Perhaps the way he knelt down before me gave me a startle. My thoughts were all over the place that I hadn't given myself enough time to absorb his words.
While Phineas lost all of his weariness at that instant and was applauding from the sidelines and Varick finally stood up and returned his stoic expression, I was standing there-speechless- that a whirlwind of events happened in a span of a day.
The invasion, the truth about Lenalee, her death…
… and now, I was pregnant with the Alpha Leader's child.
Now it made sense why I was having a nauseating feeling last night and while I was grieving, I didn't sense a new life in my womb.
He held my cheek, and I stiffened from his foreign caring gesture. It felt warm and assuring to be touched by him.
"You were hurt by those ro
