Still You Still Me Still Falling novel Chapter 11

In the three years since their breakup, she had reverted to her old self—her hands and feet constantly freezing.

Yet, she couldn't understand why this state felt so utterly unbearable now. The icy chill in her extremities tortured her, day after day.

Perhaps there was a way to fix her poor circulation, but she allowed herself to feel the physical discomfort, almost as a form of self-punishment.

It was a constant reminder of how deeply that man had hurt her.

It was a reminder that she could never, ever forgive him.

She walked away into the night...

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Meanwhile, in a private dining room at a restaurant, Edmond received a call from the nanny.

He had just informed her last minute that, despite the chef already prepping dinner at home, she should bring Tilly to the restaurant to meet him. But when the nanny arrived with the little girl, the room was empty.

"I'll be right there," Edmond said.

When he returned to his private room, the nanny was explaining how Tilly had just taken a tumble.

Tilly was sitting on his lap, looking up at him. "Daddy, the pretty lady..."

The nanny smiled. "She bumped into someone and fell down on her bottom. She didn't even cry! I told her to say 'hello,' and she thought the woman was so pretty, she insisted on calling her a pretty lady."

Laura Ladd was a relative of one of the old estate's staff members and had been taking care of Tilly for over two years.

When Laura first started, she had been terrified of Edmond. Over time, she realized that while he was a man of few words and possessed a daunting, authoritative aura, he was incredibly wonderful with his daughter. By extension, his attitude toward the woman caring for his child was quite amiable. Gradually, Laura had stopped being so overly cautious around him.

Edmond gently pinched Tilly's little nose. "Did it hurt when you fell?"

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