Falter

EPILOGUE

ELIZA

3 years later

"Hey babe, where did you put all my shoelaces?" Hunter yelled from upstairs.

"It's in your drawer just where they are all the time!" I yelled back, annoyed at how he finds things with his mouth and not his eyes. "Where are you going anyway?"

He's just back from London and had to meet up with his family because Nate just proposed to Evee and he's obviously not ecstatic about it. I wish I did go with him but I was tied in a project I couldn't leave. Since the book-to-movie franchise ended a few months ago, we decided to put an end to the NDA and make our relationship public. It still made me feel nervous but there's no point in hiding it anymore. Almost all the fans speculated and were correct about us anyway. We're just confirming things. Once the news was out, my friends, his friends along with both of our families congratulated us. I really wish I could have my sister here right now but she's busy with so many projects right now. My parents are also ecstatic about it ever since they met Hunter through Asher's wedding. They can't stop talking about him.

I'm cooking pancakes for breakfast and Hunter just went downstairs. Looking handsome as usual.

"I'll be in a meeting with the agency. Probably be back after an hour or so." He inches to me and tries to kiss me but I step back, his cologne attacking my nostrils. And it smells nasty. I heaved.

"What the fuck is that smell?" I asked and I couldn't bear the smell anymore. I immediately turned the stove off and puked in the sink.

"Babe, I've been wearing this for months now. What is wrong with you?" I rolled my eyes at him and realized something. I ran towards our room and grabbed my phone. Unlocking it so I can open my tracker app.

"What is it? You're scaring me." He trailed behind me while I opened my phone. I opened my tracker app and I gasped. Holy shitballs!

"Oh my God!"

"What?" he asked, still confused.

My tracker indicates I'm already two weeks late and I'm so stupid to not even remember it, but then I was so sick the last month and had to take medicines for it. And I was so busy with multiple projects at the same time and must've forgotten to have my shot. I switched from pills to shots when I was too busy and forgetful to take it everyday. But look at me now...

"I might be pregnant..."

His face turns pale and hell, mine too, for sure.

"What? Are you sure?" He asked, brushing his hair back with his fingers.

"Yeah!" I look at him annoyed, that stink of his cologne still attacking me. "Can you just leave? I don't wanna smell you right now."

"Are you sure you're going to be okay?"

I pace the kitchen, not sure if I can even eat the pancake I cooked because I think everything I'll eat right now will just come right out. I pace and pace and I'm so nervous. I don't know what to do if a baby is really growing inside me. This is such a huge responsibility for Hunter and me. He has a demanding job and so do I. We will need to adjust our priorities. We were also planning to have the wedding this year but that needs to be pushed back obviously.

I looked like I'm going to burn the carpet when Hunter stopped me and embraced me. I lean into him, my nose scrunches at his smell but I feel safe.

"It's gonna be okay, bubba. We're gonna be okay."

I look up at him and I smile at how he's taking the possible news positively. I tiptoed and kissed him and caught a whiff of his cologne again and I grimaced.