Chapter 34

“I probably want that too…but I don’t like this, it hurts…”

“I know, this will be the last time, I swear…but if Xavier’s lying…let’s say you have a lot more knots to get.”

“No.”

“Yes.”

Celeste huffed, leaning down to lay against his chest. “The only unusual thing that happened to me while I was with Xavier was my constant sickness that’d sometimes lead to dizziness or vomiting…”

Zillon’s hand climbed its way to her stomach, settling at the bottom of it. “Then it could be that he really wasn’t lying.”

“What do you mean?”

“Dizziness and vomiting are common symptoms of pregnancy…when did you say they started?”

“About a…a week after I left.”

“And what else?”

Celeste shrugged. “Nothing…I just…well apart from that, I cried for you. Every night, no matter how much I tried not to.”

“Oh yeah?”

Celeste nodded. “And Xavier was there to console me every single time. I know you don’t want me to, but I want to see him…I at le