Chapter 76

Maya

That day had arrived and gone in a flash. All day I had not received any news from Nate. Why didn’t he look for me?

Again I tried to wash Axel, and he again refused. This time I forced and scolded him and then put him in the bath to wash him. All the while, he didn’t look at me, and he just got himself washed up in silence with red eyes swollen with tears.

I felt like shit about it, but I couldn’t wait for Nate. Neither of us could wait for Nate.

I changed Axel, and he remained silent without looking at me, offended to death by me.

Once I changed into his pajamas, I tried to put him to bed, but he refused and kept repeating Dada endlessly.

I knew the argument was between Nate and me, but Axel was the one who ends hurt the most, and that was one of the reasons I didn’t want anything to do with him at first.

Axel began crying desperately, not wanting to stay in bed. I picked him up and went back to the salon and picked up my phone, and dialed Nate’s number.

"Yes," he said coldly.

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