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

glistening with sweat,

door to that chamber swung open, and a waiter wheeled out a dining

voice floated

pricked up

knew the voice all

It was Lauren's.

Matteo could intervene, Raegan pushed open the door and

most

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

pillars were sheathed

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

was yesterday's glum face, replaced by a

her complexion went ashen, as though

was so bustling that nobody

on Lauren,

as Lauren spooned up a piece of cake and guided

a cake like that is so boring,” a man

this grand birthday party for

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

a coy glance

of cake between her teeth, clearly

air was thick

to Mitchel’s mouth, Nicole uttered in annoyance, "Seriously? She's

is disgusting.” Nicole grabbed Raegan's

Raegan had

"Mitchel," Raegan called.

suddenly went eerily silent, and every

took a few steps toward Mitchel and said, "Come home with me." Mitchel merely shot Raegan a fleeting glance and looked away as if the woman before him was a

Raegan's mind went blank.

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

The room stayed silent.

were on Raegan, but

"What's...

Raegan whispered in

something must have happened, or he

and lovemaking could

reason, Mitchel merely ignored

broke the awkward silence with a

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

invited all the famous guys

around, she would resume being the envy

wealthy partygoers had side flings, so they naturally lumped Raegan into

their comments grew increasingly

Nicole had had enough.

forward, took Raegan's

out of here." However, Raegan was not budging and just locked

crowd grew more and more curious by

is way out of your

you

instead? I might just

room burst

someone else

an undeniable

makeup, she outshone those who were

of blue, looked submissive when she made eye

she lifted her eyes was almost

a stunner

comments from the

to them, and he did

her

the

you can act like an uneducated woman?” The

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

Jarrod yanked Nicole away.

to get out of

attendees recognized Jarrod and knew who his

away, they began to categorize Raegan

suddenly grabbed

friend chose a nice

you want.” "Why should she go with you?" another man

back and commanded, "Get lost!" Mitchel gazed at the man who grabbed Raegan's hand earlier

lifted his hand to slap

Lauren intervened

"Mr.

Acosta, please do me a

words, Blair relented, although his eyes remained predatory as if he were sizing up

certain about Mitchel's feelings toward Raegan and did

would be safer for her if she acted all high and

never

up in her eyes and

last night?” Mitchel finally met her

in the heat of the moment, can

she looked

not just distant but filled with revulsion

a contemptuous glance at her, silently screaming how utterly