Chapter 137

Kelsey

When I woke, I was saddened to feel cool sheets and an empty pillow beside me. Checking the clock, it wasn’t even five o’clock in the morning, and the room was pitch black. Mack must have pulled the blinds back at some point after I’d fallen asleep, hiding the never dull city lights.

Sitting upright, I stretched my limbs and ran my hands through my hair, wincing when I caught the stitches near my temple. My headache was gone, but like always, the two babies twirling around in my stomach had their own morning plans. At least this time Mack wouldn’t hear my heaves. 

After expelling everything in my stomach, I brushed my teeth and washed my face, taking deep breaths until the woozy feelings passed. The second trimester could come any day now, because this sickness was an awful side effect.

Now that I felt somewhat presentable, or at least had fresh breath and not as oily of skin, I sought out to find Mack. He’d had one hel