Ruth makes her face carefully blank, even though her heart has suddenly started racing. It kind of feels like she is doing something wrong by hiding the fact that she is now the one looking after his daughter. She feels the biggest temptation to let him know that she already knows about his child. Instead, she only smiles.
"Why on earth would I hate you for being a dad? I consider it a blessing because I love children." Well, at least she loves Arianna. "How does it feel, being a parent and all?" she adds just to keep the conversation going. Talking to him doesn't feel natural. She feels like they are forcing the conversation to move, groping around for things to say.
It was never that way with the Sebastian she had met five years ago.
At the moment he doesn't even seem to be listening
