Chapter 244

Emmeline watched with rapt fascination, her heart fluttering wildly behind her ribs when Zavian fussed and fretted over the snowman’s attire.

There was just something so undeniably endearing about the sight of this imposing man treating their frosty creation with such tender care and consideration.

It made her ache with a desperate, all-consuming yearning to provide him with a child of his own flesh and blood - to give him that second chance at fatherhood he so clearly craved.

“Here, put your hat on him as well,” Zavian instructed, reaching for the phone tucked into the pocket of his heavy overcoat. “I want to get a picture of the two of you together.”

Emmeline’s lips parted on a surprised little, “Oh!” then hurried to comply with his request. Plucking the knitted cap from her tousled curls, she carefully situated it atop the snowman’s head - giving it a jaunty tilt before whirling back around to face Zavian with a brilliant smile.

“Like this?” she aske