"Auntie missed Joy too."
Chloe Bishop scooped up the little girl and planted a kiss on her delicate, porcelain-like cheek.
Joy took after Nora Fatehi more—she was a beautiful little girl.
Nora Fatehi teased, "Joy has been chattering about you all day. She made this mother quite jealous."
At that, the little girl immediately burrowed into Nora Fatehi's arms, gave her a kiss, and said in her sweet, milky voice, "Joy loves Auntie, but she loves Mommy even more."
Nora Fatehi laughed despite herself. "You little sly one."
Chloe Bishop smiled. "Just like her mother."
Liam Martin watched Chloe Bishop's bright, smiling face. She hadn't looked at him once since coming out of the bathroom—completely ignoring him.
She must hate him now.
A week apart, and she looked thinner. Her collarbones w
