All Chapters of One Night Stand With The Unforgettable Stranger: Chapter 371 - Chapter 380

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CHAPTER 371

She breathed in his familiar scent and wanted nothing more than to rest her head in the crook of his neck and let him take care of her. But that wasn’t what he wanted. He just wanted the solution that her being pregnant gave him, something she didn’t yet fully understand. “Why?” she asked. “What is it that we can do for you that you couldn’t do yourself? Why did you need to use us like this?” “Is that what you think? That I am using you?” “What else am I supposed to think? I don’t even understand what’s going on.” He pulled her towards the stools near the kitchen bench. “Come and sit down,” he said. “I will explain everything to you.” She hesitated for a moment and then went with him. More than anything, she just wanted to understand “Before I can explain what you heard the other night, I need to start at the beginning.” He waited for her nod before he continued. “You know who my family is and what their business is. When I wanted to strike out on my own, they
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CHAPTER 372

“No! None of what you’re saying is true. I love you, Chloe. I love you and I love our baby. When I asked you to marry me, it was because that’s what I wanted. What I still want. I want to marry you. I want to be with you and our child.” “But you want your company more,” Chloe said sadly. “Show yourself out.” Chloe walked away from Declan, leaving him standing in the kitchen staring after her. She didn’t look back. She couldn’t. She knew if she did, then she would crumble and forgive him and say yes to anything he wanted. But she needed to be strong for herself and the baby. She needed to walk away from him now and never see him again. It was the only way she was going to survive the rest of her life.The last thing Declan wanted to do right at this moment was meet his friends at the bar and yet, here he was. He was the last one to arrive and as he approached the table, Brian was showing the others something on his phone. “It’s not me,” Jonathon complained. “It says
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CHAPTER 373

“And so I say again, you’re just giving up?” “No, arsehole, I’m not just giving up. I’ve been trying everything I know to try and win her back and she refuses to listen to me or to even see me.” “So what happened?” Mason asked kindly. “She overheard us talking the other night,” Declan said, shooting a speaking glance at his friend. “Only she didn’t hear all of it, only the most damaging parts.” “We can’t help if we don’t know the details,” Barry said looking between Declan and Mason. Declan sighed and closed his eyes. Two beers down and the pain was still so acute that he still couldn’t take a full breath without his chest aching. He didn’t know what else to do, but maybe his friends did. Each of them had been through a bit of a rough time before they finally found their happy ending, so maybe they knew something he didn’t. “What I am about to tell you can’t leave the sanctity of this booth,” Declan said, making eye contact with each one of them. “Yo
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CHAPTER 374

Light speared his brain and his head pounded like someone was using a jackhammer inside it. But he was awake and he knew what he had to do. If he wanted Chloe in his life, then he had to be prepared to give up The Mayfield Group. It sounded extreme, but he had thought it through and it made a lot of sense to him - and not just the type of sense that came at the bottom of a whiskey bottle. It wasn’t his business that was the problem, it was his emotional ties to it. That insight had come to him in the middle of the night. It wasn’t that Chloe was opposed to him having his business or even finding a solution to keeping the business and still being with her. She had a problem with the lengths he was prepared to go to, to keep his business. She had been right. He was leveraging his unborn child in order to get what he wanted. What kind of father did that? Oh, that’s right. His own father did that sort of thing all the time. Declan did not want to be that kind of father and so he had com
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CHAPTER 375

I don’t care if I never see you or Mother again. Now, about the lawyers?” Declan’s father looked at him like he was an extraterrestrial and he had to smother a laugh. It felt fucking amazing to be free of the chains that had kept him bound for so long. He’d had the key all along and he hadn’t even known it. His chest expanded with a deep breath and the tight, achy feeling that had been restricting his torso for weeks now, disappeared. Now he just had to convince Chloe to forgive him and let him back in her life.Chloe dragged herself into the bridal shop where everyone else was already waiting. Brian had organized to fly Cassie’s mum down from Queensland to spend the weekend with them as they tried on dresses and discussed all things wedding. It was a special weekend for Cassie and Chloe really wanted to be a part of it except she actually really wanted to be in bed and hide under the covers where she didn’t have to socialize with anyone. The morning sickness was only getting wors
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CHAPTER 376

