“Your mother brought you here,” he murmurs.
I whirl towards him. “How did you— Did my father tell you that?”
He doesn’t even dodge the question, just ignores it entirely. Like I never said a word. “Have you ever thought about it? Being a parent?”
My heartbeat thuds in my chest. The way he says it implies… “Do I need to?”
Sasha doesn’t answer for a few long breaths. When I turn back, he’s still looking at me, as if to say, You know you do.
I start to sweat and stammer. “Th-that wasn’t p-part of the…”
“Come on, Ariel. You know better than that. You know how these things work.”
I clutch the nearest shelf for support, because my knees suddenly feel a little untrustworthy. “Just to be clear, you’re talking about…?”
“You’ll bear me an heir within the first two years. It’s in the fine pri
