All Chapters of Reclaiming the Love We Lost: Chapter 241 - Chapter 242

Hayes remained perfectly still on Adrian’s lap, his little brain working at maximum capacity as he tried to process the linguistic parameters of his mother's announcement. He knew what a baby was—he had seen them in the children's books Lydia read to him every night before bed—but the concept of a baby existing within the immediate architecture of his own home was entirely foreign to his toddler reality. He looked down at the paper again, then his gaze slowly drifted down to Lydia’s waist. With a sudden, deliberate spark of recognition in his eyes, Hayes wiggled out of Adrian’s large arms. He dropped down onto his hands and knees on the sofa, crawling across the linen fabric until he was positioned directly in front of Lydia’s lap. He stared intently at her stomach, which was still perfectly flat and smooth beneath the cream-colored silk robe. He raised his tiny, chubby hand, his small fingers lightly touching the center of her abdomen, exactly where he had seen his father plac