All Chapters of Protecting My Heart: Chapter 71 - Chapter 78

Anders read the letter and the news shocked Finn. "You're pregnant?" Finn asked again.  Lili looked up in to his eyes and softly replied, "Yes, but this isn't how I planned on telling you.  I had plans, special plans.  Not like this."  All of that special nonsense didn't matter to Finn.  That wasn't him anyways. Finn forgot Anders was their and kissed her sweet lips and whispered in her ear, "My beautiful little Lili James is going to give me a beautiful lille baby.  What's better than that?" Finn felt the magic of the moment and was in his own world with Lili when Anders cleared his throat.   Letting Lili go, he looked at Anders and sheepishly said, "Forgot you were here." "Let's grab some coffee in the kitchen and talk through the events of today." Lili looked from Anders to Finn with curiosity.  She was so thrilled with Finn's reaction to the baby news that she forgot abo

All dressed in black.   Lili hated wearing black but she was supposed to be in mourning to the rest of the outside world.   So, she gave in to customs to pretend that she cared about her father and she was dressed in black from head to toe.   Finn on the other hand, loved the dress that she was wearing.  The way it showed off her figure and her legs.   She had her hair up in a professional looking bun and he noticed her neck.  Oh, it drove him insane to know that they were walking out of the house in less than 5 minutes to go the reading of the will and he had other things on his mind, like taking that dress off of her.  Did she know what she was doing to him? 

"Come on! We are going to be late." Finn gripped as he stood in the doorway trying to get Lili to walk out the door.  He sighed as she slipped past him and he teased, "Are you going to be late to your own wedding tomorrow or is this a plan to ease the tensions when you don't show up?" Lili smacked his arm and walked to the other side of the truck, refusing to answer his brazen foolishness.  "Get in!" she yelled as she taunted him with a seductive kiss that she blew in his direction. "Caught it!" he laughed as he hopped in and started the truck.   They drove in silence for a few minutes when he asked, "Are you nervous about tomorrow? Any regrets, because now is the time to bail on me when no one is around." "TJ! Are you trying to get rid of me?" she looked at him cross as she folded her arms across her chest.  "No, I am serious Lili.  I come with my own baggage and I just want to make sure that you

The guests all watched in horror as the crystal chandelier above the grand ballroom started to sway violently.  A deafening crack filled the room as wires snapped one by one and sparks flew around the ceiling.   Someone yelled, "Look out!" And another screamed, "Get out of the way!" as loud as they could over the music. The band realized what was going on and as calmly as possible told the guests to get off of the dance floor and move to safety.   Chaos won the day as the chandelier suddenly fell about a foot closer to the ground.  The snapping of the wires contunued until it finally let loose in a freefall crashing to the ground. Guests that had scurried to the sides of the room started to scream in fear as crystals projectiled around the room. The chandelier was one thing, but then they smelled a thick acrid smoke that permeated the room.   Many of the guests started to panic an