Chapter 50: "You."

Caelum’s pov.

Sophia cares about her daughter.

It was clear in the way her face lit up when they spoke, in the way her eyes seemed to twinkle as she stared into the screen of the laptop and the way she gazed at the little human beyond that screen with an almost crazed fondness.

Sophia looks at her child... Like she’s all that matters in the world.

And she’s a good mother. That much is clear.

But she’s also hiding something from her daughter.

I stare at the spot she was just seated on and my body mourns the loss of her presence. The loss of her scent.

The loss of the warmth that was radiating off her so softly. She looked…tasty in the outfit she wore today.

I love seeing her in trousers.

They package her backside quite alluringly.

“Drooling on the mental image of a business deal, are you?”

I look up to see Alora just in the doorway, and her expression is still closed off. Her tone is still cold.

I sigh because she’s also an issue I have to deal with, and despite the fact tha