Chapter 209

• It only now registers with me that I'll be left alone with Bianca and Eloise for the first time since I left Rhode . Oh god, what if they actually hate me and they've just been playing nice in front of Rhode ? I feel like I'm being sent to the principals office.
• "You'll be fine" Rhode tells me quietly as he appears by my side, placing a soft kiss to my cheek. It's like he can hear my thoughts, or perhaps the guilt and shame is radiating off me like toxic waste.
• "Enjoy the school run" I reply quickly as Rhode tentatively strokes the baby's cheek with the pad of his thumb. My stomach does a triple flip just watching him, this better not be baby fever. He nods his head before following Michael out into the hallway, leaving me alone with Bianca and Eloise.