Chapter 159

Hendrick POV

Ten Years Later.

“This one?” I hold up a colored book to my daughter as she shakes her head. 

“Uh-huh.” She sulks, putting her thumb into her mouth. 

I reposition her on my arm as I reach for another book. “No… So, this one?” 

She shakes her head again, whining as she pushes it away from her. 

“Serena…” I sigh, holding up the third one, which we've been reading to her for the last week. 

Directing my eyes to the ceiling, I already predict her wriggling in my grasp as she holds out her little hands, wanting to have the book. 

I click my tongue, giving her the book and she hugs it to her chest right away, beaming happily. “Mama.”