Chapter 11Emma munched on a dry cracker as she busied herself with her work. Due to the plans of her engagement, her work had piled up and she had to catch up with it and make any due appointments as was necessary. She was getting used to dealing with her morning sickness. Eating dry crackers really helped a lot and also drinking ginger ale helped with the nausea. Her day was already planned. Everything was supposed to go according to plan. It was going according to plan except for one little mishap."Um, Miss. Templeton?" Emma heard her assistant ask as he walked into her office.She was about to reprimand him for not knocking before entering but then she saw the look on his face. He looked conflicted but she had no idea why he would be conflicted."Is something the matter?" She asked him.He hesitated as he adjusted his tie. The move irritated her."Can you just tell what the matter is, Timothy or do I have to figure it out myself?" She asked him,her voice was laced with every bit

Chapter 13"You sure took your time in getting here." Brandon said to Emma."I came as fast as I could." She replied to him."Yeah, right." He said to her with an eyeroll.Emma released a tired sigh as she placed her bag on the nearest couch. Brandon stood next to the bar with a glass of whiskey as he observed her."So tell me exactly why you think we should talk here." He said to her as he took a sip of the whiskey."You really did not think having this talk in the office was the best decision ever, right?" She asked him with a raised eyebrow."I don't care and that's the basic truth. And I wouldn't have done that if you had just replied to my texts or answered my calls." He said to her,"And how the fuck was I supposed to know this is what you wanted to talk about? Our agreement had come to an end. There was absolutely no reason for you to contact me." She said to him,"Exactly. Which is why you should have at least sent me a message to put me in my place or something. Did it not oc

Chapter 15"You look beautiful." Layla said to Emma with a wide smileEmma did not feel beautiful. The dress she wore was lovely and every design and embroidery on it was elegant. She knew it was a dress most brides would be dying to wear. It was an off shoulder dress that spread from her waist down to the floor. Her make up was also flawless but she wasn't necessarily happy about her wedding. She could not shake the feeling that she was making a huge mistake. But if it meant it would save her mother then wouldn't it be worth it? It was a small sacrifice she would pay just to see her mother get better, right?Layla placed her hand on Emma's exposed shoulders. Emma had been so caught up with her thoughts that she had no idea Layla had walked up to her. Layla rubbed Emma's exposed hands as if to rid her of the cold."What are you thinking about?" Layla asked her with a small voice.Emma wasn't sure Layla would understand why she was getting cold feet. The last time she had talked to Lay

Chapter 17Emma tried to call out to Layla but she was already out of her house so there was no way she could do so. She knew she had been extremely harsh with Lydia but it wasn't her fault really. Or maybe it was. She had no idea. All she knew was the fact that she did not want to talk with anyone except perhaps her mother who was in the hospital.But there was no way she could contact her mother without contacting the hospital first because according to the doctor, she had to call them first before she visited the hospital. Why the fuck had Brandon showed up that way? There were literally other ways he could get what he wanted. Why did he have to choose the one that was most stupid and the one that would put them directly in the public eye? Why did he have to go about it that way and where the fuck was he now? He created a mess and he was nowhere to be seen?Emma took a deep breath to calm herself. She knew she had to go to the hospital for a check up especially after that fainting s

Chapter 19Brandon opened his eyes slowly. He was on a bed but he was still wearing the same shirt he had been wearing the previous day. He turned and took in the glass of water along with a pack of drugs that was placed on the nightside table. He sat up slowly and rubbed the space between his eyebrows when the door to his bedroom opened and Kevin walked in."Feeling alright?" Kevin asked him."Better. Don't tell me you all camped in my home." Brandon told him as he got out of bed albeit slowly."You mean spent the night?""Camping….spent the night. I don't see any difference." Brandon told him.Kevin gave him an eye roll but answered him nonetheless."I made sure to send them home. Alec wanted to stay though. He was pretty adamant about it." Kevin told him."It's not like I was dying." Brandon said to him."You can't blame the kid. He worships the ground you walk on.""He's well above twenty now. He's not really a kid anymore.""Twenty five. That makes him two years younger than Cars