LOGIN“Abel, you are proposing…” The words tumble out of my mouth in disbelief, more of a statement than a question. He nods, and then, to my utter shock, he gets down on one knee. I feel the world around us blur and slow down, my pulse pounding in my ears.“Mildred Turina, will you marry me?” His voice w
She scoffs playfully, giving me that familiar look that says she’s still got it all under control. “I know how to take care of children, honey. We will be fine. You two go have fun.”Relief washes over me. Even though we’re leaving them in the best possible hands, the part of me that has grown attac
We’re heading to Abel’s lake house for a weekend getaway—just the two of us. He said he got the place a few years ago but rarely gets to use it. He has only taken the twins there a few times because the only time he gets enough time to spend with them without many distractions from work is during th
Epilogue"Come here,” I call her over, and she reluctantly pulls her fingers off her brother’s chubby cheeks, then walks back to where I am. I crouch down to be at her level, trying to mask the amusement I feel at her little pout.“If you keep harassing your brother, I will have him stay with me at
“Did I?”“You bitch!” I burst out laughing. He has definitely been holding that back.“I was busy dealing with a concussion to see anything, oh, and my mom has way more money than you, you know, and her money combined with the money my dad left me, which I just found out was a lot by the way, then A
“Mom, I…”“I should have taken you with me when he died, but I thought you were already a grown woman and you wouldn’t need me anymore, and I will never forgive myself for that because if I did, then you wouldn’t have ended up with an abusive man. I could have protected you from repeating the cycle.
Millie I am trying my best to concentrate on what the editor-in-chief is saying but it’s kind of hard to try and catch up when I have been away for a couple of days. Anytime I have an off day, I try not to watch the news so much just to take a break from all that, so it would be fair to say I don’t
When I said I was going to do everything in my power to never meet Abel again, I kind of knew it might be impossible because I know one thing about bumping into someone you knew from your past is that, it doesn’t just happen once. But I was kind of hoping it wouldn’t be this soon. Like I have just m
I take a selfie and quickly send it to Clay, Ellis’s and I’s group chat. I can already see Ellis typing and before she can even finish typing, my phone starts buzzing, it’s her. She is video calling.“Girl…”“Couldn’t you have just typed whatever you want to say?”“No, I am too excited about that.”
My phone buzzes and I internally curse because I was kind of hoping I wouldn’t be distracted for the next couple of hours, I just forgot to put it on airplane mode. I chuckle when I see the caller; I should have known she would run crying to her friend.“Hi, Clarice,”“Hey handsome,” She says and I







