The Officer's Runaway Wife & Secret Son novel Chapter 304

Noah stood behind him, his hands still smudged with potting soil.

Felix grew nervous. "Daddy Noah... I wasn't trying to dig through the trash..."

Noah didn't say anything. He looked down at the crumpled note in his hand.

"Don't worry about me."

He left, but he didn't want her to worry? Why leave a note at all, then? Noah thought. It was a trick that would only work on someone as stubborn yet soft-hearted as Clara.

Noah crouched down to Felix's level, pointing at the words and explaining gently, "This says, ‘Don't worry about me.'"

"What does that mean?" Felix asked, blinking his big eyes.

"It means he doesn't want you to think about him."

Felix nodded, not quite understanding, a wave of disappointment washing over him. "Mommy kicked him out. She definitely won't be thinking about him."

Noah watched the boy's expression. The disappointment in those eyes, so much like Rhys's, was as sharp as a needle in Noah's own heart. He felt a pang of sympathy.

"Will Felix think about him?"

Felix shook his head, then nodded.

Noah sighed softly. "Since Felix is so worried, why don't we go see him?"

Felix's eyes lit up for a second, then dimmed again. "But Mommy said no..."

"Mommy was just angry," Noah soothed. "We'll go to the hospital, say thank you, and leave. We'll just take one peek and come right back, so we won't be bothering the doctors. It's the polite thing to do, right?"

Felix hesitated. "...Right."

"Then Daddy Noah will take you," Noah said, standing up. "But you have to promise me, Felix. Just one peek."

He would take the child. He would bring this vibrant, healthy boy to stand before Rhys and show him exactly who had done such a good job of raising his son for the past four years.

Clara had just come down from the patio when she saw Noah helping Felix into his jacket.

"Going out?" she asked, drying her hands.

"Mmm, we're going to the hospital," Noah replied.

Clara froze, her expression and voice turning cold. "I thought I said no."

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