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“Someone’s getting close to labor, I think,” Polina whispers in my ear. “Her body’s fueling up with all those practice contractions.”
I smile at her. I’ve barely even met these two but feel like I’ve known them forever. I’m as excited as they are for the baby’s arrival.
“Here,” Aria says, bringing the tray of food over. She slides it onto the dresser. “Oh God, this looks so good.”
“Help yourself.”
She bites her lip but is clearly holding herself back. She looks hopeful.
“But you’re the bride, you need to eat!”
“I’m not really hungry.”
Her eyes light up and she’s reaching for a wrapped sandwich when her phone rings. With a sigh, she puts it down.
“It’s Mikhail. Gotta take this. You two need anything?”
“We’re good. Go, appease the baby daddy so he doesn’t cause any drama on the wedding day,” Polina says with a wave of her hand.
“Girls,” Aria says, coming back with a look of concern. “Mikhail says something strange has happened with your socials, Harper.”
“My socials?” I don’t have my old phone, just a new one Aleks got me “for safety” that I haven’t even used yet.
“What happened?” I ask, shaking my head.
Aria sighs. “Looks like someone tried to attack you. Hacked into your account and posted a bunch of things. Couldn’t have been you, I’ve already hacked in and checked the IP address ofwhoever posted, and they were nowhere near here.” She frowns. “You wouldn’t have posted these things, anyway.”
Do I even want to know?
My new phone rings with the newest name I’ve entered into my contacts.
Aleksandr Romanov.
My heart races. I’ve replayed this morning in my mind over and over and over again. I have mixed feelings, to say the least.
I can’t think of that now. I can’t think of what will happen when we’re alone.
I try to hide the tremor in my hand when I answer the call. “Hello?”
“Delete your socials. All of them. Someone’s trying to get a grip on you by slandering you, and I won’t allow it. Do not argue with me, Harper. If you?—”
“I will happily delete them. Are you kidding? I hated them.”
Polina looks at me in surprise. She shares a look with Aria.
“Do it now, on the phone with me.”
I take my new phone and go to each page, one at a time, to delete them. With every deactivated account, I feel a little bit lighter.
“It’s done. God, that felt good.”
“Good. I’m sorry if that was hard for you.”
Wow. A little humanity from him?
“It’s fine.”
“Are you almost ready?”
