Chapter 17

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We eventually arrived at my apartment, which felt so strange to be away from Scarlett, seems as she's alone and lifeless. "I think you've got some explaining to do!" I huffed. Luke sighed and took a seat next to me on the sofa. "Before I tell you, I just want you to know. I love you. I always have, always will. And I know I have been a full on twat to you, and I'm sorry. It was a mistake. I wasn't thinking straight" Luke's eyes filled up with tears. He looked down at his hands which were shaking. "Well, if that's how you felt, why did you do it? You knew how much I loved you, you knew how much I needed you. When I needed you most, you weren't there. You made me and Scarlett feel as if we were a mistake, how could you do that?" Tears flooding down my face.. "do you really mean that? 'Loved'?" Luke looked up to me, guilt written all over his face. "That's not what I mean Luke, why do you have to pick out words?" I huffed, crossing my arms. "If I didn't love you I wouldn't have given you a chance to explain" I wiped my tears. "Just tell me why you did it" I begged. "I know, it's all my fault. I had to leave because it was all my fault-" "How does this explain why you were with another girl" I cut him off. "WELL EXPLAIN WHY YOU WERE BEING SUCH A SLUT AND GETTING IT ON WITH MY BROTHER. Explain why you moved on so quickly!" Luke grew angry. "DONT YOU DARE TURN THIS AROUND TO ME. I WASNT THE ONE WHO WAS HOOKING UP WITH OTHER GIRLS. Or was you going to lead her on and get her pregnant, and dump her like she's trash. I was only with Beau because he was there for me. He cared for me when you were feeling sorry for yourself. I'm done Luke. Say goodbye to me and your daughter. The only reason why I'm still here, is because everyone else is stopping me. But you. If it wasn't for them, I'd be gone" I gasp for air. "FUCK" Luke shouted, picking the nearest object which happened to be the big family photo. Smashing it on the floor. "LUKE!" I shouted. "You do not understand. I'm not like that. You really want to know who that girl was? She was Gaz' daughter. Yes. Gaz' daughter. Kirsty Raymond. She threatened me. She told me to stay away from you otherwise she would hurt you and Scarlett. She told me if I broke up with you, she wouldn't touch you. But I can't do that. I love you. She will have to go through me to get to you and Scarlett. I'm not letting anyone ruin us again. I didn't want any of this to happen. Sometimes I wish I wasn't even here.

I'm an absolute mess" Luke say back down next to me and cried into his hands. I couldn't help but pull him into a hug. "Luke, I'm sorry" My voice became softer. "You've got nothing to be sorry about. It's me who screwed this up and I'm going to fix this" Luke's lips curled into a weak smile. God I love him so much. Why does this have to be so hard!

He cupped my face, pulling it closer to his. "Chloe, I'm so sorry. Do you forgive me?" His voice was soft and gentle. I nodded and looked down. He wiped my tears with his thumb. "Chloe will you go--" "What are these Luke?" I cut him off and looked down at his arm. Scars and cuts all the way up his arm. He panicked and pulled his sleeves down. "N-Nothing" He looked up at me, tears threatening to spill. "It's not nothing, Luke. You can tell me" Luke cleared his throat. "I couldn't deal with the guilt, the pain. It hurt me so much, seeing you in pain. All the memories came back,

Gaz-" "Luke, it's ok. I understand" I saw the pain it was causing him to explain. "God damn it, just forget about it, start afresh. And be my boyfriend again?" I was shaking. "It's meant to me asking that!" He chuckled. "Wait a sec" He grabbed my arm, and dragged me outside to he Brooks household. "Stay here, I'll be back in a minute" Luke ran off upstairs and I walked into the lounge, to find Jai, Abbie, James and Daniel sat on the sofa. "Hey! Ahh, you're back!" James engulfed me into a hug, the same with the others. Luke soon came downstairs and held my hand. "Okay, Chloe. Ah. Fuck it I'm just gonna fucking ask you" He smiled, he knelt down on one knee and I covered my face from the tears. "Ahem, Chloe Ann Edwards, will you do me the honor of becoming my beautiful wife?" I froze. I wiped my tears and moved my hands away from my face. "Yes! YES! Of course I will! I shouted, embracing him into a hug. "For a moment then I thought you were going to say no" Luke laughed, placing the ring on my finger. "Yay! IM ENGAGED!" I shouted jumping onto Luke and kissing him passionately. God I wanted to kiss him so badly. "Okay, cut it out now. You're making me feel sick" Jai threw a cushion towards us. "Aah!! CHLOE YOURE ENGAGED!!" Abbie shouted to me and ran towards me, "LET ME SEE IT AH LET ME SEE" She squealed. "OH WOW! THAT IS GORGEOUS!" She jumped up and down. I nodded in agreement and I heard a knock at the door. "I'll get it" Abbie jumped up and opened the door, "Erm, Chloe.. Luke. I think you might want to come and see this" I ran over to the door in panic. "OH MY GOD BEAU! SCARLETT!!" I pulled Beau inside the house and took Scarlett off her. "Woah, what? When did this happen?" Beau chuckled looking at my finger. "Well, around 10 minutes ago!" I laughed, holding Scarlett to me chest. "She's beautiful, just like you" Luke smiled, kissing my cheek.

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