Book Two in the "Alcaraz Duology"
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐱𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
Catalina Alcaraz is a single mother with a past that she doesn't wish to revisit. She has managed to become a successful doctor and to create a life of her own desp...
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Gently, I comb out my beautiful boy's hair.
Orion just took a shower and is getting ready for bed. He always asks me to comb his hair, and I have never stopped doing it since he was a baby. I always take in the moment because I know that one day he won't want me to do it anymore.
"I beat all my friends. They thought it was crazy because I had just gotten the game." He is talking to me about the video game Silas gave him.
"Silas was very nice for gifting me it." He looks at me through the mirror across from us.
"He was." I agree, continuing with his hair.
"Do you like him?" The smile that appears on his face when he asks that makes me stay quiet for a moment.
"What do you mean?" I see the way he smiles even bigger because of that question.
"I think Silas has a crush on you." He very confidently states. "Do you have a crush on him?"
"I think he is a good man." I completely avoid the question.
"I know but that isn't what I asked." He lightly laughs.
I sigh, staying quiet. I don't want to answer that question because I don't want to lie to him, but I also don't want to lie to myself. I'm actually terrified of admitting anything, so I am choosing to stay quiet.
"What would you think if I told you I had a crush on someone?" I switch up the question.
"I would have to meet them to know if they are a good person, but I would prefer it if Silas was that person." He very honestly tells me, insisting with Silas.
"I think he would be a good dad to me." That completely throws me off.
"Do you think he would want to be my dad?" That earns silence from me once more as I finish up.
He turns around to look at me and I give him a soft smile. His precious face alone makes my heart happy.
"Anyone would be lucky to have you as their son." I take a gentle hold of his face.
"You're the sweetest most beautiful boy in the world. I'm more than lucky to be your mother and anyone would be the happiest to have you in their lives." I give him a kiss on the forehead because he seems to like me today considering he is letting me even hold his face.
"You mean a lot to me, Cat." Such simple words make my heart explode.
I almost feel like crying hearing him say that. It means the world to me. What I would give to hear him say more than that, but I'll take any sort of love and affection that he gives me.
"I love you, my precious star." I stare into his lovely eyes so that he knows that I mean it.
"I'm going to bed now." The moment ends and he walks out of my bedroom.
