Please Come Back, My Love novel Chapter 73

Chapter 73

“Simple. I repeated, raising an eyebrow. Right. Because Nickeys like that definitely say casual hookup and not someone marked you like you belong to

them.

“Elena-

My mind flashed back to the karaoke bar. To Lucas Reynolds dragging Sophia away, the possessive grip on her wrist, the way he’d looked at her like she was the only person in the room.

Oh.

“It’s Lucas, isn’t it?” I said quietly.

Sophia’s entire body went rigid. For a second, I thought she might deny it. Then her shoulders sagged.

“No,” she said, but her voice cracked. “It’s not. We’re done. We talked. We said everything we needed to say, and now it’s over.”

I studied her face-the too-bright eyes, the defensive set of her jaw, the way her hand kept drifting back to those marks on her neck.

“Sophia,” I said gently. “You can’t lie to me. I’ve known you too long.”

“I’m not lying!” She stood abruptly, pacing to the window. “Lucas and I… we’re not together. We can’t be together. His family is gone, my family destroyed

him-there’s too much history, too much pain. So yeah, we’re done.”

But you’re sleeping with him.

I didn’t say it out loud. Didn’

Because God

had no room to judge anyone’s complicated relationship situation.

Instead, I set down my

and

to her, wrapping my arms around her from behind. “Okay. If you say you’re done, then you’re done.’

She leaned back against me, and I felt her shoulders shake slightly. “Thank you for understanding, Elena.”

Sophia turned in my arms, her dark eyes searching my face. “Did something happer with you? With Julian?”

And just like that, the weight of everything came crashing back.

We moved back to the couch. I pulled a blanket around my shoulders, suddenly cold despite the warm loft.

“His mother collapsed today,’ I said quietly. “At Bergdorf Goodman. Heart attack. And somehow, it’s my fault.”

Sophia’s eyes widened. “What the fuck? How is that your fault?”

“Because we had an argument first. She slapped me, Soph. Right across the face. Called me trash, told me I wasn’t good enough for her son

And yeah, I snapped back. I said things I probably shouldn’t have.” I pressed my hand to my stomach. And then she collapsed. And I did CPR. I saved her

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“Jesus. Sophia breathed.

“But Victoria was there. And she told everyone-Julian, the doctors-that she was the one who did CPR. That I was the one who caused the whole thing by screaming at Evelyn. My voice cracked. “And Julian believed her. Of course he believed her.”

“That lying bitch-

“It doesn’t matter.” I wiped at my eyes roughly. “None of it matters anymore. Because I told Julian I want a divorce. After his grandfather’s birthday party,

we’re done.”

Sophia was quiet for a long moment. Then she grabbed my hand, squeezing hard.

“Good,” she said fiercely. “You deserve so much better than him. Than all of them.”

God, I wanted to so badly.

But all I could think about was the baby growing inside me. Julian’s baby. A child who would never know its father because I was too afraid to tell him.

“The baby,” she said quietly as her expression softened. “You’re worried about the baby.”

I nodded, not trusting voice.

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