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“Hey, Emma, did you say something to me while I was out?”
I need to know. I can’t hold back any longer.
She smirks.
“I might have told you how I feel, yes.”
My chest warms up with bliss. I can’twaitto hear what she has to say next. She knows how I feel and I need to know if that’s reciprocated.
“Oh, Owen.” She comes up behind me and loops her arms around my neck. “In case you don’t already know, I am head over heels in love with you. I didn’t know I could be in love like this, especially with someone who abandons me at a gas station…”
“Yeah, I feel fucking awful about that. I’m so sorry.”
She kisses me on the cheek. “I think we can get over it.”
“Thereissomething I need to say though,” she tells me as she loops back around to look me in the eyes. I can see her joy there, and I have to admit it’s infectious. I can feel it swimming through me as well. “It shouldn’t be too much of a surprise since we weren’t exactly careful, but it certainly came as a shock to me.”
I swallow hard.
I knew there was something.
It’s sort of starting to come back to me a little bit now, but I still need her to confirm it.
I have to know for sure.
“I’m pregnant, Owen. Having your baby. Iknowthis isn’t exactly ideal since neither of us really know what’s going to happen next, but since I’ve fallen in love with you, I think we can find a way to make it work.”
“But… your family…”
I don’t mean to panic about that, but of course I’m going to worry about Dorian O’Connell. I would be insane not to.
“Dad already knows. I’ve talked to him. It’s going to be fine.”
Before I can lose myself in any more worry, she grabs my cheeks and kisses me hard. Lovingly too.
I really hope she’s right and that everything will be fine, because I have to admit I really do like the idea of this being my life from here on out.
There’s a reason I’ve fallen for Emma, and I’m sure it’s because we’re meant to be.
I’m going to have to face Dorian O’Connell now, and hope that he doesn’t kill me.
But if it all works out, then it’ll definitely be worth it for the happy ever after that me and Emma could have.
TWENTY-NINE
EMMA
The changing of the bodyguards has become an exhausting task. I have so many people to keep track of, but I know Dad won’t let this stop. Not while everything is so up in the air, and maybe afterwards as well.
I just need to accept it.
It’s either that or move back into our family home where things are far more restrictive. I value my independence and freedom. I can’t have that.
So I say goodbye to the guards who have just been relieved, and I know that the night guards are settled in, then I head back into my apartment where I can eventually be alone.
I sigh and click the lock behind me.
Finally.
