All Chapters of Shadows & Whispers: Chapter 171 - Chapter 180

The drive to Damian’s was silent. We both didn’t know what to say to each other. The next few days, weeks, and possibly months were going to be the toughest I had ever experienced. I settled into the spare room at Damian’s house. Each night brought with it nightmares as my mind processed the argument. Over and over again. The loss of peanut, the fall, the pain, everything. Each time I screamed out or cried, Damian was right there comforting me. Each morning, I was so tired that I didn’t want to get up. The day’s went by in a haze. I handed my notice in at work the first day I got out of hospital. I knew that it meant that I was leaving Cleo on her own, but I couldn’t face going back there with everything that had happened and all the questions, the looks and the whispers. Damian was going to support me regardless, but I needed to take time out to heal. Each day I forcibly dragged myself from bed. I just wanted to sleep constantly. The nightmares meant that I was not getting much

The pain that hit my chest floored me. I pushed her off me and stood up.“This is not happening.” I stated.She stood square in front of me and looked up at me with seduction filled eyes.“Are you sure?” She asked while stroking me. I hissed through my teeth. “Rin.” I warned her, “This is not how I want this to happen.”She hooked her fingers under my waistband and pulled down my bottoms. In the flash of an eye, she was on her knees taking me in her mouth. I reached above me and grabbed the cross section of the weight bar frame as I hissed even deeper. The pleasure she was giving me was unbelievable. I couldn’t stop myself building. I was so close.“Erin, you need to stop or I'm going to explode.” I growled.I looked down at her as she looked up at me. She didn’t take her eyes off me and she continued. “Erin!” I hissed.She wrapped her tongue around me once before consuming all of me in her mouth, I couldn’t stop myself letting go. Once she was sure that I was done, she stood up

Damian insisted on driving me to and from the retreat. I tried to argue with him but there was no use, he was not taking no for an answer. He received a call in the car on the way there to confirm the sale of Written Ink had gone through. I could see the impact it was having on him, even if he refused to admit it. The company was like a baby to him. Not only had we lost our son, but he had now chosen to give up everything he fought so hard to build. I couldn’t help but feel at fault for it. If he had never met me then maybe he would not have sold the company. We arrived at the gates of the retreat. Damian was not allowed inside, so we had to say goodbye there. Saying goodbye was easier than I thought it was going to be, but that was because I knew it was needed for me to get better. “Damian, when I come home. Can we talk about the future?”“We can talk about anything you want to.” He kissed me softly on the lips.I grabbed my bags from the back seat and headed inside. Damian watc

It was time to be discharged and head home. I was equipped with everything that I could possibly be. I was ready to face the world again and continue moving forward in life. I thanked everyone for their help and packed my bags. I walked out of the gate to find Damian sitting on the bonnet of a car I didn’t recognise. He took to his feet and walked over to me. He looked good, and I missed him so much. I wrapped my arms around him and inhaled his scent. I cupped his face and kissed him softly.“I want you. Forever and always. I love you.” I smiled.“You have no idea how happy you make me Erin.”“I could say the same about you.” “You’re looking well. Let me take your bags.”He picked up my bags and held my hand in his other hand. Once we were in the car, I needed to ask.“New car?”“There’s a lot of new things.” He smirked.“What have you been up to?”“Do you remember the idea, I told you that I had?”“From your dream?”“Yes. That’s the one.”“Yes, but you never told me what it was.”“

It felt right to say yes to move in with Damian. I needed stability and he was it for me. I didn’t see any point in delaying my future. We had already lost so much time with everything that had happened and hid our relationship at the start. This meant that we could be us, fully us. Damian walked around for the rest of the day with a goofy smile on his face and I couldn’t help but smile. He spent a short while organising a storage unit for the baby’s room. Once that was complete, he asked if I wanted to view the potential new home. There was no way I could say no. Afterall, it could be our forever home. The drive was shorter than I expected, but we were heading out of the city. We arrived at a quiet village and turned onto a side street that led to a housing estate. The estate opened up into large, spaced houses. Damian drove to the end of the estate and pulled onto a wide double drive. He pulled out some keys from his pocket. “Ready?” I nodded and followed him to the front door