As I walk to the door, I hear Cedric ask if she’s his daughter. My heart stutters in my chest. I can’t lose her.
“Shh, shh.” I hear him cooing to her, trying to calm her. I see him holding her, gently rocking his body to soothe her as the elevator pings behind him.
He pulls back and looks at her. “You’re a dragon,” he says, and looks up at me.
Her lips quiver as she nods. “Do you not want me because I’m a dragon?” She asks him.
She’s worried he won’t want her, and I’m worried that he’ll steal her away from me.
“Baby girl, I’d want you even if you were a human. You’re mine. My beautiful baby girl.” He scoops her up and carries her into our apartment as she cries on his shoulder.
He kisses her hair and her face, and when she lifts her head, he kisses her nose and forehead before looki
