Page 59 of Bullied Pregnant Mate

"Lucas asked me to come by with some breakfast for you since you guys still haven't cooked yet. His exact words were, "She likes bacon. Bring her that."

"You didn't have to do that," I said, stepping back and letting him step inside. Cayden had come by many times when Lucas couldn't.

"Are you saying no to the food because I will gladly eat it?"

"Don't you dare," I said, growling at him.

He smirked, holding his hand out, and I grabbed the bag. I opened it, finding a bacon and egg sandwich with orange juice.

"Lucas said you like that."

I felt my heart skip a beat and smiled. "Thank you."

He nodded, turning his gaze around the space. "Looks nice, it's really coming along."

"You think?" I pulled the sandwich out, took a large bite, and internally moaned at how good it was. Better than the bagel.

Cayden nodded, looking from the living room to the dining room. "Yeah, it's got life again."

I swallowed. I had wondered since I got here why the house had remained empty for so long. I knew that the family owned it, but I never fully understood how it became empty. When did we decide to give up on the space?

"Do you know why… it's been empty?"

Cayden glanced at me. "It's your family, shouldn't you?"

I shrugged. "I'm the black sheep…so no. I just know it's been empty."

He gave me a half smile before his eyes went to the stairs. "From what we know, is your relative…. Babette...your great, great grandmother owned it. It was her home before they moved to your town. They kept the house and the land. They traveled here for holidays and stuff, but they traveled less over the years as she aged. And then…Eddy, if I remember."

I nodded.

"She hated the house."

I froze, looking around. It wasn't exactly Eddy's taste, but it was large and spacious. And Eddy liked anything that no one else couldn't have.

"Why? It was certainly everything she could want."

He shrugged. "No idea, but she hated it. We heard that they didn't get along, Babette and Eddy."

This shocked me. I'd never heard about anyone not getting along with Eddy. And even if someone did, they didn't voice it.

"They were very opposite. Babette was soft and sweet. I heard she was caring and gentle to people in need. Eddy…well, Eddy didn't. It wasn't soon after Babette died that they stopped traveling to the house, and I think they just forgot about it."

I frowned, wondering if Eddy hated the house because of what it represented. If it was Babette's, surely she hated the space because she hated Babette.

Cayden continued into the dining room, and I watched a smirk pull at his lips as he stared at an area of plants. "Well, Lucas wasn't kidding when he said you bought a bunch of plants."

I rolled my eyes. "They aren't that many plants."

He laughed. "It is, Gina. But you buy whatever you want. It's your house, after all."

"It's really not..." I said, suddenly feeling my stomach twist again. I looked at my sandwich, feeling that it was all just going to blow up at me.

Cayden raised an eyebrow. "Why do you think that? Isn't that what this is all for? You guys are getting married to get the house?"

"I don't have the deed, and unless Lucas and I can pull this off….this…" I waved a hand around the space. "It's not mine."

Cayden walked back towards me. "But it is. Do you really think Lucas would let you spend so much money on this house if he wasn't hell-bent on making sure you got it?"

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