CHAPTER 49: Lacey

Erin conveyed, "The situation is... he's going to become Auntie Tanya's husband soon. So, you should address him as 'uncle' instead."

Lacey pursed her lips, her eyes welling up with tears. "Doesn't he love me?"

"Not in that way. Everyone loves Lacey," Erin reassured. She grappled with the persistent complexity of her relationship with Orion, unable to comprehend why it remained so complicated.

She had harbored hopes of being with him from a young age. However, after seven years, her role in his life had become intricate due to her involvement in Daryl's death. Even now that she’s having a child with him.

Loving someone who had inflicted pain upon you was an exceptionally challenging ordeal.

Erin caressed Lacey's hair, saying, "When Orion learns about you, he might want to take you away from me." That would only compound her predicaments. "Would you want Daddy to take you away from me?"

Her daughter sobbed, vehemently shaking her head, and Erin's heart ached for both of them.

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