Chapter 70: Angela pov

“Shit! Are you alright?”

Grant panics and rushes over to see if he can help. He grabs a glass and fills it with water handing it to me, which I take gratefully and sip until my coughing stops.

“Sorry, I guess that was a joke that I should have waited a bit longer to use.”

“Is, is that something you want? At some point.”

He stares at me while I wait for his response.

“I have to admit I haven’t thought about it before now, but with you, I would be delighted. Just perhaps not yet. What about you? Do you want to have a family one day?”

I turn to look out of the window into the evening sky before I answer him.

“Growing up I swore that I would never repeat what happened to me. But I also assumed that I would be alone for a long time since touch was such an issue for me.”

“What about now?”

I turn back to face him with a small smile on my face.

“Now,