Nova
“Nova, I missed you!” Aria, who had been hiding in the back seat, suddenly bounced forward. “I missed you so much that I begged my daddy to pick you up for your first day!”
For a moment, I just stared at the father-daughter duo in the car. Dominic looked somewhat begrudging as he waited for me to get in, but the fact that he had agreed to his daughter’s request at all softened me somewhat.
Maybe he wasn’t so bad after all. At the very least, knowing that he’d capitulated to a six-year-old’s sweet request made him seem more approachable.
“Well?” Dominic asked. “Are you getting in or not?”
Realizing I’d just been standing there staring at them, I quickly nodded and opened the door. “Thank you,” I said as I climbed in.
Before Dominic pulled away, he looked past me, his eyes widenin
