Chapter 81

Valerie

"What the hell?" Shay yelled horrified seeing Aiden like that. Our eyes never left each other. Even Shay's words couldn't grab my attention. I didn't know what to say to him. His jaw was swollen, his upper lip split open and left eye was blackened. He was deformed. I wanted to demand from him who had done this to him but I couldn't. Seeing him brought me down from the high I was on from the happiness of having a baby. I was somewhere in between now. I knew he had heard. His eyes gave it away. The happiness that swirled in his eyes told me he knew. I hadn't even thought about if I wanted to tell him or not.

"Marry me?" he asked again but I stood where I was. I couldn't move. No, I just couldn't. There was so much between us. Laura was between us. I couldn't believe in his words. It was hard to. Was he asking this to me or was it Laura who was pretending to in his mind. Insecurity had seeped inside of me. Had Laura taken back Drew even after the truth was out. Had he come to me