His Ex-Girlfriend Came Back With Their Son — And Suddenly I Became His Backup Plan
Chapter 12
My father was surprised when I told him Daniel had ended the plan.
“Are you going back to him?”
“No.”
“Why?”
“Because I need time.”
He nodded.
Then he said something I didn’t expect.
“I owe you an apology.”
I stared at him.
“For what?”
“I spent your whole childhood trying to protect you from abandonment.”
He looked away.
“Maybe I taught you to fear being alone too much.”
Tears filled my eyes.
“You didn’t.”
“Perhaps I did.”
He smiled sadly.
“I wanted you to have the family I couldn’t give you.”
I hugged him.
For the first time, I understood something.
My desire for a perfect family had made me willing to accept an imperfect love.
I had been so afraid of ending up alone that I had forgotten to ask whether the person beside me was truly staying.
Daniel began changing too.
He stopped making promises.
He stopped asking me to wait.
He focused on building a healthy relationship with Noah.
He spoke to Olivia without using their son as an excuse to control her.
And slowly, I began to see the man I had originally fallen in love with.
Not the man who had promised me everything.
The man who was finally learning how to take responsibility.
