J.L. Beck

wanders over, his hands shoved into his robe pockets. "She's here, isn't she? She can either do it, or she’ll be stuck out here by herself.”

Aspen was pregnant.

She was carrying something inside of her I never knew I longed for.

A baby… our baby.

I'm going to have a baby.”

It's like a bowling ball

thought I'd be upset?”

“Well, yeah. Here you are, thinking I'm on the pill, and somehow I end up pregnant. That’s pretty suspicious, if you ask me.”

It would be, if I didn’t have a part in it. Guilt eats away at my black heart

recognize her.

"Have we met before?"

She shuffles the towels between her hands, and I rush over to help her. When she waves me off and carries the stack into the bathroom, I wait by the bed.

Returning, she smoothes her hand down her pants. "Sorry abou

There’s blood on Sebastian’s hand, which I assume is Elyse’s. Did he hurt her? I can’t fathom him doing that, but then again, we all do things differently when the stress on us is different.

chen six months ago. Lee, Aries, and I have an ongoing bet that she's going to punch him square in the face and quit before the summer ends

When the sound of the shower greets my ears, I start my search.

She’s on the pill, or so she told me when I asked. Where would she keep them?

Now she’ll suffer the consequences. She’ll have no choice but to be my wife, and once all the plans are in place—maybe a fertility drug, and finally putting my baby inside her—will ensure she’ll forever be mine.