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Where His Vows Died Chapter 11
Julian's POVI lied to Audrey.It never rained in Harborcrest that day.I just ran into a girl who looked like she needed help, and I helped her.She was in a white dress, backed up against a wall at an intersection by a few men.It put me in mind of Audrey in high school, the time a group of them had her cornered.I stopped the car and shouted at them twice.They scattered.The girl was shaking, crying, her voice very small. She had that Harborcrest lilt in it."Sir. Thank you."I looked at her and popped the lock."Get in. I'll take you somewhere safe."She told me her name was Serena Harlow.After that it was like opening Pandora's box.I stayed on in Harborcrest an extra day.By the time I got back, Audrey's mother had already been cremated.Audrey sobbed against my chest until her voice went, and she still remembered to ask after me."It rained in Harborcrest, didn't it? Did the damp get into your knee?"She trusted me that completely.One look at a weather repo
Where His Vows Died Chapter 10
Julian came back a week later.He knelt outside the guesthouse all night with a hundred roses in his arms.The snow came down heavily and buried him until he looked like a snowman himself.Caleb cried and begged me."Mom, something's going to happen to him if he stays out there."I took two umbrellas downstairs.Julian was shaking hard, the tip of his nose bright red."Is this the plan? Hurt yourself until I have to forgive you?"I looked down at him."No. No, Audrey. I did something wrong and I should pay for it. I just wanted you to see that I mean it."His eyes were red, and his lips wouldn't stop shaking."I made Serena end the pregnancy, and I've settled money on her. She and Maya are staying in Glacier Falls. You'll never have to see either of them again."You were pregnant. Why didn't you tell me?"He pushed forward on his knees, desperate for an answer.My face didn't move."I was going to tell you that day. Then I found out about the affair, and there wasn't any
Where His Vows Died Chapter 9
That evening I got a friend request.It was Serena.I thought about it, then accepted.She messaged me right away."Audrey, I'm begging you. Could you ask Julian to bring us back?"So after I left, Julian had shipped the two of them out of state.He'd sent them to Glacier Falls, up in Farrow, one of the coldest cities in the country.Maya had run a fever three or four times already, unable to handle the climate."I can't get hold of him. All he gave me was an assistant's number and told me to go through the office if I needed anything."But she misses him. She cries until she can't breathe. I don't know what else to do. Audrey, one mother to another, please help me."And I... I just found out I'm pregnant again."A photo came through.Two lines on the test.I screenshotted all of it and forwarded it to Julian."I think that settles it. Divorce me and let me go."Or do you want her baby growing up with no father on the paperwork either?"The typing indicator sat there fo
Where His Vows Died Chapter 8
I came down in Snowridge, the coldest city in Northmere.The second I got outside the terminal, I couldn't stop shivering.I found a little guesthouse nearby and sat by the fire until the feeling came back into me.My mood came back with it.I sipped my hot chocolate and turned my phone on.The messages came in like water through a broken dam.The screen hung for two seconds before it would load at all.Two hundred eighty-nine messages.Seventy-seven missed calls.Julian and Caleb had just about lost their minds looking for me.I only skimmed a couple.Caleb was sobbing through every single voice note."Mom, I was wrong. I'll never take anyone else's side against you again. Please, please forgive me."Don't go. I can't do this without you."Julian wasn't any better. He was crying so hard I could barely make out the words."Audrey, just answer me. One word. I'm begging you, I'm out of my mind here. I don't want a divorce. Come home and let's talk."The strange thing was,
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Snow was coming down outside.In the end, Julian had Serena and Maya moved out to a single-story place past the edge of Eastcliff, while the hospital and family services reviewed what had happened.The car was strangely quiet on the way home.Caleb sat in the back with his eyes slowly filling up."Dad, I miss Mom. I think I did something bad."Julian looked at him, then back out the window at the snow."We're going home now. When we get there, you apologize to her properly."He looked down.And then he'd take Audrey out to build that snowman.Caleb nodded and nodded, and got a smile out through the tears."She'll forgive me. I know she will."But the closer they got to home, the worse the panic got in Julian's chest.They shoved the door open together."Audrey.""Mom."Nobody answered.The penthouse was empty. Even the faint clean smell of her was gone from the air.Every one of those little things she collected had been cleared out.Julian stood there like his legs h
Where His Vows Died Chapter 6
Half an hour later, Grant wrote back."He won't take it, sir. The pastry chef was his girlfriend. She went back home yesterday. They've split up."The message landed like a small blow to the chest.He pressed his lips together and kept texting Audrey."Audrey, are you home? If your feet got frostbitten, there's ointment in the bedroom drawer."Next time Serena makes you angry, go ahead and let her have it. I won't take her side, I swear."I'm sorry, sweetheart. Just answer me when you see this. Please."Quick footsteps came down the hall.Julian's head snapped up, but it was Serena, carrying Maya.Something in him dropped, and irritation started spreading in its place."What are you doing here?"Serena gave him her most considerate smile."Maya woke up crying. She wanted to come see her brother."Maya kissed him, sweet and well behaved."Daddy, Mom brought food. I'll feed him."She carried a bowl and spoon into the room.Julian nodded, too tired to argue, and let her go
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