XAVIER'S POV

Everything felt like it was finally back to normal—or at least as close to normal as it could get in my world. Melissa was back in my life. For the first time in months, I didn’t feel that gaping hole in my chest. She was here, in my arms, in my bed, in my apartment, carrying my child. The noise online had died down.

The internet trolls who once branded Melissa with cruel names had shut their mouths, forced into silence after I made my declaration at the airport and ...