Elle was pressed next to him within seconds, her arm coiled around Sebastian’s as though it was instinct for the two of them to be touching intimately.
Her face was beaming with absolute joy. I knew that look. It was the same one I had only last week. “Seb, the doctor is pleased. She says the pup is healthy and doing well. I’m so excited. We need to celebrate.”
My knees began to buckle at her words. At her excitement.
They were having a pup.
He didn’t want mine, but he was here for theirs.
Sebastian reached out to brace me as I swayed, but I shoved his touch away and steadied myself against the wall instead.
His touch was confirmed as tainted, and I wasn’t interested.
Elle smiled at me, her face mirroring one of confusion. “Sebastian, who is this? Someone you know?”
“Yup,” he
