Chapter 62

She mentally scolded herself. He was staying for their son… Not her. That should be something to celebrate, not something that made her chest feel like icy shards were penetrating it.

“It’s not like you to be clumsy,” he commented when they were left alone again, thoughtful eyes fixed on hers, forehead indented with the contemplative lines she recognised.

“It was an accident.” She tried to speak dismissively but there was a tremor in her voice. Her bones felt like they’d become jellified. His right eyebrow rose sardonically. She had a large drink of her juice and willed her heart to settle.

“So I take it you’re already settled in?” she asked, and was relieved that this time her voice had mostly returned to the casual tone she’d spent two weeks perfecting.

There was a slight narrowing of his light brown eyes before they glittered and a knowing smile played on his lips. “I sure am,” he replied, not taking his eyes from her beautiful face. “So what do you say to