Awkward Intimacy

Valerie glanced at the kids and then Alaric. He was looking forward to her staying.

A look of embarrassment flashed across her face, and she did not know what to do.

Daisy tilted her head and looked at her pitifully as she pouted, "Mommy, can you stay here too? We all want you to stay. If you leave, I will be very sad."

She put on a sad and wronged look.

While embarrassed, Valerie was almost a