The Billionaire baby's mama
streets of New York City, her four-year-old daughter, Lily, nestled in a strolle
ous event planner and being a single mom, yet the const
t the name that flashed on the screen made her heart skip a beat – Alexander Reynolds. Memories, both
he call, and a smooth voice
e need t
hing Lily's stroller wit
time for you
do you
mitted, his voice tinged with a
ered. "Found out
pause on the
It's confirmed.
ke an unwelcome storm. Tori's min
to believe that
hy
ight of the truth e
t's complicated. Can we meet? The
meet at a nearby café. Lily, oblivious to the seismic shift in her mother's wor
battleground for the confrontation that unfolded. Alex sat across from To
had, things would have bee
. "Different? Like the way you disappeared wit
e ran a hand through hi
ori. I made mistakes, big ones. But I
s eyes. As much as she resented him, the prospe
ur game, Al
ard, his expre
ernity test without my knowledge. I've spent these years trying to fill
avered, but she r
t's the
lives, and everything ma
k. "I want to be a part of Lily's life, Tori. I want to be her father, not just i
ords, Lily looked up,
, who's
that her carefully constructed wo
ne mommy used to kno
ed between her mother and th
led at Lily. "Hi, Lily. I'v
ne filled with uncertainty, second chances, and the possibi
fé shifted. Tori observed the interaction between Alex
be the father
ntion of disrupting Lily's life but wanted to be a consistent presence. Tori, cautious
ics of co-parenting, Tori's
her orchestrated t
d him to re-enter
rust him not to
ex proved surprisingly adept at handling Lily's antics and demands. Tori found he
low the horizon, casting a warm glow over the city skyline. Lily giggled, c
g the scene, t
I messed up, and I can't change the past, but
ed. "Alex, this is new territory for both of us. Lily dese
edging the weight
'm willing to do
she witnessed Lily's delight in having her father around. Yet, the wounds from th
d herself alone with Alex. The air was charged with
know, Ale
to reveal the truth?" Tori asked, he
'm still trying to understand. He thought keeping Lily's existenc
ng with the complexit
u want from
your en
sincerity burni
a chance to make things right with you. I'm not expecting you to
as Tori considered the possibility of a
ouldn't ignore the spark of hope flickering within her-a hope for redemption,
n, and the road ahead held challenges and revelations tha