Chapter twenty one

Ethan’s POV

wung the huge door closed, the sound startling Roy and making him look up. A wide smile crossed his face when he saw me, and he jumped up happily running to hug me.

"Roy, don't-" Sheila spoke up when she saw him running towards me but I held up my hand, silencing her.

His small, chubby hands wrapped around the back of my thighs and I placed my hand on his head cradling his small body close to me.

I used to be quite upset a bit after he was born that he wasn't mine, and I tried to push him away. However, I couldn't stay away for long due to his childlike innocence.

Keeping my distance didn't work, only hurting me in the process so I just decided to love him. Contrary to what Katherine thinks, I would never harm a hair on this boy's head.

Surprisingly, Roy took the move and the absence of his mother quite well. That might have been attributed to the fact that I kept on promising him that was going to come around.

"How's my little man doing?" A twinge of guilt sprang up when