BONUS CHAPTER 1: A Vacation

Three Years Later

[Knight’s POV]

“Daddy, look the ocean!”

Octavia’s lips turn into a bright smile as she lets her eyes come to rest on the sparkling blue water in front of us. This was the first time she had ever been to the beach, so of course she was excited.

“I want to swim!”

As the words leave her lips, she attempts to rush forward but stops as Tatiana reaches down and grabs her wrist.

“Careful!” I hiss, not missing the way she wobbles forward due to her large belly. “You’re going to fall and hurt yourself!”

“I’ll be fine,” she insists, giving me a look of annoyance. “This isn’t the first time I’ve been pregnant.”

Wincing, I try not to think about that time when I abandoned her when she truly needed me the most. I was a fucking fool back then, and it cost me a year with the woman I love the most and the first two months of my daughter's life.

That was why this time around I was doing everything, from attending every single doctor's appointment to doing everything Tatiana needed me