Chapter 43. The Children She Didn't Want

A few weeks later, Giovanna was resting carefree in Calleb's arms, in the third week since they had reconciled.

Calleb was pensive. Samah hadn't gone looking for him once, when all his children had. He took a deep breath.

"Do you think Samah is angry?"

"She has no reason to be. You never told her you loved her, right? So it doesn't matter what she assumed, or what she's feeling."

"You're right."

"I always am."

He was silent for a while longer.

"After we got married, we only spent a few times together. That was our real honeymoon."

Giovanna smiled as if remembering something very pleasant.

"Our wedding... It was so long ago... We couldn't stay together, because Anchan would get suspicious."

"Yes." He said and after a long silence, he continued. "How did you manage to go so many years without what we experienced here these