“I’ve had a stomach bug,” Chloe replied. “But don’t bother taking in any of the seams, I’m sure I’ll be back to my usual size in no time.” “Come on out and have a look in the big mirror,” the other woman said. Chloe followed her out to where the rest of the bridal party waited and held the dressmaker's hand as she helped her up onto the raised platform in front of the mirror. The women seated on the sofa fell silent as they looked at her and it wasn’t a good silence. Chloe turned to look at herself in the mirror and realized what had everyone so dumbstruck. She looked awful. The color, which would normally look fine on her, made her look washed out and sallow. The dress pulled tight over her bust - the only part of her where she hadn’t lost weight - and then fell in an unshapely manner making it look like a particularly unflattering sack. “Fuck,” she whispered under her breath. She had been living in sweatpants and leggings with oversized t-shirts for the better part of two week
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CHAPTER 377

The drive to the hospital was interminable. Eventually, they made it and Declan was out of the car before it came to a complete stop. He raced inside and startled the receptionist as he demanded to be told where Chloe was being treated. The receptionist refused to give him any details because he wasn’t a relative and it didn’t matter that he was the father of the baby. Declan could hear his voice rising as he tried to convince the woman that he needed to see Chloe but there was nothing he could do to keep it down. He was in a full-on panicked state and until he saw her and saw for himself that she was okay he wouldn’t calm down. A hand clapped him on the shoulder and he expected to see a security guard preparing to haul him out but instead, he looked into the blue eyes of his best friend. “Mason,” he said, “tell me what’s happening. Where is she?” Lisa stood a little behind her fiancé a pinched look on her face. He knew Lisa’s issues with people and he didn’t want to fr
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CHAPTER 378

She opened her mouth to speak but he held up a hand to hush her and hurried on. “I know you don’t believe me right now but I want you to know that I intend to prove it to you in as many ways as I can until you do believe me. I know I have been an idiot and that what you overheard was probably the worst thing you could have possibly overheard, but there was more to the conversation than that one small snippet. I know it doesn’t negate what I said, but please understand the context it was said. What you missed hearing me say was how much I love you and how happy I am. Yes, the baby would have smoothed things over with my mother, but that’s not the reason I am happy. I am happy because I couldn’t think of anything better than starting a family with you and spending the rest of our lives together. I asked you to marry me because I want you to marry me. I want to grow old with you and have many more babies with you and bounce our grandkids on my knee. I know I have a lot to make up fo
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CHAPTER 379

Chloe had been released from the hospital under the proviso that she keep her fluids up, get lots of bed rest, and eat small, regular meals. The doctors had assured her that her baby - their baby - was fine and healthy and the constant nausea would eventually pass. God, she hoped so. There was nothing worse than that constant feeling of wanting to throw up. Having Declan lying beside her helped. It was probably a placebo effect, but she wasn’t going to argue with it. Any moment of nausea-free time was a welcome relief. “What are you going to do now that you’re unemployed?” she asked with a grin. “You have a family to think about now. You can’t just bum around on the couch.” He kissed her, just a quick peck and she could feel his lips smile against hers. “I have some ideas about that,” he said. “I was thinking about doing something online…I don’t know what yet. Maybe expanding on what you do with kids’ parties but for adults.” She opened her mouth to speak but he pr
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CHAPTER 380

The music started and Declan stood anxiously beside his four best friends as the bridal procession started. Abby, Barry’ six-year-old daughter, was the first to walk down the aisle, her hand clutched tightly around a basket of flowers and followed closely behind by Becky. Cassie’s cousin followed them. He held his breath as Chloe appeared and his eyes didn’t leave her as she slowly walked towards the front of the church. He had begged Cassie to let him swap partners with Mason, but she wouldn’t have it. He was stuck with Becky as his partner and Mason was Chloe’s. Not that Becky was a problem, they actually got on quite well, now that she had worked out her issues with Chloe. Chloe looked stunning in the emerald green, floor-length gown. She had regained some of the weight that she had lost, but she was still too thin. Her baby belly wasn’t showing yet and he couldn’t wait until it did. He was unreasonably excited to see her show the fruit of their love in the form of a basketbal
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