Michael's POV
I have been slipping away to Christine every night. I feel like a child slipping out of his parent's home to visit his girlfriend secretly. I must tell Clara and Ryder about my mate, but I do not dare. They do not like Christine. They think she's entitled, and they don't know her like I do. Christine was a spoilt brat, but she told me that she always wanted to be just an average child. But her parents were always on her case to marry somebody like Ryder. They did not want her to be happy. All they wanted was to use her as a pawn for them to get wealthier. Every night, I sneak out to go and see her, and she lies in my arms. I wish I could tell the world that she was mine. I asked her to give me a few days to tell my family, and she understood because she knew my daughter was
