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I’ll follow this woman to the depths of hell or to the heights of heaven. Wherever she goes, I go. Calista can run, but I’ll always chase her.
We step inside the elevator and I fist my hand to refrain from grabbing her. The urge is so strong it races through every tendon, every muscle until I’m shaking.
She folds her hands, her expression guarded. “I left because of everything that happened. I had to get away to think, and I knew you wouldn’t let me do that in peace.”
“So, you ran and scared the shit out of me?” I narrow my eyes at her, silently accusing her for torturing me these past months. “Do you know how worried I’ve been, the number of sleepless nights I’ve experienced? I couldn’t rest without knowing whether or not you were alive.”
“With all that happened, you have to understand that I was falling apart,” she says. After folding her arms, she gives me a hard look. “I’ll never condone what you did to my father, but the truth is, he killed people. Maybe not directly, but his actions certainly led to a number of deaths. It’s taken me months to finally wrap my head around that.”
“I never would’ve taken his life if I had known the truth.”
She nods slowly. “I know that now, but only because I’ve had time to myself.”
“And now? Where does that leave us?” I hear the desperation in my voice the second the words leave my mouth.
She averts her gaze. “How did you find me?”
My mouth thins at her attempt to change the subject. “I couldn’t at first. Worst fucking weeks of my life. Finally, Zack noticed that all of your professors recorded grades for you after the first six-weeks quiz. Then it wasn’t hard to figure out where you were and what you were doing.”
“Oh.” She scrunches her face. “I’m surprised you didn’t contact me sooner.”
“You said you wanted time, and I gave you that. But I got tired of waiting. I miss you, Calista. So fucking much.”
“Oh.” She repeats the word, but this time it’s breathy. There’s a softening in her gaze, the icy detachment thawing. Her reaction gives me a flicker of hope.
“I’m sorry about everything,” I say. “I don’t know what else you want me to say. The only thing I can do is prove it to you.”
Her gaze travels over my face, gauging the sincerity of my words. I meet her eyes unflinchingly. I mean everything I’ve said.
After a moment, she drops her head, breaking eye contact with me. “I’m pregnant.”
This tiny whisper hits me with the force of a hurricane. I can only stare at her. My mind is reeling, trying to process the news as I stand there in silence.
If this is true… I might literally die from happiness.
“Say something, Hayden,” she snaps. “I’m kind of freaking out over here.”
“Let’s go.”
Chapter35
Calista
“Go?”I repeat. “Go where?”
Hayden doesn’t answer me. He simply takes my hand in a tight grip and mashes the shit out of the elevator button that’ll take us to the ground floor. I tug on our joined hands to get his attention.
“What are you doing?”
He swings his gaze to me, the blue sparkling with urgency. “I’m taking you to an OBGYN.”
“Why?”
“I have to make sure this is real.”
I frown up at him. “And if it is?”
He pauses, almost as though frightened to speak. “If this is actually happening, it’s the best day of my life.”
