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“I will,” Lou said making me lightheaded I felt so good.
“Then let’s just go back, get our stuff, and head home.”
“Yeah. Let’s go home,” he said with a smile.
Lou took my hand and led me back to his family’s estate. Having been with Lou for the first time, the place looked different somehow. Maybe it was because I knew it played such a large role in my baby’s childhood. I wish there was something I could do to win it back for him, but I couldn’t. All I could offer him was my endless devotion and love. Hopefully, that was going to be enough.
Picking up his jacket from where he had tossed it in frustration, we entered the glass door closest to the stairs. We were about to head upstairs when Chris entered from the other room. He was smiling. It was a creepy sight.
“Louis, Louis, Louis, I didn’t know you had it in you,” he said approaching his brother.
“Chris, whatever you are referring to, I officially don’t care.”
“You sure about that? Because it seems that you have finally done something right.”
Lou stopped at the bottom of the stairs and stared at him. “What?”
“Oh yeah. Frank and Martha are very impressed.”
Seeing Lou being lured back in, I slipped my hand around his upper arm. “Let’s just go, Lou. Don’t listen to him.”
“Louis definitely wants to see this. And again, very impressive,” he said sincerely.
“I should just see what he’s talking about,” Lou said turning to me. “We’ll leave right afterward. I promise.”
“Lou, you don’t want to do this,” I told him getting an ache in my heart I couldn’t explain.
“Oh, he does,” Chris told me. He turned to Lou. “Trust me,” he said with a disturbing smile.
“I’m just going to see,” Lou said to me. “What is it, Chris?”
“Follow me.”
We did and as we entered the living room, we found Lou’s parents having drinks with someone I didn’t recognize. He was our age, good-looking, and wearing an expensive suit.
“Sey?” Lou asked stunned. “What are you doing here?”
“Wait. This is…?” I stopped myself.
“His fiancé. Yeah,” Sey confirmed with a cocky smile. “Lou, I was able to get back in time after all. I decided to drive up and surprise you.”
Lou stared at him speechless.
Chris continued. “At first that confused us because you had introduced him as your fiancé,” he said gesturing to me. “But then Seymour mentioned that he had met Frank and Martha before and reminded them of his proposal. Turns out he is your real fiancé and this one isn’t,” he said glaring at me.
Lou looked at everyone flustered. I tried to think of what I could say to explain everything but I couldn’t come up with anything either.
“Here’s the funny thing,” Chris continued. “We like him. Quarterback of the football team, comes from a notable family, and has great taste in cars. Louis, you finally did something right. Well done.”
I looked at Sey again. His smug smile couldn’t have been bigger. Where had he been until now? Why hadn’t he told Lou about his plans? What made him think he could just show up and everything would be fine?
He was clearly the biggest asshole in the universe. There was no way I was going to let him do whatever it was he was trying to do to Lou.
“Listen, Sey…”
Lou’s mother cut me off.
“Louis, we like him,” she said pointing at the asshole. “We don’t like him,” she said gesturing toward me. “Send him home and we can talk about your future in this family.”
