Adrian by Anna Antonia

Author:Anna Antonia [Antonia, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 150898106X
Amazon: B015G6LRJ0
Publisher: DelSin Publishing, LLC
Published: 2015-09-24T23:00:00+00:00

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Her momentous decision made, Victoria thought about catching a flight back home right after Adrian left her standing on the sidewalk. There were no stops for her to make. She could go back to the old apartment and see whoever happened to be there because she wasn’t at work, but Victoria wouldn’t do that to her former roommates.

She’d already burdened them with the melodrama passing as her life. How fair would it be to pop in their lives after a month and do the same thing? Maybe even worse?

All it would take was talking and Victoria knew her eyes would burst their gaskets. And what if during her crying jag one of them, most likely Jenny, took it upon herself to confront Adrian with the truth of why Victoria had come back?

No.

Now that she had made her decision to keep Adrian in the dark, she had to get used to dealing with things on her own.

Victoria gathered her scattered thoughts in a mental net. She raised her arm up and hailed a cab. Once she arrived at her hotel, Victoria made her way up to the economy room and went through the motions of taking care of herself.

Shower, nightclothes, water, vitamins.

Still, even as she settled down for sleep with the TV low in the background and all the lights off, Victoria stared at the window, eyes wide and unblinking. Seeing Adrian tonight branded her with an unbreakable truth.

She still loved him and always would. Even though the future held no guarantees and everything solid seemed thrown up in the air, Victoria couldn’t deny her feelings for Adrian Hawthorne.

Her hand settled across her still-flat stomach.

I’m so sorry, little baby, that I couldn’t make this right. But I promise I will make it up to you. I’ll do everything in my power and above to give you the best life ever. It will just be you and me. I promise. You won’t ever have to deal with wondering if I love someone more than I love you. I won’t let anyone come between us because there won’t be anyone else.

Victoria went to sleep that night with damp eyes but an iron-resolve.

Less than a day later, Victoria crossed the threshold of her childhood home while dragging her carryon behind her. The plane trip was a hellish trial of endurance.

Victoria and Kathy had cried together over the phone when she had briefly called her with the news before checking-out of the hotel. Surprisingly, Kathy hadn’t argued against keeping her pregnancy a secret or even pressed for details of what happened to make her change her mind.

That support meant more to her than she could ever put into words. It strengthened her and proved that she wouldn’t have to go through this alone.

Even so, Victoria’s eyes were puffy and her head pounded when she boarded the plane two hours later. Unfortunately, she couldn’t sleep at all and spent her time hiding out behind a sleep mask. Victoria was glad to have left RDU behind her and had no intention of boarding a plane for the rest of the year if she could help it.

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