirt, seemingly lost in thought. She had promised not to be sad, but the images of a cute baby kept reappearing in her mind like a magic wand.
Scenes of life stubbornly lingered in her mind, impossible to chase away.
"Madeline!"
