Call Me Dad

Declan

Noah's face went blank for a second. Processing. Then his eyes widened, shifting from Avery to me and back again.

"King Declan is my dad?"

"Yes."

"Like, for real? Not pretend?"

"For real."

Noah stared at me, his small face serious in a way that looked wrong on a four-year-old. "You're my dad?"

I cleared my throat, pushing past the tightness there. "Yeah, buddy. I am."

"So why weren't you he