Amber
“Daddy, please stop,” Evalie giggled breathlessly, her curls flying with the motion. “You’re going to make me dizzy!”
Rayne finally slowed down and held her close against his chest. His voice was low, raw, sincere.
“I’m so sorry I’ve been away for so long,” he murmured, hugging her tighter. “I didn’t mean to leave you and mummy alone. But I promise, sweetheart, I’ll never leave again. No matter what. I’ll work VERY HARD to be the best daddy in the whole wide world.”
Evalie’s little gasp was full of wonder. “Yay! We’re gonna have so much fun!” she started rambling. “I’ll show you all my drawings and we’ll go to the zoo and I’ll tell Miss Diana that my daddy’s back and you can take me to school and—”
Her words tumbled out like a stream of joy.
And I stood there like a fool, swallowing emotions I didn’t want to feel.
I hated that all of this was getting to me.
I hated how good he was with her.
Rayne wasn’t supposed to be the kind of man who could hold a child like she was the most
