The CEO's Shattered Vows
But then Lily would look at her with those dark eyes—Damien's eyes—and smile her gummy smile, and somehow Isabella would find the strength to keep going.
At four months, Lily started laughing. Real belly laughs that made her whole body shake. Isabella discovered this by accident while making funny faces during a particularly difficult diaper change. The sound was so pure, so joyful, that Isabella started crying while Lily kept laughing, creating this weird feedback loop of emotions.
"You think Mama's funny?" Isabella asked through tears. "Wait until you hear Auntie Grace do her chicken impression."
She recorded the laugh on her phone and watched it approximately forty times that day, showing