I smile back at her. “Do you need help, I don’t mind assisting”I was being genuine though the other reason I was offering my help was to escape ‘catching up’ as she put it.She must have seen through my act because she chuckles.“I don’t need help Lauren, have a seat and get to know your family” Sh
“Have you already booked your flight?” I ask Claire.Bash and I were in the bedroom assigned to us. It was the next day. Unlike the other day, yesterday I managed to sleep well. Mainly because Sebastian tired me out. I know that’s really not the reason. It is part of it but not the main. The main r
“Thank you for that perspective. I haven’t looked at it that way, I just thought how horrible it is that I am finding out about you when I am older. I felt like it was too late, like nothing good could come out of knowing now.”Valery comes to stand by my side. Giving me a one handed hug.“Nothing i
I breathe in but the air gets stuck. I shouldn’t be surprised but for some reason I was. I hold on to Sebastian. Leaning on his strength. Everything else around me fades.Lucas was my father, my mom was dead and I would never meet her and my step mom was also my aunt. I shut everything out. Needing
The men didn’t make it for lunch so we ate alone. Krystal and Jax went down for a nap after lunch. I guess they were tired out. Despite that, they were happy and glowing. I was glad to see the effect this trip had on them.Valery left too after lunch. There were things she needed to take care of, s
When I open my eyes, I am in a room, laying on a bed. It was dusty and it seemed like it hadn't been used in a while. My whole body ached which wasn’t a surprise given I was thrown right through a windshield.I struggle to get up. It’s when I'm seated against the headboard that I realize my skin wa
She continues. “I was livid but I knew that I needed to think everything through. Come up with a plan to break them up. They then announced that they were going to have a baby. You can’t imagine how much that hurt. I was the one that was supposed to carry his offspring, not Hailey.”“She was his mat
“So you manipulated your own parents into agreeing to mate you to your dead sister’s man, who was still grieving?” I was honestly disgusted.“Pretty much…It wasn’t hard given they were already vulnerable from grief. Everything was going well except for you. I didn’t want you around. I wanted to get