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Part 7

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last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-10-23 16:58:04

Maggie

Her car rattled on the dirt road leading to the ranch, and she cursed herself once again for agreeing to have dinner with the whole Fitzgerald family. Melody kept babbling in the back, but Maggie’s gaze was frozen on the house as it came into view.

The house was magnificently large, with a wrap-around porch, trees lining the driveway, and green rolling hills as far as the eye could see. It was beautiful. Maggie felt the shame creep onto her cheeks. Asher had spent most of the day inside her house, fixing things, while he lived here.

She was about to turn her car around when the front door opened, and Asher appeared on the porch, lifted his hand in a wave, and smiled. Once she parked her car, he was there instantly, opening her door, and extending a hand to help her out.

“Glad you could make it,” Asher said.

“I feel a little out of my depth,” she admitted.

Asher frowned as he opened the rear door, and unbuckled Melody from her seat. “You’ve got nothing to worry about. We’re just
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    EmersonFor a moment it felt like she couldn’t breathe. Asher was overwhelming every single sense she had. His domineering presence, his scent, the fact that he was right up against her. It all felt like a dream.She could feel his heart beating against her, and for a moment, she didn’t want to let go of him. She didn’t ever want to let go of him. Asher was so much more than he gave himself credit for.“You’ll never fall, Asher.”“You make me stumble, but I need you to keep holding my hand. For a long time, I wanted you to need me, but it’s me that needs you.”She shook her head against his chest. That wasn’t true. Asher was the pillar of the family. He was the strong one, the one that made sure everyone else kept standing.“I can exist without you, but I can’t live without you. I want to stop existing. I want to live, Emerson. I need to live. I’m an idiot for pushing you away. I thought I was keeping you back, but now I don’t care if I am, because without you…I’ll drown.”“I want to

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    AsherThey were sitting at the kitchen table. Henri had been fed and was asleep again. Something had shifted between them. He knew he had to tell her the truth. It wasn’t fair to her to only know half the story.“I think we should clear the air,” he said.“About what?”“I miss you, Emerson. I missed you the moment Mark’s car drove away. I opened your gift, and I tried to call you. You changed your number.”“There was no reason to keep that number. It was just a reminder of my past,” she said.“You haven’t come out and said it, so I will. The fact that I was mad at you didn’t change how I felt about you. It does scare me, the magnitude of my feelings. I don’t know how to accept the fact that you love me even after knowing the complete truth.”“Seven months is a long time when you’re pregnant, but I’ve grown, Asher. I made peace with your rejection.”Asher clenched his jaw. “I shouldn’t have told you to leave that day. I should’ve worked through it then, but I didn’t, and I can’t change

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