“I know, I know. He’s going to be fine though, alright?”

“You… are you sure?” Her voice is small like a child’s almost, and I know she’s a pain in the ass but I do feel for her in this moment. He is her child.

“Yes. He’ll be okay, Laura.”

She sniffles and then I hear her talk to I assume Parker’s father. “No, don’t pack those. Those shoes won’t go with any of the clothes I packed.”

Alright then, priorities.

“Okay, let me get packing and get a flight out of here,” I say just before I hang up the phone, not before hearing Laura scream ‘hurry!’ one more time.

“You’re going?” Jacob asks from the entrance to his bedroom. I am very aware that I’m still naked but he’s put on a pair of briefs that doesn’t do anything to hide his cock that is hardening as he roves his eyes over my body.

“I have to.”

“Do you?”

“Jacob, no one knows so I kind of have to. How would that look? And even if I am planning to break up with him, I don’t want him to… I don’t want anything bad to happen to him. He’s not a terrible person, no matter how badly you want him to be.”

“He touched my woman. Fucked my woman. And had the nerve to ask him to marry her.” He closes the distance between us and pulls me into his arms. “He’s the worst.”

I sigh, knowing his possession of me is about to get even more intense. “You understand why I have to go?”

He nods before leaning down and tucking his face into my neck before placing a hot open-mouthed kiss to the skin. “Can I come with you?”

I pull back and stare at him with wide eyes. “How in the hell are you going to explain that?”

“I’ll say I’m flying somewhere else. I don’t have to tell your parents everything.” I press a quick peck to his lips before going back into his room. I’m grateful that he brought all my stuff in, so I put on my bra and pull my dress over my head and put my underwear in my purse not wanting to put on the panties that very well may be still wet from last night.

“How am I going to explain you being there to Parker and his family and friends?”

“I don’t have to come to the hospital, I can just be nearby if you need me.”