Ran Away Pregnant Came Back Alpha Heiress (Amelia and Damien) novel Chapter 242

Chapter 242

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Chapter 242

So I placed my arm in Ian’s and said, “Yes, thank you.”

Ian led me off the side of the courtyard, under a line of pillars to what seemed to be a garden with tall bushes and blossoming flowers. It smelled wonderful there, and we took some time simply walking amongst the flora.

I was grateful for the silence, so lost in my own thoughts, I didn’t think I’d make for good conversation at the

moment.

But, after a while, even the silence too was too much.

Fortunately, Ian took that moment to fill the void. “Are you okay, Annette?”

“I don’t know,” I replied honestly. Before I would have stopped there, but in my efforts to try to connect with Ian, I knew I needed to open up to him. That meant talking, even about the hard stuff. “Did you know about my adopted sister Amelia?”

“I’d heard the name,” Ian said, but my estate is closer to the border. Typically I never bothered myself with the going-on’s of the Alpha’s family. At least not after high school.”

“Did you know us in high school?” I asked.

“I went to school with Sienna,” he said. “Honestly, I thought she and Jake were the only children. It wasn’t until later I learned about Amelia, and later still that I learned about you. I’m sorry, Annette, I wish I had better answers for you. But you and your sister’s pasts are a mystery to most people, including me.”

“So many secrets,” I said. “I wish I knew the full picture. Then maybe I could fully understand it.”

“If it helps,” Ian said. “The rumors said the relationship between Damien and Amelia was not a happy one. In fact, I believe your parents only found out about her after she left Damien.”

“She left him?” I asked surprised.

He shrugged. “None of this really matters, does it? The past is the past. Your future is what you decide now, and I’m the one who is here for you. Surely, you see your future in me? With us and our children, the past won’t matter anymore.”

He was making a lot of assumptions here, for me and about me. He probably had already decided how many children we would have and what their names would be. He hadn’t consulted me for any of that, either.

Or maybe I was being unfair. I had to stop looking for reasons not to like Ian, and try harder with him.

He was, after all, the only one who hadn’t lied to me. That had to be worth something. And though he seemed dismissive of my past and my struggle to want to uncover it, he wasn’t all bad.

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