Betty’s POV

I needed to hear it from him. I needed that assurance that he would be there for our child. It might sound too much to ask him to love the baby after everything my family caused him but I had always been selfish

I stayed in his arms even after his assurance and the tension had faded. Ivan’s chest rose and fell steadily beneath my cheek. The conversation from last night had not really ended, it had just settled into the silence between us.

I did not know when my eyes ...