I Am The Luna

Chapter 0003

ZAIA.

Once back home, everywhere I look I see him, see the life we built together here. Crippling pain consumes me at what I’m leaving behind, but I won’t allow him to

take more from me.

I won’t let him hurt the life growing inside me. These babies are as much mine as they are his and I will do my best for them.

I begin packing, taking only the bare essentials, and dumping them into a suitcase.

The quicker I am out of here, the better.

I write a quick note to Emma, thanking her for her services.

Picking up the divorce agreement, I sit down at the dining table. The silence in the

house is deafening.

Emma must have finished her work by now and left. With shaking hands, I sign the

papers and close the file and with it, the door to that chapter of my life.

Plucking up my phone, I stare at my mother’s number. I haven’t called her in a while. … Although she and my father are separated, she too had been against me marrying

Sebastian.

However, I know she’ll understand me better than anyone… After all, my father left.

her for none other than Annalise’s mother.

My parents were destined mates, but my father had an affair with another woman,

hence Annalise was born, mere days apart from me.

My stepmother didn’t only take away my Mom’s mate, she took my dad from me

too.

When I was little, we were close, but my stepmother didn’t like it and always instigated him against me and tried to cause a rift between us. In the end, she

succeeded.

Even though I was raised with luxuries and given the best education, our

relationship simply became a formality to him. A responsibility he no longer wanted.

As I grew up, my father kept in contact. Of course, he’d even drop by on my birthdays, but the moment I refused to give up Sebastian for Annalise, he had

disowned me too.

I will go to Mom’s home and ask if I can stay there for a few days. Just long enough for me to sort things out with myself.

Tears trek down my face as I slip my wedding band from my finger and place it on top of the divorce file. Grabbing the handle of my suitcase, I pull it along,telling

bring the

down the hall, I take my

betrayal from last night still echoes in my ears. The anger in his voice still haunts me. The memory of him and Annalise in the office

I should have known he would never believe me over her, when once again he accused me of lying to him.

a rainbow spreads across the sky, welcoming me with open arms, but I can’t appreciate its beauty, not today. The weight on my shoulders is heavy, the pain already

me to my knees, my vision blurring. A soft whimper

door banging shut makes me look up.

Bastien?

Are you alright?”

Ethan…

trying to remain strong. “Yes. Please take

of course,

me into the car, placing my suitcase in the

in the driver’s

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on Oak Mill Drive.” I say weakly. I’m no longer able to hold back my tears. as I stare at

gentle. His

foreign to me.

as we drive through town, the passing cars and

a blur.

drive and I point out her pale green door. The paint is peeling, and it looks more worn than I remember

was the last time I

far too long.

opens the door for me, before he quickly goes to grab my suitcase and

to the front door for me. When he places my suitcase down, I pass him an envelope. He looks at me, surprised.

this,

token of my gratitude for all

“Luna…”

say. He hesitates but nods and takes

see the curtains twitch in a few of the windows. In

curious when an unfamiliar face shows up,

car which doesn’t

to drive away before taking a deep breath and knock on the door.

nerves are playing up and I’m beginning to

I

is pulled open and I find myself

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“Mom…”

suitcase before

door on the prying eyes that may be watching us and pulls

sitting on the worn–out settee in the small living room. Blowing

know you are pregnant?” Mom asks as

frowning deeply.

now that she’s back. I don’t

no part in.” a

sighs and nods

secret. Babies are never the way to keep a man. He once dropped Annalise for you, even if he

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do this.” I protest. It’s not like I stole anything that did not belong to me!

keep a couple together. You knew this, but you had fallen in love with him and chose

I murmur, feeling saddened that she still thinks that, after all, Sebastian had treated me