The Beat of My Heart: A Billionaire-Secret Baby-Second Chance Romance (A Broken Hearts Novel, Book 2) by Avery Maxwell

Author:Avery Maxwell [Maxwell, Avery]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Best of Us LLC
Published: 2020-09-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18—3 Months Later

-One Beer, Hardy

Julia

“Lanie! What the hell do you think you’re doing?” I ask, walking into her hospital room. “Stop reaching for the computer. You have stitches and staples everywhere. Are you trying to bust them open again?” Sighing, I walk over and hand her the laptop, “You’re supposed to be resting.”

“I have been,” she says sheepishly, “that doesn’t mean I can’t keep looking for Boston while I’m stuck here.”

Inwardly, I cringe. I had to ask her to stop calling him Charlie because it was too painful, not that I’d tell her that. Now, we refer to him as Boston, but even that is more painful than I’d like to admit. The guilt she feels is immeasurable, so I never talk of my heartbreak.

“Lanes,” I say, turning my back so she can’t read my face. “We’ve searched for him everywhere. I’ve even broken a few laws hacking into various systems,” I whisper. “He’s gone.”

“I’m so sorry, Jules. I will make this up to you, I promise. I will find him,” she vows, and my heart cracks a little more.

Walking to her, I take the laptop away again. “You have physical therapy in half an hour. You need to rest.” I’m trying my best, but I can’t hide anything from this girl, and before I can turn away, she sees the first signs of a tear.

“God, if I had only called the police when I got to that house instead of entering,” she starts.

“Stop, Lanie, right now, just stop. You did the right thing. There was a small boy in that house. I would have done the same,” I tell her for the millionth time.

“We’ll find him, Jules. I promise we’ll find him,” she whispers.

A knock at the door saves me from this conversation. A nurse enters, bringing Lanie’s lunch. As she passes by me, I’m hit with a wave of nausea so fast and furious I barely make it to the attached restroom.

Fuck.

Once I’m cleaned up, I enter Lanie’s room to a circle of concerned faces. My parents have joined us, and they saw me get sick yesterday.

Shoulders slumped, I just nod my head as the tears come, letting them all know what they suspected anyway. With Lanie in the hospital fighting for her life, I had confided in my mom in the first few weeks after I returned home. She’s known my private pain. Securing me in a hug, she pats my hair and tells me it will all be alright.

My father, who is sitting comforting Lanie, tells me, “We’ll get through this, all of us. That’s what family’s do.”

Making eye contact with Lanie, I’m immediately worried. I know her, she won’t be able to recover from this guilt. Trying to ease her worry, I say, “Okay, puffin, you ready to be a dad?”

She smiles, but it’s not sincere.

Am I ready to be a single mom? Hell no. But I’ll manage. Will my heart recover from Charlie? Doubtful, but I will figure that out too. Lanie’s already lived through hell her entire life, I can’t let her carry this burden too.

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