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“It’s not too late to change your mind. It’s obvious you don’t want this divorce. And I know—you guys have had some issues with … you know, conceiving.”
“Did he tell you that?”
“No, Christian is a very private man. He wouldn’t tell me that, but I’m sure he’s told Julian. Why didn’t you tell me?”
“Autumn, you didn’t even live here until a couple of years ago when you and Julian got back together.”
“That’s a cop out. I was a phone call away.”
“I know, but you were Autumn Troy, the biggest and best publicist in the world. You had your own shit to deal with, on top of being a single mom. You didn’t need to carry my burden too.”
“I call bullshit.”
“What?”
“You heard me. I think you didn’t want to tell me because you still have a hard time letting people in your life, Kinley.”
I didn’t know what to say, so I kept my mouth shut.
“After all the shit that happened with your mom, I can understand, but having to go through infertil—”
“Autumn, I appreciate what you’re trying to do, but there’s more to it than that.”
“Because of what happened that night?”
Her question didn’t surprise me. She was there, his whole family was. However, I still managed to flinch.
“Listen.” She stood, grabbing my hands. “All I’m saying is that I’m always here for you.”
“I know.”
“Christian loves you, Kinley. He’ll take you any way he can.”
“That’s just it. I don’t want him to settle for me. It’s not fair to him.”
“I don’t want to say this, but it needs to be said.”
“What?”
With an utmost sincere expression on her face, she asked, “Are you sure it’s not about being scared that he’s going to eventually leave you, like your mom did?”
At this point, I didn’t know anymore.
We spent the rest of the afternoon talking about just how much I didn’t know anymore.
Chapter Eighteen
—Christian—
“What the fuck are you doing here?”
I turned to see Julian standing behind me. “Exactly what it looks like.” I turned back around, nodding to the bartender to bring me another drink.
“You go before the judge this afternoon.”
“No shit.”
“So what? You think this is what you should be doing with your time right now?”
