Ellie POV
The dining room felt too large with just the two of us seated across from each other. It always had, but now the silence between us made it even more noticable.
Or maybe it was because I was used to so much noise now. The boys were good babies, but even good babies cry a lot of the time. Not hearing their little voices cooing and crying was driving me mad. I felt like my heart was breaking and it had only been a day.
I pushed my fork through the last scraps of dinner without really tasting anything. My nerves were buzzing, every little movement put me on edge. Every time Nolan shifted his weight or moved his hand I had to fight the urge to snap my head up and stare at him.
He leaned back in his chair, the wooden legs scraping lightly across the hard floor. I lifted my eyes a
