Jackie’s POVToday was the last day for me to write my exam for the year and I was glad. I needed the rest away from school to take care of myself and the baby. I was due in a few months and the agility I once had was not the same again. I got tired easily, I slept too much, I was always feeling feverish, and my body felt heavy. My clothes could barely fit me anymore and my appetite was low. Andrea was always helping me to the hospital and making sure I took every supplement and met up with the checkups. I knew that if I was living alone, I would not have been able to do anything or felt lazy to go to my ob-gyn.I dropped my book on my lap and looked toward the busy entrance of my faculty. Students were flocking in and out of the entrance to the building. The buzz for the last exam of our faculty was visible. I sighed and turned my head to the other side. I smiled when I saw Paul still sucking from the bottle I was holding to his mouth. His eyes were droopy and on me while he sucked l

Jackie’s POVAfter mom and Andrea had told me about the gift, they had given me, they took me somewhere else and when we arrived at a shopping square where there were luxurious stores, and even a mall in the slight distance. As the car stopped in a parking space, I continued to look around the place. The first thing I noticed was an empty, under construction store. When Andrea and mom got out, I followed suit.“Where are we?” I asked them as they came to stand beside me.I looked at each of them and saw the smiles on their faces. Mom wrapped her arm around my shoulder and Andrea pointed at the empty store.“Do you see that store?” Andrea asked and I nodded with confusion. “That is yours.”I froze. Everything around me froze also. My eyes were wide, and my mouth hung open at the words she had just uttered and the store before me. I closed my mouth and blinked after what felt like forever then took in the store.The front had a wide glass door and two huge glass windows. I could see ins

Jackie’s POV“What do you think?”I turned my head to look at what Darrell was talking about. He was holding up two baby jumpsuits, one orange, the other a polka dotted design. I smiled and pointed at the orange one, which he immediately tossed into the shopping cart full of other baby items. Darrell was a shopaholic, he was always trying to get me to buy things for the baby even though I told him no. It was heartwarming how he acted so nice to me.My phone buzzed in the pocket of my dress. I took it out and stared at what the notification was. My heart skipped a beat when I saw it was a bank notification. Lucas sent ninety thousand dollars and the message attached to it made my heart flutter like he always made it do.Take care of yourself and our baby.“What is it?”I flinched and quickly locked the screen of my phone then faced Darrell with a smile on my face. He was looking at me strangely. Darrell didn’t really know who Lucas was and it was better that way.“I’m good. I was just

Jackie’s POVThe universe either hated me or I committed a crime in my past life, and this was the day I paid for it. How was it that out of all the investment companies to be interested in my project, it had to be where Lucas worked at. I wanted whatever prank this was to end.Lucas fucking Hamilton was sitting at the head of the table, eyes wide and mouth open in surprise. It felt like I was having a bad dream seeing him there. I was either still at my hotel sleeping or was still in Atherton because there was no way I was seeing Lucas again after he left me.“Miss. Garner?”I flinched and faced the person that had called my name. It was an older man, giving me a strange look. I smiled and nodded. I was here for something important and I was not about to ruin that because of the man on the other side of where I stood.“My apologies,” I said and placed my things on the table then opened my bag with shaky hands.I pulled out the file full of my proposal and started to distribute it to

Jackie’s POVAfter he explained everything, I was left feeling as if my tongue was heavy. Lucas just told me everything that I wanted to hear and I was still feeling conflicted. I was happy though. Happy that he was not with her, that he was still in love with me. It made me feel a relief in me but our relationship was too much for me to handle because—“Jackie?”I blinked and turned my head to stare at him. He was giving me a small smile while he looked at me. I took my time to admire his face. He was still the same good looking guy I fell for. His beautiful blue eyes was still the same pretty eyes I love to look at, his perfect full yet arched brows, and those slightly thick lips that shielded a perfect row of white teeth. Looking at him, he looked more mature, with whispers of beards around his jawline. The more I stared, the more I could see the stress in his eyes.“Lucas?” I barely knew I was saying his name until he hummed and I blinked in realization.“What is it?” He asked and