Chapter 244: His Little Princess Wants to Bake Cookies
"...and, finally! Amanda gets her cookies, made with love by her Mom and Dad. Each one of them tastes so good but, of course! She can’t finish the entire jar in a single day."
Nathaniel’s voice resonated in the bedroom as he finished reading the storybook for Lorianne. Both of them lay on the bed, with the little girl curled under the fluffy blanket.
Elsie was in the living room. Some nights, she was there when Nathaniel read Lorianne a story before bed. In others, she left the father and daughter alone to bond more.
Blinking her round brown eyes, Lorianne stared at Nathaniel. Her short arms hugged a bunny plushie. She was dressed in a pair of yellow pajamas with pink hearts.
"Daddy," Lorianne opened her mouth, giggles spilling from her lips, "Can we bake cookies like Amanda and her mom and her dad too? Cookies with many many chocolate chips."
Lorianne picked the new book Nathaniel got for her, titled ’Amanda’s Jars of Cookies’. She almost drooled throughout the time her father read the story to her.
Lorianne’s question elicited laughter from Nathaniel. Closing the storybook, he arched his brows at his little daughter, "You want cookies with many chocolate chips?"
"Yup! They will be so yummy. Even yummier than Amanda’s cookies. Can we, Daddy?"
Lorianne’s lips slightly pouted as she tried getting Nathaniel to agree. The man continued laughing, the merry sound echoing in the bedroom.
Following Nathaniel’s move into Elysian Heights, more new routines were added to his life. He had been enjoying them so far and believed it would last forever.
For now, Lorianne still slept in Elsie’s apartment even though Nathaniel’s unit was in the same building. They didn’t want to disrupt the little one’s sense of stability despite Lorianne having a good relationship with Nathaniel.