27: Defiance

WINTER:

Damn it. Don't tell me Hawk would give me away. Dad must not know that I was lying to him or else, he would get mad at me, which I did not want to happen.

Try to act calm, Winter. Don't you dare show your dad that you're lying and he nearly catches you. Act cool. Act cool.

I cleared my throat. "Hawk. I just told Dad of our plan."

"Our plan?"

I forced a chuckle. "You already forgot what we had planned?"

"I don't get it, Winter."

Dad was already giving me a weird expression and if I did not clarify anything to Hawk, our dirty little secrets would be exposed.

"How could you forget one important event?" I heaved a sigh when Hawk could not get the joke. "Our plan of getting married?"

"Getting married? We're not..." I glared at him and before he could tell the truth, he stopped for a moment and said, "Oh, right. We are getting married."

Liam looked at me and Hawk. "You're getting married, Mommy?"

"Yes, Liam. I am marrying Uncle Hawk."

My son's lips quivered. "I want Daddy, not