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.

in here?" Matteo paused

he busy today?" Raegan

with sweat, he answered,

then, the door to that chamber swung open,

voice floated

pricked

the voice all too

It was Lauren's.

Raegan pushed open the door

was the most luxurious one in

in opulence, from the floor blooming with rare flowers to the SWAROVSKI crystal chandeliers that graced

the pillars were

Princess Lauren's Birthday." Center stage was the birthday girl

replaced by a

scene, her complexion went ashen, as though her strength had

chamber was so bustling that nobody

eyes landed on Lauren, who

Lauren spooned up a piece of cake and guided it toward

him a cake like that is so boring,” a man

grand birthday party for

mouth-to-mouth|”" "Mouth-to-mouth!

coy

she picked up a piece of cake between

was thick with

Nicole uttered in annoyance, "Seriously? She's the shameless home wrecker, and she's so proud of it?

is disgusting.” Nicole grabbed Raegan's hand,

had

"Mitchel," Raegan called.

silent, and every head

toward Mitchel and said, "Come home with me." Mitchel merely shot Raegan a fleeting glance and looked away as

Raegan's mind went blank.

man who had held her so closely and called her honey

The room stayed silent.

were on Raegan,

"What's...

wrong?" Raegan whispered

or he 7

lovemaking could not have been

reason, Mitchel merely

the awkward silence with a

land a sugar daddy at South River Club? You must've spent a

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

all the famous guys

the envy of Ardlens ‘ high society, the Murray family's prized daughter, and the girl

these wealthy partygoers had side flings,

their comments grew

Nicole had had enough.

took Raegan's hand,

of here." However, Raegan was not budging and

crowd grew more and more curious by Raegan’s gaze on

is way out of

not someone you can hook

might just make

room burst into

in,” someone else chimed

had an

makeup, she outshone those

of blue, looked submissive when she

lifted her eyes was

stunner

cruel comments from the crowd

Mitchel seemed deaf to them, and he did

Nicole balled her

was about to douse the crowd with her wine,

you think this is a place where you can act like an uneducated woman?” The

head and found Jarrod glaring

Jarrod yanked Nicole away.

of his grip

the wealthy attendees recognized Jarrod and knew

away, they began to categorize Raegan as that

suddenly grabbed Raegan's

your friend chose a nice

want.” "Why should she

back and commanded, "Get lost!" Mitchel gazed at

man lifted his hand to slap

then, Lauren intervened with a

"Mr.

Acosta, please do me a

woman is an acquaintance of mine." At her words, Blair relented, although his eyes remained predatory as if he were sizing up

still not certain about Mitchel's feelings toward Raegan and

for her if she

gaze never left

eyes and her nose turning red,

Mitchel finally met her gaze, and a sneer tugged at

man says in the heat of the moment, can you?” All

a leaf, and she looked fragile and lost

filled with revulsion as if she was

crowd cast a contemptuous glance at her, silently screaming how utterly