Chapter 153. Name on Paper

“I am going to do it.”

“Reyona!” Toria called her urgently.

“I am sorry, Toria. I…I just can’t look away. I don’t know how and when it happened but these kids have become important to me in a way. I can’t just look away now. I wouldn’t look away if there is any way I can help anyone even if it was not them but…”

“Oh my God, Reyona,” Toria said in a sympathetic tone. “Do you think this is because they are Thomas’s kids? Are you still hung on him, Reyona? You know you can tell me, right?”

“No,” Reyona said emphatically. “This is not because of him.”

“Then why would you do such a thing? This is going too far. How can you marry a man I don’t even think you like because of kids that have nothing to do with you?”

“I just want to help,” Reyona said quietly.

There was silence on both ends for a while, then Toria asked “Do you think you might love him?”

“No, this has nothing to do with that. It is temporary and it is not even real. Once