Chapter 2085

He lifted a hand, the pad of his finger brushing her burning cheek. “You’re being terribly unfair.”

“Hmm?”

“You can’t stand to be apart from the kids, yet you’re perfectly fine leaving me on the sidelines.” He paused, drawing a steadying breath. “Remember, it’s you and me for the rest of our lives. Sometimes I feel like I’m dead last in that beautiful heart of yours.”

Only then did it click. Her proud, composed husband was jealous of his own children.

A laugh slipped out before she could suppress it. “Of course, the kids outrank you. I risked my life to bring them into this world.”

Nathaniel’s eyes darkened, a storm gathering behind the calm gray.

Cecilia twisted free of Nathaniel’s arms and bolted down the hallway, bare feet whispering across the hardwood.