~CELINE~

I didn't mean to eavesdrop.

I was just coming to check on Caesar. Just doing what I always do—making sure he wasn't in someone's way, wasn't touching something too expensive, wasn't being...too much.

But I heard it.

The tiny, innocent voice that belonged to my entire world. And the stunned silence that followed.

"Maybe you can be my daddy?"

My breath caught so hard it hurt.

I watched Hunter freeze. I watched the panic flicker across his face, the way his body tensed like he'd ...