POV: Darius
Later that night, the mansion was quiet as everyone had retired to their bedrooms. Adira and Caleb had gone back to their apartments.
Mama Florence had somehow managed to convince me and Adriana to stay the night. She had been so happy when she heard the news about Adriana’s pregnancy that there was no way we could have left. She was already talking about baby clothes and nursery colors and names for the baby, and I could tell she was over the moon.
And honestly, so was I. I was genuinely happy. Happy that I was going to be a father. Happy that the woman I loved was carrying my child. But deep down, under that happiness, something else sat heavy in my chest. Something I couldn't show to anyone.
Fear.
I’d never been scared like this before in my whole life. Not when I had a
