Semua Bab Second Chance Christmas : Bab 41 - Bab 50

JuliaThe silence in the dining room was resounding as Ryan and I were seated side by side, while I was directly opposite my father.I stayed so still, almost holding my breath at the intensity of the unspoken words that seemed to hang in the air.Just when it thought the atmosphere was going to implode from the tension, Mom walked with the twins, who were now clad in a fresh set of warm clothes, their faces lighting up with smiles."Grandpa!" Lucien squealed, breaking my father's stoic gaze from us as he turned his attention to Lucien, who was barreling towards him with a wide grin as though he'd only just noticed his grandfather."Lucien, my boy, come here!" he chuckled, pushing his seat some inches back to open his arms wide. Lucien giggled in pure joy when he was tickled the moment he fell into his grandfather's open arms.When his laughter died down, Dad sat him down on the seat right next to his on his right. Meanwhile, Mom went ahead and settled on the empty seat next to Dad's

RyanThe morning after Christmas felt warm, which was strange due to the freezing temperature outside, but I knew the fuzzy feeling of warmth that had enveloped me when I cracked my eyes open had nothing to do with the weather but had everything to do with the woman tucked into my side, her head lying on my chest and snoring softly.The last five years were a dreary and lonely one, filled with a myriad of despair and regrets. Even though I knew I would never give up the fight for my family, a part of me doubted whether I would ever feel the warmth of the woman I loved in my arms ever again, but here she was.The kiss we'd shared the night before brought back a rush of memories of when we had our first kiss. The tingles, the rush of adrenaline, everything was something I could never get enough of.We'd been talking, stealing a few kisses in between all night long until we both fell asleep right there in the living room on the couch.Leaning down, I pressed a soft kiss to her temple, wa

Julia“Why is she here?”Kathryn's voice breaks me out of my shock-induced state, and I blinked, my gaze snapping up to meet hers.She wore a scowl of disgust as she looked at me, and that only seemed to fuel the flames to the embers of the fire that I had been trying to smother inside of me just because I wanted to be civil about this.“If you don't sit your ass down so we can discuss this, then you might as well leave.” Ryan beat me to it, his eyes blazing with fury, and she rolled her eyes, walking further into the room and taking the available seat and placing her bag by her feet.“What about him?” I asked, gesturing towards the boy, who was still glued to her, and she lifted him to sit on her lap as soon as I mentioned him.“He's fine with me; let's get this over with already.” She snapped, turning to face Lewis with a raised brow.Ryan nodded subtly at Lewis, who pulled out two papers from a file that was sitting on his desk. He carefully scanned the papers before handing one o

RyanI came to at the sound of contact beeping; groaning, I tried to open my eyes, but it was a lot harder than it should have been.“Ryan!” came a low gasp that sounded so close that I winced at the intensity of it. “Oh my God, Ryan, can you hear me?” the frantic voice continued.I forced my eyes open, blinking rapidly when bright white light burnt my pupils. I blinked my eyes open after it adjusted to the lighting in the room.The first thing I saw was Julia's face, hovering over me. She had an expression that was a mixture of both relief and joy painted across her face.“Julia,” I rasped, my voice coming out scratchy from how dry my throat felt.“Yes, I'm right here,” she replied immediately, her eyes shining with unshed tears; it made me frown.I tried to sit up, but immediately I made the small movement; a jolt of pain in the corner of my abdomen had me gritting my teeth as I fought back the curse word at the tip of my tongue.“The doctor says you need a lot of rest before you ca

JuliaThe next few days went by excruciatingly slowly, but the one good thing was seeing Ryan's remarkable improvement as he began to move about, but not for too long.When the new year rolled around, Ryan vehemently refused to stay cooped up in the hospital without spending the new year with the children.That's how I got him discharged, but of course with certain conditions attached, one of which was for him to rest and desist from doing anything strenuous that might cause his stitches to come undone.“Damon reached out to me,” Ryan murmured from beside me in the passenger seat of the car and my gaze flickered off the road to meet his eyes momentarily.“What did he say?,” I asked, focusing back on the road ahead.I heard him sigh as he raked his fingers through his hair, “Kathryn's first hearing holds tomorrow and I can't afford to miss that love,” he sighed.I understood exactly how he felt, having tried all he could to make her pay for all she'd done and when that is coming to fru