Taking a deep breath, I tried to separate myself from the memories of that night. It had been the best night of my life, but what followed after nearly destroyed me. “I asked you who you had drunk with. You told me it was Rowan. You then told me how you were hurting seeing your brother so broken an
I held on to the seat’s armrest as the plane touched down. A certain panic overcomes me as I think of what will be awaiting me. What will be waiting for me and Lilly.It continues to rise as I think of introducing her to the life I left behind years ago. The panic grips me as I imagine the questions
Pushing the thoughts away, I get in and Gabriel follows next. After his driver get in, he starts the car, and soon we are off.“Sir, are you rich?” Lilly’s voice cuts through the awkward atmosphere."Lilly,” I admonish. “You’re not supposed to ask people such personal questions.”One thing you’ll le
Gabe.I sped away from my apartment building with no idea where the hell I was going. I just knew that I needed to be away from them. I needed the distance. I needed to think and pull myself together. I can’t do that when I’m around both of them.My mind is racing. I can barely think straight, and i
RowanI fell back onto the sofa, my head spinning. When Gabe called and asked me to meet with him, I never thought that he would blow my mind.I honestly thought he wanted to bitch about the decision by the board members. He completely floored me when he revealed that he had a kid. A daughter no one
For the first time since I got his call, I smiled, happy that he was leaning towards getting to know his daughter.“Then I’ll support you.”“But how the fuck do I go about it? I know finances like the back of my fucking hand, but I don’t know how to be a father,” he sighed in frustration, making me
I get out of my car and slowly walk towards the mansion. My hands were trembling and my body was sweaty. I still couldn’t believe that it was done. That I was finally divorced from him. The proof of that was currently in my handbag. I was here to bring the final papers to him and to pick Noah up.
“I need to go, could you please stay with Noah? I don’t know how long I’ll be there” I say absent mindedly as I pick up my handbag. “Sure. I’ll be there as soon as I can get my mother to come baby sit him” Rowan responds but it is drowned by the ringing in my ears. Nothing much registers as I say