Royal Arrangement #5 by Renna Peak & Ember Casey

Author:Renna Peak & Ember Casey [Peak, Renna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Casey Peak Publishing, LLC

William

I leave her dormitory feeling utterly bereft. I offered her everything, laid my heart out on the line for her, and she threw it away.

She’s still frightened, I remind myself. She doesn’t trust you. And maybe, just maybe, if circumstances were different, I would take my time wooing her again, peeling back the layers, showing her in small ways day by day that I’m the man she needs me to be. That I can be there for our child.

Our child. I still can’t believe it. I find myself reaching out for the wall of the building, suddenly unable to support myself. I’m going to have a son or daughter. Just a couple of days ago, that wasn’t anything more than a distant possibility. How quickly things change.

I lean my head back against the wall, and I realize I’m laughing. Me, a father. It’s too amazing to even fathom. My body can’t seem to contain the news. My knees feel weak, my head light. The laughter continues to bubble out of me—so loud that passersby on the sidewalk start to give me funny looks.

But I don’t care. Let them think I’ve gone mad. Let them think I’m having a breakdown in the middle of the street. I want to shout it from the top of my lungs, let the whole world know, but I manage to restrain myself.

Justine is carrying my baby, and even if she never lets me back into her heart again, I’m going to do everything in my power to make sure that the child never wants for anything.

And if Justine continues to refuse your help? What then? That thought sobers me a little. If she refuses my help, then I’ll just take matters into my own hands. If she refuses to protect our child, then I’ll do it myself—even if that means taking the child back to Montovia with me. I understand there are deeper issues at play here, things she doesn’t want to share with me, but everything has changed. I’ll risk Justine’s wrath, even her hatred and contempt, if it means protecting the life we’ve created together.

With a sigh, I rub the side of my face. I want to help with Justine’s blessing—not against her will. I want to marry her again, to raise this child together, and to become a family. I don’t want to make decisions for her. But it’s hard to find an alternative when she’s being so stubborn.

Then I just have to convince her this is the right thing. That I’m serious about my intentions. If simply telling her that, laying it all out on the line, didn’t do the trick, then I need to figure out another way to convince her. Make some sort of grand gesture, if need be.

But what? What can I do to reestablish the connection we lost?

I begin to wander down the street. The rush of joy that filled me at the thought of our child has faded somewhat, and I’m left with all of my worries and frustrations.

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