Her CEO Stalker and Her Second Chance Mate Chapter 146

Briar

Martha had already told me about Clyde and about my mother being a twin. She had mistaken me for Jake’s and Evie’s child at first but when she had dinner with Clyde later that week reality had hit her like a ton of bricks when she realized who’s child I really was. That’s why all the candid talks about my father had abruptly stopped. She wanted me in her life, but her son, despite being raised by his grandfather, had become his father’s spawn. She had led him on to believe I was Jake’s daughter, that is until he met me and realized otherwise. Martha could pull it off as a simple mistake seeing how Jake had been in my life and my mother and my aunt were twins. I saw them both as my mother now and understood so much about how Evie had been with me. She was terrified of me becoming my father’s child. All the lies that I had been told all my life fell away forgiven. I understood. Had only I known this all before Creedon. I swallowed as I thought. Would I have come here had I gone to the lawyers sooner? Probably not. So in a way my ordeal had brought me here, to Carter, to my people, to my purpose. 

A dragonfly flitted in front of me, I tilted my head watching it as an immense feeling of calm washed over me. It was like Jake’s presence stood steadily by my side. I watched it hover in front of me. New beginnings huh? I felt Jake's presence, it seemed to nod in agreement. Deep within myself that other presence hummed within me and cradled that secret i was holding as if asking its opinion. My instincts answered instead. This mattered more than anything. I’d do what Jake asked, my father was a monster; someone I could string up with the likes of Creedon. The presence seemed to sooth through me, as it coiled within me, she agreed too. Who was I but an inflictor of the  karma they had earned? But Clyde would have to wait his turn, Creedon was an immediate threat to everything that mattered to me. When the wind took the dragonfly away, I was reminded of why I had pressed Lana to go home. I couldn’t sit with this information, I needed to know what Carter thought about it before I even considered doing what Jake asked, because running from Creedon was safer than staying here. He had kept me safe, lured out that piece of myself that made me stronger, I couldn’t do what Jake asked without him by my side.

“Carter, I have something to tell you.” I said turning around, well aware of my tearstreaked face. I didn’t care, if he truly was my safe harbor, the one meant to love me with every part of his being, he deserved to see me in all my forms; even broken. The wind blew against me taking my scent to the valley below. 

My eye met his, brimming with a storm of uncertainty, and when I felt deep within myself to the place in my heart that I held my love for him anxiety rolled over me like crashing waves. Was that the bond Lana had mentioned? She said, if I looked within myself I could feel them. I brushed the thought aside. I had to get this out.

“There should be no more secrets between us, what I am about to tell you, I understand if you are upset by it, and I will make my next choices accordingly.” I said setting myself up for the worst case scenario.

“What is it Briar?”  he asked as a shiver ran through me at the way he said my name. My eyes held his.

“I’m pregnant," the words seemed so simple to express the sheer weight of what they meant. Carter’s eyes widened and I looked down uncertain if I could handle his reaction. The next thing I knew strong arms were wrapped around me and instantly more tears leaked from my eyes as he lifted and spun me around. Joy rushed through me like a tidal wave. When he set me down he cupped my face and I forced my eyes to his. My heart could barely take the devastating look as those grey blue eyes beamed back at me as his adoration swept through me as if a dam had burst from within.

“You're not angry?” I stammered.

“How could I be fucking angry about that Briar?”

“I didn’t know what to expect.”

“The love of my life just told me I’m going to be a father, I can’t put into words how thrilled I am,” he said as he nuzzled into my face and then buried his nose into the crook of my neck. He inhaled deeply as his arms tightened around me, pulling me flush to him. All my doubt fell away as I embraced that place within me where his feeling pulsed and I poured mine back into him. What had been weakened reformed anew. I could feel something pull and tighten between us as his emotions rolled over me in waves. He was happy, more than happy he was elated.