Rebirth Into My Second Chance novel Chapter 297

Kate playfully tapped Allen Ramsey on the head. "What nonsense are you spouting? The lining can hold on for a while, and the Hilton family has every resource under the sun. Just keep nourishing it regularly, and it'll be fine. Don't listen to him, Claire. What does a surgeon know about this anyway?"

I chuckled softly.

No wonder Max was so insistent that I stay away from alcohol and cold foods. And lately, Helen had been making me oatmeal and breakfast smoothies with all sorts of nutritious ingredients.

"It's alright, don't mention this to Max. He proposed to me last night."

I flashed the ring on my finger.

Kate was even more excited than I was. "Does this mean we should go pick out a ring as a return gift?"

I nodded. "That's a great idea. Let's go together."

I had been planning to buy him a matching ring today anyway.

Allen Ramsey didn't say a word as we left; instead, he slammed his keyboard out of frustration. I had no idea why he was upset, but he really shouldn't have been.

"We've only got half an hour to pick a ring," I informed them. "Max wants to take me to city hall to get our marriage license afterward."

I tried to suppress the news Allen Ramsey had given me. I wanted to get through this day, to do the things I had always dreamed of doing.

Max wasn't the perfect, confident guy everyone thought he was. His little gestures were his way of showing me he was insecure, that he needed reassurance about our relationship.

Even though he tried to hide the fact that I might have trouble having kids.

No wonder we hadn't been using protection lately, and I still wasn't pregnant.

"Let go!" Kate struggled and was silenced with a slap and a gag.

On any other day, Max's security team would be nearby, but not today.

They blindfolded me and taped my mouth shut. I had no idea where they were taking us.

It felt eerily familiar, like a déjà vu of the time Kate and I were kidnapped before.

For a split second, I wondered if this was another of Kate's schemes. Could she really be staging this?

After everything we had been through, all the times I had saved her, what more could she possibly want?

Or maybe, just maybe, she had been after something else all along...