Rising from the Ashes (Andrew) novel Chapter 3368

When she finished, it was as if every last bit of strength drained out of Shiloh all at once. She sank back down, buried her face in her arms, and broke into full, heaving sobs.

"Andrew, do you have any idea what these past two years have been like, raising a child on my own? Remyn came into this world without a father!"

As her sobs grew heavier and she could barely speak, Andrew's throat tightened. However, his heart was overwhelmed with shock and wild joy.

He asked, "Then why… didn't you come find me in Chetvine?"

Shiloh wiped at her tears, her voice hollow with exhaustion. "Because I heard you had been cornered by Guillermo, and that no one knew if you were alive or dead. After that, everyone was saying you were gone, that you were dead.

"When I finally confirmed that something really had happened to you, it felt like the sky collapsed on me. So, I got as far from Chetvine as I could, away from anything and everything connected to you. I had Remyn, and I named him the way I did because I wanted a piece of you to live on in him… So I could remember you, always."

Her voice broke completely as she added, "You know I have memory loss. I was terrified that one day I would forget you."

At those last words, Shiloh's breath suddenly gave out. The color drained from her face in an instant, and a thin line of blood appeared at the corner of her lips.

Andrew felt like something inside him had been torn open. He wanted to kick himself.

Remyn was his son.

Shiloh had given him a son, yet he had been so blind just moments ago.

He should have known.

Someone like Shiloh would never give herself to just anyone. The moment she had let him in, she had already decided, in her own way, that she belonged to him completely.

That was who Shiloh was: proud, absolute, and unwavering.

It was the very thing that made her who she was.

"Shiloh, I will take care of you and the child. No matter what, I will see it through," Andrew said, his voice steady and certain.

He moved without hesitation and pulled her into his arms.

Andrew insisted, "Remyn is my son, and you're his mother. There was never a world where I wasn't going to come find you both."

Shiloh mumbled, "But…"

"No buts. Once things are settled here, you're both coming back to Chetvine with me, to the Lloyd royal family. Everything you and Remyn could ever need will be taken care of."

Shiloh went quiet. But at the corners of her lips, the faintest smile appeared.

Andrew blinked. "You mean you don't?"

Shiloh's face went even redder. She let out a sharp, dismissive laugh and said, "No, I don't. I have never in my life met a man as shameless and upfront about it as you."