Chapter 106

I threaded my fingers through his, looking over at him in the backseat of the car. He smiled at me, bringing our interlaced hands to his lips. I closed my eyes, leaning my back into the expensive leather of the seat.

“Are you ready for this?” he asked.

“As ready as I’ll ever be. We’ve been waiting to announce the pregnancy and now that I’m past the first trimester I think we’re in the clear now.”

We were heading to a fundraiser and we were going to use it as our opportunity to announce to the world that we would be expecting our first child.

I was excited but I was also nervous. We had held onto this secret for months and now we were going to be sharing it with the rest of the world.

“Are you feeling okay?”

I nodded. “Yeah, I just want to get through this night and just be there for you.”

“She may be there you know?” There was the raging elephant that I had been avoiding all day, “We don’t have to go.”

“This is your night and you love this organization. I don’t want her to steal our joy. All I know is that I’m going to be here for you and if we happen to see her we just ignore her. We’re together now. That’s all that matters.”

“Okay, my love.” He leaned over the console and kissed my cheek. “Tonight is about.”

Exactly.

***

I thought that the red carpet would stress me out but it turned out fine. I was wearing a long coat to hide the small bump that was now visibly there. And the dress I had chosen was skin-tight and showed it off even

more.

When I handed the coat to Damon and I placed my hand over my bump the flashes went insane. Everyone was going crazy and screaming out their congratulations. I was sure the entire internet would be abuzz with

the news within the next ten minutes. After those pictures of him and Angela had leaked, the world thought that he and I were over.

went on my stream and posted a picture of me and my husband in our bed with just the sheets covering us. I

into

sure to keep my head held high and my

now it was time to

leaned his mouth right by my

I’ll ever

it was just the fact that this little bundle of joy growing inside of me had been my little

you had to live under could be intense and on the worst. of days borderline painful. Everyone

you.

a large smile on his face. “Children are such at light in our world. I remember when Greta and I found out about our first one. I was

that he truly did love his child

first sight for

will be the same for us. If our baby is half the person my wife is, then I know they will be great.”

magical thing I’ve

over

you have my tearing up. I need

me closer to

detached from

away from the two men and made my way

It was bothersome but if it was the result of growing my baby then I would endure

I paused after seeing a woman by the sink.

“So nice to see

held murder. I was sure that she wished

to the sink and washed my hands, the silence in the

me, you

had been waiting for her to open her mouth so that

“Who kissed you?”

about Damon. He doesn’t want you. What don’t you get

scoffed, “You truly

there. The man doesn’t want you. I don’t know how much more clear he has to be. He

eyes. I looked her up and

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