Love Unbreakable

Come Home With Me Just as Raegan was about to call Mitchel for the third time, she hesitated and chose to send a text instead.

"Honey, are you free right now?" She rarely used that endearment, but Mitchel liked it whenever she called him that.

Feeling buoyed by their candid conversation last night, Raegan figured being a little sweet would not hurt.

She imagined Mitchel might be tied up with work but would smile when he saw her message.

Nearly half an hour had passed since she sent the text.

Still, no response came.

Raegan found herself glancing at her phone more often than she would like to admit.

It was like having a rock in her shoe, and her focus kept drifting back to her phone.

At last, her phone buzzed.

She eagerly checked, only to find a message from Nicole, asking if she wanted to hit the town for drinks.

Figuring a night out was better than stewing in her own thoughts, Raegan agreed.

Without further ado, she asked the driver to drive her to their agreed-upon destination.

Nicole and Raegan decided to meet up at South River Club, a swanky venue known for its blend of caffeine and nightlife.

Once inside, they opted for a small, private room.

While one sipped juice, the other indulged in wine.

Nicole had been having a relatively peaceful time for the past two weeks.

Because of the death of the grandfather of Jarrod's fiancée, Jarrod's wedding had to be postponed for three months.

Jarrod was wrapped up in comforting his grief- stricken fiancée, leaving him with no time to stir the pot with Nicole.

In the last two weeks, Nicole had other reasons to be happy as well.

Her dad was on the mend, and her family business had weathered its roughest patch.

Sure, they were still in debt, but things were looking up.

Although her life was getting better, Nicole was concerned about Raegan.

"So, how are you doing with Mitchel? I've heard you two are lovey-dovey these days.

Am I going to be a godmother soon or what?" Nicole had been keeping an ear to the ground.

She hadn't heard much about Mitchel and Lauren getting together lately, which led her to think that Lauren was not causing a ruckus anymore.

At the thought of this, Nicole felt like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders.

Her best friend had loved Mitchel for a whole decade, after all.

If things were going well for Raegan, Nicole would be over the moon.

After pondering for a moment, Raegan finally broke the news.

"You're gonna be a godmother soon.” Nicole's eyes widened in shock.

"Wait, you're actually expecting? How far along are you?" "About three months.” "And you kept this from me for that long? What, do you have a new BFF or something?” Nicole feigned indignation.

"No, it's not like that.

1 wanted to make sure things were stable first," Raegan explained.

"And what about Mitchel? How's he taking the news?" Nicole curiously asked, keen to gauge his reaction.

"He..." Raegan recalled the scene last night when Mitchel had lovingly placed his hand on her stomach and asked why their little one had not started moving yet.

"He's ecstatic.” Then, out of nowhere, Nicole burstinto tears.

"Oh my...” "Hey, what's wrong?" Raegan coaxed Nicole.

Nicole enveloped Raegan in a hug and sobbed.

"I'm just so happy you found your happiness.” Nicole believed that at least one of them should lead a happy life.

Tears welled up in Raegan's eyes.

She returned Nicole's tight hug and swore, "You're going to find your happiness, too.

No way you're missing out on that.” "Okay..." Both women let the tears flow for a little while in each other's arms.

Eventually, Nicole stood up and said, "Listen, you're expecting now.

You're practically more precious than a national treasure.

Don't stay up late.

You should go home now." Just as Nicole ushered Raegan out of their chamber, they saw a familiar face in the corridor.

Raegan froze.

Her eyes landed on Matteo who was standing at the entrance of another chamber.

It seemed he was equally stunned when seeing her, but he quickly recovered.

He bowed his head and offered a greeting.

walked over and asked, "Is Mitchel in here?" Matteo paused for a

he busy today?"

with sweat, he answered, "Yes,

is quite occupied." Just then, the door to that chamber swung open, and

woman's voice floated

pricked up at

knew the voice all

It was Lauren's.

pushed open the door

the most luxurious one

blooming with rare flowers to the SWAROVSKI crystal

the pillars were sheathed in gold

screen blinked, "Celebrating the Little Princess Lauren's Birthday." Center stage was the birthday girl herself,

glum face, replaced by a smirk of sheer

her complexion went ashen, as though her

chamber was so bustling

on Lauren, who was arm-in-arm with

watched as Lauren spooned up a piece of

him a cake like that is

threw this grand

Feed him mouth-to-mouth|”" "Mouth-to-mouth! Mouth-to-mouth!" the

cast a coy glance

was not objecting, she picked up a piece of cake between her teeth,

was thick with

piece of cake inched ever closer to Mitchel’s mouth, Nicole uttered in

disgusting.” Nicole grabbed Raegan's hand, urging her

had

"Mitchel," Raegan called.

eerily silent, and every head swiveled toward

me." Mitchel merely shot Raegan a fleeting glance and looked away as if

Raegan's mind went blank.

man who had held her so closely and called her honey could turn

The room stayed silent.

Raegan, but she

"What's...

wrong?" Raegan whispered

thought something must have happened, or

and lovemaking could not

unexplainable reason, Mitchel merely ignored

someone broke the awkward

"Are you trying to land a sugar daddy at South River Club? You must've spent a lot to get in here." Today's party was a spur-of-the-moment

to make sure everyone knew she was still Mitchel'’s apple of the

all the famous guys and trust

would resume being the envy of Ardlens ‘ high society, the Murray family's prized daughter,

side flings, so they naturally lumped Raegan into that

their comments

Nicole had had enough.

moved forward, took Raegan's hand, and urged, "Come

However, Raegan was not budging and just

more and more curious

is way out of your

not someone you can hook

just make it

burst into

me in,” someone else

an undeniable

she outshone those who were dolled

of blue, looked submissive when she made eye

lifted her

stunner she

comments from the

and he did not even

Nicole balled her hands into

to douse the crowd with her wine,

Lawrence, do you think this is a place where you can act like an uneducated woman?” The cold, familiar voice sent a chill down

head and found Jarrod glaring at her, his eyes twinkling like

Jarrod yanked Nicole away.

out of his grip

recognized Jarrod and knew

whisk Nicole away, they began to categorize Raegan

guest suddenly grabbed

your friend chose a

with me, and you'll get everything you want.” "Why should she go with you?" another man

her hand back and

lifted his hand to slap

Lauren intervened

"Mr.

please do me a

relented, although his eyes remained predatory as if he were

Raegan and did not

would be safer for her if she acted

gaze never

tears welling up in her eyes and her nose turning red,

Mitchel finally met

what a man says in the heat of the

a leaf, and she looked

had eyes not just distant but filled with revulsion

crowd cast a contemptuous glance at her, silently