“Gareth referred to as and requested me if I used to be taking Casey to the US. You realize, it’s the primary time he’s proven any curiosity in her. He’s pretended she doesn’t exist since I used to be pregnant along with her.”

I take her hand in mine, rubbing my thumb over her knuckle. “What did you say to him?”

She meets my gaze, her blue eyes shimmering with tears. “Instructed him it was none of his enterprise.” Elevating her hand to her cheek, she wipes away stray drops. “He’s simply fearful that Melanie will discover out if folks go digging into my previous.

Wrapping my arm round her shoulders, I pull her in tight in opposition to me. “I’m so sorry. That is the very last thing I assumed would occur. It’s simply so laid-back and good right here, I by no means thought for a second that there’d be the curiosity in me—in us.”

Lana lets out an enormous sigh. “I assume we received that incorrect.”

“I did. It’s my fault. You raised it as a priority, and I received it incorrect.” I kiss the highest of her head. “I used to be pondering all day. I’m going to name Reece and ask him for recommendation. He’s in all probability essentially the most well-known particular person I do know.”

She’s quiet for a second—approach too quiet. Her fingernails rake her thigh,

“I’ve been pondering too. I don’t suppose we should always see one another anymore.”

What?” I launch her. “No.”

She blinks again tears. “We have now secrets and techniques in our lives which have to remain buried. I can’t threat Casey being uncovered to this. What if subsequent time somebody does handle to grab her? What then?”

I’m undecided the best way to react. She’s proper. I put them each in danger simply by being of their lives, however then, I needs to be the one to guard them.

And I don’t understand how.

“I can’t undergo this once more.” She buries her head in her fingers. “Casey is what’s essential.”

I attain out and stroke her hair. “I don’t need to rush again to the States. I’ll keep whereas we work by way of this.”

She meets my gaze. It rips me up inside to see the despair in her eyes. “That’s not sufficient. I would like to guard my household now. You could depart.”

I swallow arduous. She’s placing up obstacles yet again, and he or she’s already up to now behind them, there’s no approach I can attain her.

“Lana, we will work by way of this. Please.”

Her eyes fill with extra tears. “I don’t need to do that, however we each knew this wouldn’t final.”

My coronary heart rips in two. “What do you imply?”

“You’ll end your movie and depart. You’ve received an entire new world ready on the market for you, Alex. One I received’t be part of.”

I shake my head. “You’re my world. I need to take you with me. You and Casey. We may begin a brand new life collectively as a household.”

She sniffs, cupping my cheek along with her palm. “I can’t dwell like this. One story and somebody tries to seize my baby? And also you’re asking me to go away the safety I’ve right here to maneuver internationally to an unsure future.”

“I’m sure about us. Aren’t you?”

“You’re the most effective factor that’s ever occurred to me.”

Sure. I really feel the identical, utterly the identical.

Her lips twitch. “And the worst.”

The phrases minimize deep, however I do know what she means. She’s scared.

And I’ll depart for tonight, however I’m not giving up on us.

This isn’t over.

14

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