Todos os capítulos de Teach Me How to Love You: Capítulo 131 - Capítulo 140

ALANThe second I got into my car, I started calling everyone back home. I found her. That was pretty much all I kept saying. I found Nora.My mother, Lory, Noah—everyone knew she was okay. Dad's only instruction was that I better not come home without my wife.As if there was any chance of that.I didn't tell any of them about the pregnancy. I'd seen the bump with my own eyes, but I was almost afraid to believe what it meant. I'd spent months believing my child was gone. Until Nora told me herself that I was wrong, I couldn't let myself hope.Now I just needed six o'clock to hurry the hell up.I desperately wished I had some sort of magic power to push the clock straight to six. Leaving and coming back wasn't an option either. I wasn't risking Nora disappearing on me again.If Noah hadn't given me that hint, London would've been one of the last places I'd have thought to search.Amy never loved London. A few times, I'd considered buying a place here so I'd have somewhere comfortable

ALANI wanted to tell Nora about Amy's diary myself, obviously. Just not literally minutes after she got back.Damn Lory and her diarrhea mouth.I should never have let her stay when Mom said she wanted to wait for Nora. As I dragged her toward the door, she kept running her mouth the whole way, insisting she was not the actual problem here, that if I had manned up sooner, none of this would even be an issue, said or unsaid.I shut the door in her face. Nora opened it right back up for her.She gave me the middle finger and disappeared upstairs with Nora. Knowing Lory's mouth, I had very little hope that conversation would end well for me.I went to the kitchen and vented straight at my mother, asking why Lory had to go and ruin this for me, threatening to ban her from ever setting foot in my house again.Mom just smiled. “Nora was always going to find out about that diary eventually, Alan. Today, tomorrow, next week. Unless your plan was to lie to her about why you suddenly bought a

“Okay.” I put my fork down. “Go ahead. I'm listening.”Alan drew in a deep breath. “I've been thinking all night, and I get it. As much as it hurts that you don't believe me, I tried putting myself in your shoes. I'm not sure I would believe me either if I were you.”“I understand your doubts, Nora.” He dragged a hand down his face. “I wish I could go back. If I had the chance, I would've done everything differently. I should've told you the moment I saw you in London, before Lory ran her mouth and made the decision for me. But you would've still found out, and we'd probably still be sitting here having this conversation.”He rubbed his palms together, a rare nervousness slipping through. “I can tell you I love you a hundred times, Nora. We can have this conversation every day for the next month, and I don't think any of it will make you believe me. But none of that changes how we got here. This is on me. I messed us up. I brought us here, and I'm going to fix it.”His voice softened.

I spent most of the day with Noah and Lory, catching up and laughing together. At one point, Lory made a grab for my phone, hunting for Charlotte's number. I had no idea what she planned to do with it, and I didn't intend to find out either. I made sure she didn't get anywhere near my phone.Noah cooked. Lory “helped,” which mostly meant getting in his way and frustrating him in the kitchen. The funny part was watching Noah because I could tell he wanted her out of his space and still wanted her around at the same time.Things between those two had clearly progressed while I was away.When Lory excused herself to shower in Noah's room after we ate, I finally asked him.“What's going on with you two?”“Nothing.”“Noah.”He gave me a look. “The only good thing about you disappearing was that Lory took pity on me and started visiting more often.”“That's not an answer.”“It's also none of your business.” He smiled. “You would've known if you hadn't disappeared.”And that was as far as I

Alan started the car and turned the music up before I had my seatbelt clipped.He drove with one hand on the wheel, the other tapping against his thigh as his shoulders moved to the music, grinning the entire time.He couldn't have stopped if he tried, and his mood was so infectious that I gave up pretending I wasn't affected. I turned to the window so he wouldn't see me smiling.When he took the turn to the airport, I sat up straight.“Alan, where exactly are we going?”“Italy. We'll get your favorite pasta, eat all the good food, and you can rest. We'll stay a few days, and after that, anywhere you want. You pick. I've got you and the babies.”“No.”He glanced at me. “No?”“I know you're excited, and I am too. But I just got back, Alan. I don't want to start flying around. I want to settle in, take things easy, and enjoy being home for a while.”I expected an argument. Instead, he nodded.“Okay. If you don't want to travel, we won't.”He changed lanes, and I relaxed until he pulled