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“If you can forgive me, Jax, then you can forgive him too. He’s your best friend. You’re the godfather to his children. Be mad all you want. You have every right to be, but you need to find it in your heart to forgive him. Please. Do it for me.”
Neither one of us said anything for what felt like forever.
Until he shared, “Speaking of kids, you’re going to have another niece or nephew.”
My hands flew to my mouth, trying to hold back more tears. “Sophie’s pregnant?”
“Yeah.”
“Oh my God!” I jumped into his arms. “Congratulations!”
Caleb kept his distance from us for the rest of the evening. Jax and I talked a bit more before he left to fly back home. It was late by the time I began packing and heard a knock on my bedroom door.
“Come in.”
Caleb entered, closing the door behind him and then leaned against it.
“Wow. You actually knocked. Did that bruise on your cheek finally give you some manners?”
He grinned, arching an eyebrow. “Don’t get used to it.”
“How are you going to explain the bruise to your family?”
“I was thinking of telling them you beat me.”
I laughed. I couldn’t help it.
“Jax left?”
“He did.”
“Everything alright between you two?”
“Yes. Thankfully.”
“Good.”
“You need to ice your cheek, Caleb. It’s going to look a lot worse in the morning. I feel horrible you got hit in the first place.”
“I’m fine.”
“There’s a bag of peas in the freezer. I can get it for you.”
“You want to take care of me?”
“Considering I’m the reason you’re hurt, I think I owe you that much.”
“At least he knows now.”
“What about the article? If it gets published, I’m going to lose my business. No one is going to want to work with—”
“I took care of it.” He made his way toward me.
“What do you mean? You paid them the money?”
“Don’t worry about it.”
“Caleb, that’s ten million dollars. Not to mention, extortion is illegal. They should be prosecuted, not rewarded.”
