Chapter ninety-two

Emily’s POV

“Hey, why are you sobbing?” I didn't know when Luke joined me at the corner I stood after the aggressive woman left with her daughter.

“Nothing, I guess it's the pregnancy hormones” I lied through teary eyes. I couldn't afford to tell him why I was crying. He had done too much for me already . It would be cruel of me to burden him with my problems now.

But he had been so good and so patient with me that it just wasn't possible not to cry about it. I just couldn't help myself that I burst into another round of tears. It just hurt like hell to think how long ago it seemed, like a year instead of a two. It felt like forever since I last saw the king.

I wanted to go home.

I missed him so much that it hurt worse than all those hours I spent in bed alone. And being pregnant made everything worse. Because when I wasn't feeling this horrible pain I was craving the presence of my baby’s father who wasn't here. And he was never going to be here. It's as if some kind of cosmic jo