“Ex-husband,” Noah grits out.
“I haven’t signed the papers.” Her vindictive grin makes me sick.
“Married or not, you don’t randomly get to assault people.” I wave a rookie over. “Arrest her for assault.” Whether Ember presses charges or not is up to her, but this bitch isn’t getting away with shit in my precinct.
“You can’t do that! Noah!” She looks to him as the cuffs are slapped around her wrists. Screaming as she’s dragged away, I pull Noah into my office.
He was my partner for a lot of years, and when Katrina walked out on him, sleeping with other men along the way, he wasn’t so much devastated as he was relieved. That was nearly two years ago.
“What the hell was that?” I ask him as the door closes.
“Trina’s off her rocker. I had new divorce papers sent to her last month. She refused to sign them, so I set up a court date for next week. I need her out of my life, man.” He looks sad and mad at the same time.
“Because of Ember?” Our eyes meet, and he doesn’t need to say anything. I understand more than he knows. “Don’t break her heart, man.”
“I’ve been trying not to. Been pushing her off for months so I could get this shit dealt with.” Rubbing a hand across his jaw, Noah looks back to the door. “I think this might have been the last straw, though.”
I don’t reply because what can I say? They must find their own way, and even if Ember’s hurt now, I know she’ll come around. That girl loves with everything she has.
Thea walks back in as Noah leaves, shooting him a glare as he passes. Walking right into my arms, I murmur in her hair. “I’m so fucking lucky I found you.”
“I’m the lucky one, Kol. I couldn’t have survived these past few months without you. Not by a long shot.” Without seeing her face, I can tell she has tears in her eyes.
“Kol??
??
“Yeah, blue eyes?”
“I have to tell you something.”
“Okay.”
“I’m pregnant.” Just like that, two words change my entire life.
Lifting her chin up with a finger, a smile bigger than any I’ve seen before graces her face. “Are you serious?” She nods. “I fucking love you.” I devour her mouth with more hunger and passion than we’ve ever been lost in. Our life just keeps getting better and better.
Epilogue Two
Thea
Three years later.
Sitting on the back porch of our house, belly growing to the size of a balloon, I can’t help but be grateful for all the things I never thought I’d have.
A family.
Love.
Hope.
The brightest future of anyone I know.
“How are you doing, Momma?” Marina, my sister-in-law, comes out of the kitchen through the patio doors with a large glass of lemonade in her hand.
“I’m good, Ari. Better now that my mom is back in my life.” Marina and Arsen brought their kids, Jake and Janelle, up for the long weekend for some family bonding.
Seeing Jake lead mine and Kol’s son, Leighton, around as they look for Easter eggs is one of the most heartwarming moments of my life. “He’s so good with them,” Ari comments as she watches them with me.