24.

POPPY:

Sebastian Holding was coming over.

My body went numb and my breathing became erratic.

Why did my heart jump all of a sudden as if I had done something wrong to that man or was I wanting his presence?

I shook my head. No. No. Impossible. This is madness.

It was still a few days when I met that man and I could not allow myself to feel like this. I had a child for Pete’s sake and my child was my focus, not some silly feelings or whatever you call this.

You stop feeling as if you will be seeing your crush for a long time, Poppy.

So what if he came over?

I looked at myself. Still wearing my sweaty pajamas. I needed to shower and wear something decent before Sebastian Holding arrived.

Decent? It was not a requirement to make myself presentable. We will be grocery shopping and wearing shorts this summer season is also acceptable. It was time to show some skin, but not that much to attract perverts.

“Mommy?”

I was brought back to the present and was reminded that Kelly was stil