Damian’s POVI couldn’t be any more excited getting to meet my son, I understood why she kept him from me for so long but right now all that mattered to me was forming a bond and getting Asher to like me.“He’s just like me and the kid already knows his cars at that age,” I laughed as I spoke to Isaac about Asher and I could tell that he was also happy for me.“I’ll ask Hazel if I could bring him home and…”“Didn’t you both say you wanted to take things slow? Bringing him now would be too sudden for the little man.” He cut in and I nodded like he could see me.“Yes but he now knows that I’m a friend of his mom so it wouldn’t be weird if Hazel comes too.” I explained and Isaac let out a sigh.“I guess so.” He replied and I couldn’t stop talking about all the things I planned to do to make up for all of the times I’d missed in my son’s life.“You better make it right this time, Damian!” I heard Lyla’s voice in the background and I laughed as I promised that I would try my best to not sc

Hazel’s POV“Oh No.” I muttered under my breath, I knew what he meant when he said that no one else would ever bully our child again and for a moment I couldn’t help but get scared for the family of the child.“Please tell me that you didn’t order for the child to be beaten up?” I whispered to him when we got to the Ice cream parlor.Asher had already broken the hold and I knew that he was trying to be mischievous with the vendors. I had no idea how he does it but he usually ends up tasting all of the ice creams and telling me not to worry if I actually want to buy some.“Should I have done that instead?” He asked and my eyes widened at once, “hold on, I’ll make a call right now.” He added and before he could bring the phone to his ear, I snapped it out of his hands.The sound of his laughter made me know that he was just pulling my legs and I wanted to punch him. He stood in front of me, hovering over me and for a moment all I wanted to do was stand on my tiptoe and kiss him.“You re

Hazel’s POVIt seemed like my question had unlocked a different kind of emotion in him as he fell in my arms and I staggered a little bit but soon balanced.I knew at that moment that I needed to offer him comfort in any way that I could because I knew how much he loved Betsy.“She died in my arms, Hazel.” He sobbed and I just asked him to let it all out instead of talking. I felt kind of happy that he still found me worthy enough to show this kind of vulnerability around me.It’s been years and seeing Damian in a state like this somehow gave me the assurance that I needed that a part of him that was always comfortable with me was still there.“You’re okay, you’ll be fine.” I assured him in a whisper and I swallowed when I felt him hold me tighter and pulled me closer into him.“I thought that…” he was still trying to talk when I hushed him to keep silent and we both stood there in the middle of the large sitting room for a while as he let it all out.My legs began to ache and I felt

Damian’s POVIt’s been two months with Asher and Hazel and things have been going so smooth that we finally decided to tell Asher that I’m his father.It was difficult because today is the day we would be letting the cat out of the bag and I could literally feel my blood going cold, my palms were sweaty and cold at the same time.I had no idea how Asher would take the news of me being his dad and that was what was getting me nervous since the boy has a huge grudge held against his own father.He’d mentioned it multiple times how he would tell his dad how much he hated him for letting him grow up with just a mother all those years.I couldn’t count the amount of times Asher would come home crying about the fact that he got talked down to because he doesn’t have a dad but I told him not to mind them and also handled things my own way so he wouldn’t come home crying anymore.Getting ready to go to the restaurant that I made reservations at, I made my tie and it seemed too tight that I ha

Damian’s POVThe day went by fast and soon the girls went somewhere to talk while I sank into the couch beside Isaac.“You’re really happy now, yeah?” He asked as he tilted his head to look at me and I moved my head back and forth in a positive nod.“I told you things were going to fall in place.” He smiled, he was right. Isaac had tried multiple times to tell me that I was going to be fine but most of the time I just ignored him.“You did and thank you for that.” I smiled back as we clinked our bottle of beer against each other. I was grateful for Isaac and if it weren’t for him I probably would’ve gone crazy by now.“So, how are we doing on sales?” I started after taking a sip of my beer and Isaac told me how everything was going.Things were moving even better than I expected it to and I was glad, “since you started paying attention, things have been better.” Isaac commented and I let out a sigh.I couldn’t help but think about the bits that Lucas had taken over when my father clai