Chapter 8 Sweet reunion Christine's POV
I cried for the longest time. The words 'I abandoned my daughter' couldn't leave my mind. This was the kind of time that I love Erik most. He held me and said everything would be alright. Once my tears stopped, Erik looked deep into my eyes.
"Please, stop crying. Just let tonight be for us, getting reacquainted." For the first, time I allowed myself to laugh.
"Please Erik; I can't even handle my first child, I don't want another." Based on the look on his face, I can tell I just ruined his plans. "Please, Erik tell me about Bethy. Just so it'll be somewhat easier to form a relationship with her."
"Where should I start; she has no friends, she got sent home from school earlier this year for threatening to Punjab a VERY rude boy in her class."
"Really?" I asked shocked. "How obnoxious was he?"
"Mix Raoul with Carlotta….."
"Stop," I said putting a finger to his lips. "You need not go any farther." I said smiling. Our faces were getting very close together. "Tell me more Erik." He sighed.
"Well, by age seven she was a musical genus…."
"Doesn't surprise me." I whispered in his ear. He moved his arm around my waist.
"She's smart Christine, very smart. She's so lost, though. She's such a wonderful girl. But she's so lost. She wears a mask for heaven's sake. She doesn't know what to do. She's the one raising me by the way. She's been forced to grow up to fast. She's a forty year woman in a thirteen year girl's body. You know Christine; kids tease her because of me."
"Do they know that we weren't married when we…….."
"Yes, somehow they know. They also know that you cheated on Raoul with me."
"Wonderful," I said unhappy. "Erik? No you regret what we did, that I had Elisabeth?" Erik closed the distance between us. He kissed me with such passion, with such need. I could sense his desire. I was surprised with how much I wanted him. He could still make me want him with the gentlest kiss.
"Christine, I have never regretted that night, or any other night you came tome unhappy with the Viscount. I love you Christine, Bethy is our proof of that." I leaned my head against his hard chest.
"Erik, I'm sacred what if I can't form a relationship with her, what if…." He cut me off.
"Christine, you've made some mistakes. Some very bad mistakes. But Bethy will forgive you. Trust me, everything will turn out alright. Now go to sleep, you need to." Within minutes, I was sound asleep in Erik's arms.
Little did I know that not far away, someone was planning on kidnapping my daughter.
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