Pregnant By Luke Hemmings

Chapter 27

After taking Calum into the kitchen to put a cold stake on his jaw, Luke comes back out to and with a slight nod of his head he tells me to follow him to the back room where he sleeps. I follow behind him with no question with Cass on my hip.

"What is it?" I ask when he shuts the door behind us.

"I just wanna help you guys get settled in." He says and I just realized he had mine and Cass's bag the whole time.

"Oh... thank you." I simply say placing Cass down on the bed and handing him the studded bear from earlier.

"I've been meaning to ask about that." He says at random.

"About what?" I ask in return as I slide off my cover, do that I'm just in my sleeveless ocean blue blouse.

"That stuffed bear. When you were locking your flat you were shaking, and when he handed you that bear, you stopped." He says and I'm stood straight. I didn't think I'd ever tell him this story. I don't even think I want to.

"It's... nothing to worry about. Just a thing between Cass and I." I simply say but I feel his hand gently slide up the back of my shoulder and down my forearm.

"Then what's this?" He asks running his thumb over the healing scar on my back.

*Dammit. I forgot that was there.* "It's nothing." I try to slide his hand down but he turns me to him instead.

"Emily, if I'm gonna be here for you and Cass, I need you to be honest with me." He says caressing my cheek. "What happened?" He asks softer. I don't want to tell him. I don't know what he'll do if I tell him.

"Luke, I can't." I sigh and he does the unexpected. He brings his other hand up to cup my cheeks and pulls me into a tender kiss. I don't wanna give into him but I can't help it. He never lost his touch. His kiss melts straight through me and I find my self wrapping my arms around him. He runs his hands down my hips and to the small of my back pulling me in as close as our bodies will allow, and that's when I feel it. This isn't lust. It's love. I know for sure because he's never kissed me like this before. Not even when I was his girlfriend. But why is he giving it to me now? I pull away to look at him and feel something warm run down my cheeks. I use my finger to touch my cheek and see what it is. Tears. He put so much into this kiss that I couldn't help but to give in.

I begin to question myself. Do I trust him, no. But why? All he has been is honest to me this whole time. But still, he'll leave again. He has to. It's his job. He broke up with me once because he knew he would meet someone else. How do I know he won't do it to me again? To us. Is this his way of telling me he's here to stay?

"Cass, do you mind going with your uncle Ashton while your mum and I talk?" He asks and Cass gets up and without a word as waddles out with his stuffy. When Cass shuts the door behind him Luke turns back to me. "Please, Tell me. I need to know why the mother of my child had a giant scar running down her back." He says and the tender worry in his voice forces the truth out of me.