Chapter Thirty Nine



‘I can’t. I should have never come…’ Fara then whispered, looking down at her feet as she spoke.
‘I’m glad that you did’ Urs smiled lightly at her.
‘Are you?’ Fara asked, looking up at him.
‘Yes’ Urs nodded, looking back at her.
‘Then let Marcus adopt Amelia’ Fara then tried.
‘As I’ve already said. No’ Urs sighed.
‘Why not?’ Fara then asked again.
‘I told you. I love you’ he told her, reaching out a hand.
‘But I don’t…’ Fara moved herself away, out of reach of his touch. It hurt her to do that. But she had to. She couldn’t let Urs touch her again. Or he would know. One touch would tell him everything he wanted to know.
‘Don’t lie Fara’ he interrupted her.
‘I’m not…’ she tried again.
‘Yes you are. I know you’ he interrupted her again.
‘No you don’t’
‘I do’ Urs insisted.
‘What? How can you? We spent what? Just over a week together? You can’t know someone after that short a space of time!’ Fara shouted a little, pacing the room as she spoke, waving her arms about in an angry manner.
‘Yes you can. And I do. I know you. You know me’ Urs replied, moving closer. He reached out a hand, touching her face, cupping it, running his thumb over her mouth, ‘I know you, you know me’ he repeated.

‘Let me go…’ Fara feebly mumbled, feeling herself tremble at his touch.
‘I’m not stopping you’ Urs whispered, lowering his head.
‘We can’t…’ Fara then mumbled as Urs’ wonderful mouth touched hers. She found herself returning the kiss. Moving closer. Wrapping her arms around him. She let out a groan as Urs continued to kiss her.
‘Come with me..’ Urs whispered, leading her towards the bed.
‘We can’t…’ Fara groaned, ‘Amelia’ she reminded Urs.
‘The floor then?’ Urs asked, looking intently into her eyes.
‘Yes’ Fara found herself agreeing, smiling lightly as she replied.
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Afterwards, laying with her head on Urs’ shoulder and a blanket over them, Fara fell asleep. The first decent nights sleep she had experienced since last being with Urs. Laying in his arms she felt safe and needed. All the time being with Marcus she had never felt that way. They were engaged and yet Fara had never wanted to sleep with Marcus. They were waiting until the wedding she had told people. She didn’t love Marcus like she loved Urs. Not the way she loved Urs. Urs was her ‘the one’ and that feeling scared her. That feeling had always scared her. Giving herself completely to another person. It was scary. Trusting in someone else. Giving her heart to be used, abused and even broken by another person, someone she had trusted more then she trusted herself. More terrifying then giving birth alone or getting her novel finally published after all this time.
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I’m glad Fara is back’ Cydalia and Carlos were talking. Their son, Colby, lay sleeping in the next room. They were sitting in bed, Carlos had been reading a novel as Cydalia applied hand cream to her hands.
‘Urs seemed happier earlier’ Carlos agreed, remembering the look on his friends face when Fara had turned up and revealed herself to them all.
‘And she’s a mum. Like me’ Cydalia smiled.
‘Urs. A father. Something I thought I’d never see’ Carlos laughed, putting his book down now on the bedside table and turning to look at his beautiful wife, the mother of his wonderful son.
‘Everything is possible honey’ Cydalia reached out a hand and gently touched her husbands face, ‘like Colby getting a brother or sister…’ she whispered the last part.
‘Eh?’ Carlos asked, staring at her.
‘I’m pregnant again’ Cydalia confessed.
‘Oh my darling!’ Carlos pulled her gently into his arms, ‘darling’ he exclaimed, holding her close and kissing her.
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Come here Mrs Miller’ David playfully growled to Dany as he chased her around the honeymoon suite bedroom. They were still in their underwear when David had started tickling his new wife. She had picked up and thrown at him a pillow which had turned into a pillow fight and now they were running around the room, laughing at each other. Happy in love.
‘Oops!’ Dany giggled as she fell over, onto the bed behind her as David expertly managed to make her fall exactly where he wanted her.
‘You’re mine now!’ David growled, laying on top of her, trapping her. His wife.
‘I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else’ Dany swooned, cupping her husbands face as David started kissing her.


‘Marry me Rowi? Make me happy?’ Seb was on his knees, in his underpants, proposing again. He had been in the middle of getting undressed when the idea had suddenly come to him. He had part of it planned, just not the proposing again part. He was nervous. Again.
‘I already said yes’ Rowi sighed, she was sitting at the dressing table, in her underwear, brushing her hair.
‘I meant…tomorrow’ Seb said, licking his lips in a nervous manner.
‘What…?’ Rowi dropped her hairbrush, squeaked, turning to look at him.
‘Tomorrow’ Seb repeated.
‘Tomorr…?’ she asked, as if in a daze.
‘Yes Ro. Tomorrow’ he nodded, smiling lightly at her as he asked.
‘I…I…’ she stared at him.
Seb looked back and waited, daring not to breathe until he received an answer. The right answer he wanted. The only answer he was waiting for.
‘Of course I’ll marry you Seb’ after what seemed like forever Rowi finally answered.
Seb let out his breathe. ‘Thank you Ro. Thank you’ he whispered, pulling her into his arms and covering her face with kisses, ‘I love you’ he told her.
‘And I love you Seb’ Rowi whispered back, standing up now and leading her fiancé towards the bed behind them.
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Amelia, crying in her sleep, woke Fara up. She stood up, stretching, feeling her whole body aching. Sleeping on the floor wasn’t a thing she was usually used to and it had hurt. She pulled on the nearest thing she could find, a t-shirt and went to her daughter, noticing the time. It was still early.
‘Ssshh…honey’ Fara soothed Amelia. Urs was still asleep. Laying on the floor, his head resting on a pillow. A blanket covering him, showing his naked chest.
After setting Amelia back down, Fara quickly used the bathroom then joined her daughter in the comfy big bed. She held her child close, and fell asleep again.
A few hours later, Urs woke up. He noticed Fara was missing.
Then relaxed slightly after finding her in the bed, holding their daughter. Both were asleep. Urs smiled as he recognised the t-shirt Fara was wearing. It was one of his own. He pulled on a pair of underpants and sat on the bed, watching his family sleep. He reached out a hand and gently started stroking Fara’s hair, ‘I love you’ he whispered, ‘and I know you love me too’
Fara stirred in her sleep, holding Amelia safe in her arms.