RIZ
I COULDN’T breathe. This is what it feels like to be valued. My whole life, I’ve been waiting for my parents to love me too.
The kind of love that’s unconditional.
The kind that doesn’t come with the expectation of being their child.
I don’t know if that day will ever come, but right now, I feel like I’m up in the clouds. Justin loves me not because I’m carrying his child. He loves me for no reason at all. I still can’t believe it, so even though Matet continues her story about her and Ryan, I can hardly understand anything. All I can think about is my husband and his love for me.
“Hey, are you listening? Come on.” Matet rolled her eyes at me in annoyance. Reysa would just meet us here at the mall later. She had an errand to run.
“Sorry. I’m just thinking.” I smiled at her. “I wa
