A surprised smile escaped me.
Victor chuckled bitterly. "Every time I saw you two together, it was like you either wanted to rip off his head… or jump his bones. But I never really checked how he looked at you until Queen's birth ceremony. He looked at you the way I look at you. He wanted you safe, happy. He was just too foolish to realize that your happiness was with him."
I swallowed the lump in my throat. Victor had never bared his heart like this before, not even when we were dating.
"I hear you, Victor," I finally said. "But I refuse to be the kind of woman who traps a man into a speedy decision because of a baby. I'm doing this. And if Richard truly wants me, we can begin all over again. Start fresh."
Without another word, I turned and walked into the hospital.
