#Chapter 197: Straight From the Heart

Moana

We headed upstairs after the police officer dropped us off. When we arrived, Selina and the maids were sitting on the couch and immediately jumped up when they heard us coming.

“Oh, thank goodness!” Selina cried, rushing toward me and pulling me into her arms. “Are you okay? Are you hurt?”

I shook my head, then put my finger over my lips and pointed at Ella, who was still sleeping on Edrick’s shoulder. Selina nodded and wiped her tears away. Edrick took Ella back to her room without a word, leaving me alone with Selina and the maids.

“Moana, what happened?” Amy asked, keeping her voice low. “We were worried sick.”

“I’ll explain everything tomorrow,” I said. “But we’re okay. We’re safe.”

me more questions, but Selina hushed her and sent them both off to her room. Selina left, too, but not before giving me another tight hug that took me just as much by surprise as the first one. As she hugged me, I couldn’t help but

the living room. He looked exhausted, and his clothes were torn and filthy. Mine were just as dirty, no doubt from being dragged at some point while I was

clean pajamas. We climbed into bed and laid there motionless in the darkness for a long time, but I knew that neither of us would be able to sleep — and I couldn’t keep my story in any longer. I felt as though it was best to get it

my fault. For weeks, I’ve been talking to Olivia; she convinced me that you were going to take my baby from me, and that you’re just using me

of my chest, wondering what

any of those things.

felt his arms wrap around me and he pulled me close to him, so close that all I could feel was his warmth and his scent enveloping me. He stayed silent for a long time after that before he

honest with you from the beginning. About everything; Olivia, your lineage, the serum. I thought that I was

shook my head and looked up at

said before I could say anything. He sat up then and swung his legs over the bed, standing and walking over to the closet. “But it is. All along,

closet as he spoke. I sat up and turned on the bedside lamp to see him coming back with a

my fated mate, but I didn’t care. When she got pregnant, I was overjoyed. And when Ella was born, and I held my little girl for the first time, I knew that Olivia was brought into my life specifically to bring Ella into the world. But things got bad after that.” He opened the shoebox to

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