Tethered (Flawed Love Book 4) by Emma Louise

Author:Emma Louise [Louise, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-09-01T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

LUCY

My heart hammers away wildly in my chest at the thought of what’s about to happen. Why the heck would he do this to me?

Breeze and TJ walk into the room, Abel balanced on his dad’s hip. They’re too wrapped up in each other to notice we are even here.

It’s TJ who looks up first, his heavy brow furrowing in confusion as his eyes bounce between Asa and me. Breeze notices the change in his expression, and her eyes follow TJ’s.

“Hey,” she says, the confusion clear. “What’s going on?” TJ couldn’t have told her about the baby because she obviously has no clue what’s going on.

“Is Beau here yet?” Asa asks Avalon, ignoring the stifling tension that has filled the room. She tells him that Beau and her husband Carl are in the backyard getting the grill started. She quickly disappears when he asks her to bring them inside.

“Asa, you’re scaring me,” Breeze says. TJ leans down and whispers something in her ear. She relaxes the tiniest bit, her body leaning back to rest against his front.

And through it all, I just stand there. It’s like I’m not even inside my own body anymore. I’m just observing the car crash that’s about to happen. I can’t even bring myself to look directly at anyone, and I’m sure they must think I'm some kind of idiot.

Breeze and I might get on okay now, but she’s going to end up hating me by the end of the day. I wouldn’t be surprised if his whole family hates me, judging by their reactions to me being here so far.

“What did you do to Avalon, bro? She’s freaking out to Carl out there.” Beau, Asa’s younger brother, laughs as he walks into the now crowded room. “Oh shit! You do not fuck around.” He laughs again, slapping Asa on the shoulder before throwing himself down on the sofa. He doesn’t stop grinning as he takes a long drink from the bottle of beer he brought in with him.

When his sister and brother-in-law finally come inside, Asa moves to stand close to my side, his hand coming to rest against the small of my back. I’m wound too tight to notice the touch like I usually would.

“I figured it best to tell you all here at once,” Asa starts, and the room goes deathly silent. You could hear a pin drop in here.

“Lucy is pregnant.” There’s a collective gasp at his announcement. Still, I don’t dare look at any of them. Instead, I keep my eyes on Asa. His eyes drop down to meet mine as he continues to speak. “And the baby is mine.”

At that, there’s a burst of sound around us as everyone starts speaking at once, the room erupting into chaos around us.

“Told you that you were fucked,” Beau hoots, wiping away the beer that drips from his chin after he sprayed it everywhere in a fit of surprise.

“Please. Tell me this is a joke. You can’t be that much of an idiot,” Avalon says, a look of horror twisting up her pretty face.

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