A Restless Night
SEBASTIAN. There’s sadness and regret in her eyes before she looks down, taking her phone. back from me. There’s no way to explain the pain in my chest.
Ashbane or not, I fucked it all up. I should have been there when she was pregnant and going through heartbreak when she was poisoned, when she was in labour, for my pups, but I couldn’t be.
So many years have passed and despite my every chance to find the one behind it, he’s slipped out of my grasp, to the point when he realised I was onto him, he’d threaten Mainly, it was in the form of trying to harm Zaia as a warning. I had to tread carefully, and I really have been, but the stealthy approach has made the process slower. However, I have found clues and no matter how many times he escapes my grasp, he won’t be able to do so forever.
She passes the phone back to me. “You can scroll through.”
My heart races as I stare down at the image of Zaia in a hospital bed, she looks tired yet breathtaking as she holds the babies to her breasts, clearly just having given birth. There’s more… them in their first outfits…
them in their Moses baskets…, their name plaques… There are many, and with each passing image, I can see how they grow. Zion is a mini-me, and seeing that really makes me feel even more emotional, and
Sia, she’s a mini-Zaia, even if her hair and eyes are not the same colour.
My kids are beautiful. Our kids.
There are a few random pictures between, of a hot drink or some scenery, but most of the gallery is of the children.
There’s the occasional precious shot of Zaia, and each time I can’t help but admire her breathtaking beauty. Not wanting her to take the phone back, I continued to skim through the photos of our children.
It’s like I’m watching them in slow motion, like a reel going through the years. I click on the video, where the kids are playing with slime and laughing.
“Give me some Mommy!”
the phone down and stand up.
the bathroom and shut the door behind me. Leaning against it, I close my eyes. I have nothing. She was my everything, and I
deep breath. Trying to
“Sebastian?”
be out soon,” I say, my voice coming out rougher than
away from the door and I massage
After I rejected her and pretended to like someone else, to protect her, I was ready to let her go. I let her go, and she built herself up, so why
I
the glass. The rain is hammering against it
long I have been in here, when I finally bravely step back into the bedroom. The light is off, and the bed is empty. I look sharply at the floor where she had
as I silently walk over to her. She’s asleep. I can hear the steady rhythm of her heartbeat. I crouch down beside her, my heart clenching when
when her eyes fly
tight around my neck.
stare at her. Her eyes flicker from orange back to amethyst and
pressed against my lower abdomen and the feel of
She sits back, looking the vision of perfection. Raising her hand, she brushes her hair back as she scans the room as
tent in my towel, which
she begins with a
one who pressed your pussy right on me,” I growl,
clamp my hand over her mouth, placing the
as she slowly nods, and I let go
“Dirty dog.”
her a murderous glare, but she’s standing there, fists clenched, cheeks
you used to enjoy riding this dirty dog.” I taunt, before I open my towel cockily, giving her a full-on view of my hard -on, making her eyes widen
wrapping my towel around myself once more, trying
you did
“Pig, dog… the list of insults sure is growing,” I
A Restless Nigh into the
I can’t. I wouldn’t be able to sleep and all I’d be able to think about is the way she looks in that shirt. The way her breasts press against the
groan as I lay back and
Sleep didn’t come so easily, with the thunder outside and the emotions I feel,
“Sebastian!”
I crack my eyes open, feeling extremely cold and clammy. My body is aching,
eyes of none other than
ask, my
She murmurs, touching my forehead. Her hand feels cool, and I welcome the
you
self-control not to stare at her sexy legs as she holds a hand out to me. I get up on my own and only then do I realise I really
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