“Let him fix this.” I turn to see Grace standing in the doorway. “She needs to hear what he has to say. Molly has the tendency to run and shy away from anything she thinks might cause an issue, but you know that, don’t you, Asher? You gave her some time, and now it’s up.”

“I never meant to hurt her. I love her. I want both of you in this family.” Grace gives me a warm smile. “This.” I hold up the folder before I open it to show my father. His brows lift when he sees what’s inside.

“Why do you have that?” It was the prenup I’d pushed so damn hard for my father to get. I’d even made threats about pulling some of my shares and other things. Essentially, I threw a grown man's fit with the weight of my money and power. With how things had gone down with Heidi, my grandparents worried over the family’s trusts and estates. I’d been put in charge of most of them and swore to protect them.

“I’m picking love, and I want both Grace and Molly to know that I trust them.” I walk over and toss the folder with the prenup inside into the fire. I already had the lawyer destroy the other copy he had.

Dad walks over and wraps me in a tight hug. “I never thought I’d be able to heal what that woman did to you.”

“It wasn’t just you.” I hug him back. “All of this is for nothing if we’re not truly happy.”

“Agreed,” Dad says. I turn to Grace to apologize again.

“Don’t.” She holds her hands out. “If you want to make this up to me, then you need to go make my daughter smile again.”

“I will. If it’s the last thing I ever do.”

19

Molly

I stare down at the test lying on my bathroom sink. This isn’t happening. Great, Asher already thinks my mom and I are only out for money, and now here I’m pregnant. Next he’s going to tell me that I trapped him. I swipe the tears spilling down my cheeks.

Mom made me come clean to her about what was going on between Asher and me. She hadn’t seemed surprised by any of it or even upset. A few times she has tried to talk to me more about it, but I changed the subject or asked her not to bring him up. It hurts too much, and I think I’m scared to face the full reality of what happened.