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Everything in my life has turned around and revolves around her....
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Silver sits on the chair by my desk — or, rather, sleeps. Her head lies on a book she must’ve been reading, her blonde strands half-camouflaging her face.
She’s so beautiful, it’s fucking me up. And it’s not only her external beauty, it’s everything about her, from her insecurities to her affectionate and responsible side.
“You’re the only person I wanted to see.”
“Take someone else’s side over mine?”
Mum will kill me if she finds out I told him, but she pushed me to this. I can’t take this pain anymore. I can’t keep it from Papa.
“I did. She cut her wrist, Papa.”
“She what
“Princess.” He wraps an arm around my shoulder, appearing as shocked as I did back then. “You dealt with all of that on your own? Why haven’t you told me?”
“You know, Cynthia was always the type who didn’t want children, because she thought they’d get in the way of her ambitions and her plans. I tricked her into it, sort of, and the moment she knew she was pregnant with you, she said she loved you without even seeing you.
When we first met you, she cried and thanked me for changing her mind.”
“Then she said she’d kill me if I told anyone she cried. Point is, Princess, you gave her life and mine a deeper meaning. For that, we would never le...
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People say you can’t choose your own parents, and many wish they never had their parents. Not me. I hated the fights and the divorce and everything that came with it, but I wouldn’t change my parents for the world. Flaws and fights be damned.
Just when I’m about to climb in, Cole’s Jeep comes to a slow halt in front of the mansion.
“If you’re not running away, you wouldn’t mind, right?”
“Wow. Lucien went all out. Maybe he wants to marry my mum.” “I don’t think so,” Cole says as a beautiful flight attendant leads us to our seats.
“Why not? What’s wrong with my mum?” I snap.
“Easy, Tiger. I don’t think they’re in that type of...
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As Cole sleeps, probably exhausted due to practice, I lean closer to him and, like a total creep, take another selfie.
Soon after I finish, I regret eating it. Nausea hits me out of nowhere and I run to the bathroom and empty my stomach.
Strong hands pull my hair to the side and Cole pats my back with a gentle touch. “Hey, are you okay?”
“What’s wrong? Have you eaten something bad?” “No.”
“Then what is it, Silver? And don’t even think about lying to me.”
I’m tired of lying, of hiding, of watching days pass by like a ticking bomb. I want someone to share this wit...
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Cole follows me with that furrow in his brow. I let my head drop between my hands, breathing harshly. The seat creaks when Cole settles beside me and inches closer.
“Silver, what is it?”
“I’m pregnant.”
of all the times he could’ve been blank, this is the worst. Why does he have to be so unreadable?
“Are you going to say something?” I meant to snap, but my voice comes out quiet, almost scared. “Anything?”
“Would you stop thinking about the scandals and your parents and start thinking about yourself?”
Cole snaps. Whoa. He never snaps.
“This is your health, your life. You’re carrying a baby inside you. Do you think that’s a game? Or that t...
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“You think I haven’t thought of that? I have. For weeks. I suspected this for damn weeks before I finally took the damn test, Cole. I’m the one living with this reality day in and day out, picturing all the possible scenarios and hating the fact that I might have to kill this life. So don’t sit there telling me I’m not taking it seriously, because I am. More than you’ll ever know.”
“You’ve suspected it for weeks and didn’t tell me?”
“Just forget it, okay? I’ll figure it out.”
“We will figure it out. Both of us are responsible for that life.”
“You thought I would abandon you?”
“It’s already happened. I can’t exactly be against it.”
“So if it hadn’t happened, you would be?”
“No, but you would be...
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“If it were up to me, you’d be fucking mine in front of the entire world, and yes, I would be planning to put a football team worth of babies inside you so you’d always be glued to my side. But you constantly think about your parents and your image and everyone else...
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“Oh, wait. Is that because I have a freaking one inside me?” I mock. “No thanks to you.”
“Well, here’s the thing, Butterfly.” He leans over and brushes his lips against my nose. “I don’t mind self-destructing if it’s with you.”
“You had better chances of getting an answer before reducing me to my dick. I know you love it, but, well, it doesn’t work in such situations,” he teases.
“I do want to keep it.”
“Did you… I mean, were you pregnant when Elsa beat you that time?”
The memory of that fear of being alone and not being able to protect my baby assaults me. I nod.
“I’m so sorry, Silver. I wouldn’t have stood still if I knew. I would’ve protected you.” He lifts our interlaced fingers and brushes his lips on the ...
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“There’s no child.” The doctor smiles in an impassive kind of way. “You’re not pregnant, mademoiselle
He appears as dazed as me. As speechless as me. I’m not pregnant. It should make me happy, but all I want to do is cry.
