Christmas Billionaire by Nella Tyler

Author:Nella Tyler [Tyler, Nella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-06-04T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Lauren

There was something magical about that night. There was an almost fantastical element about sitting and watching Chase and Cole together. Chase was talking softly to his son, and Cole was listening to him as though he were Santa Claus. The apartment was filled with the muted light of the lampshades and the smell of hot chocolate wafted through the air.

I was busying myself unnecessarily, tending to small chores in the kitchen so that I could give Chase and Cole a little privacy. It had been very strange to stand there and introduce Cole to his father, but somehow, in the course of an hour, Cole’s nervousness and confusion had melted into comfort and he had warmed to Chase almost immediately.

The explanation we had given him was simple. Chase was his father and he had been away working as a soldier in a foreign land. The moment he heard this, Cole had turned to me. “Like G. I. Joe?” he asked.

I smiled. “Very much like that,” I nodded. “Your father is a hero.”

Cole had looked between Chase and I. “Can I tell my friends?” he had asked.

Chase and I had laughed. “You can,” we both nodded together.

Fast-forward to a few hours later, it was almost two o’clock in the morning and Chase was still talking to his son. Cole was lying against Chase’s chest and his little eyes were beginning to droop with sleep. I put away the cocoa mugs and walked over to the both of them.

“I think it’s time to put him to bed,” I said stretching my arms out to take Cole from Chase.

“It’s okay,” Chase as he got to his feet gently taking Coal with him. “I’ll put him to bed.”

Chase carried him slowly back to his bedroom and I pulled back the covers as Chase placed his son gently onto the bed. He straightened up and stared at Cole for a few minutes before we both backed out of the room.

“Why don’t you go back to my room,” I suggested. “I’ll turn off the light in the living room and meet you there.”

He nodded distractedly and disappeared into my bedroom. When I returned to the room, Chase was sitting on the edge of my bed staring at his hands as though he were seeing something else. I locked my room door and moved to sit beside him.

“Are you all right?” I asked taking one of his hands.

Chase breathed deeply. “That was….”

“Surreal?” I offered.

“Exactly,” he nodded, then he turned to me with some concern. “Do you think we did the right thing by telling him like that? We didn’t…scar him or anything?”

“Of course not, Chase,” I said. “He deserved to know the truth, and you deserved to have him know the truth. I didn’t see the point in telling him in stages, either. You saw him tonight; he was so ready to know you. He’s missed having a father in his life.”

“How do you know?” Chase asked as he looked at me imploringly.

“Because I did,” I admitted in a low voice.

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