#Chapter 297 – Home with Baby

Ella I hear Sinclair sigh heavily next to me, murmuring “Ella…” But I ignore him, my eyes fasted on Hank, who blushes a deep red at the door and looks down at his shoes. I don’t say a word, though, or make this any easier on him. Instead, I wait patiently for an answer. “Cora is,” he murmurs, awkward, “very special to me…” “I would imagine so,” I reply, my voice harder than I think I expected it to be. “She’s a very special person.” Hank sighs and raises his eyes seriously to mine. I hold his gaze steadily. “I’m very serious about Cora,” he says evenly. “I want to build a life with her. But we are moving…slowly. We both want to make sure that this is right.” My heart warms when I hear him say that he wants to build a life with her, but still – what does that mean? I hold my baby closer to me and shift in my seat. “And do you want to have childre-“ “Ella!” Sinclair bursts in, his voice angry, a hand on my arm. “What!” I cry, turning to him with