Meadow’s POV:

After Alaric left for work, I spent the entire day worrying about the fact that I was going to meet the woman who gave birth to him in less than two days.

The truth was, I did want to see her—but only because I was curious. But in hindsight, I wasn’t sure it was a good idea.

Maybe Alaric had no problem lying to his family, but I wasn’t a very good liar. How on earth was I supposed to pretend to be in love with a man I barely knew in front of his mother?

“Between me ...