Page 7 of Eves (Carson Brothers)

I smiled before thanking him and gulping down the delicious liquid.

"So, you'll have to bring your new lad down so we can meet him," Lilly's mum said and Lilly's dad agreed with a hum as he took a drink of his wine.

Glancing across the table at Lilly, her eyes met mine and I decided I wasn't ready to talk about what had happened between me and Kit, so I just nodded. I already knew that Lilly's parents didn't know anything about me being kidnapped, and I'd have to tell them about that too. Explaining that and keeping Delta out of the equation was going to be as hard as not telling Lilly. It was killing me not being able to talk to her about it. If I didn't tell them about my kidnapping soon, they'd only find out through my grandparents. Now should have been the time to tell them, but talking about the whole ordeal would mean talking about Kit. I wasn't ready to talk about him any more than what I already had.

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"Fine,"I said once we were back in Lilly's room.

"Fine?" Lilly looked around at me confused.

"To the party."

"Seriously?" Lilly lit up like a kid granted their own way.

"You do realise you didn't need my permission to have a party, right?"

"There would be no point in having a party without you there."

I smiled. "Maybe just a few people, nothing too big?"

I already knew that I was regretting this. I'd just split up with Kit, I was pregnant and now we were organising a bloody party. I must have been mental.

"Course, we'll only invite like twenty people. If it gets too much for you, you can come up here and lock the door."

I nodded, that made the whole thing sound more appealing.

"Okay," Lilly beamed, "we need to find something hot for you to wear."

"Seriously? That's the first thing you're thinking about?"

Lilly sighed and took out her phone.

"Fine, I'll start inviting people."

I nodded and looked her over.

"Wait, you're not planning on hooking me up with someone are you?"

She full-on gasped at me.

"What, so you can go catch an STI whilst you're carrying my niece or nephew? Are you fucking mad?"

As serious as her sentence had been, I still couldn't help but smile. We weren't related by blood, but Lilly was my sister and the fact that she’d already named my baby her Niece or Nephew, made my chest swell. It made me feel even more guilty for keeping things from her. Not telling her what had happened when I'd been kidnapped or why was killing me. That, alongside the knowledge that Kit was cheating on me, I wasn't quite sure on how I was even holding it together. Thank god Lilly was here, without her I'd have been totally alone.

The first guest had arrived,and I took one look at them, smiled and then headed back upstairs.

What the frig was I doing?

The longer I sat there, the more people I heard arriving.

How on earth had I agreed to this?

I sat staring around the room, trying not to think about the inevitable. But everything lead me straight back to it and I couldn't help but think about Kit cheating on me and everything we'd been through. I cried and held onto my chest as waves of emotion washed over me, leaving me almost breathless and gasping for air. It took me a while to calm down and once I did fully, I sensed someone standing at the door and I smiled the best I could at Lilly before she came in.

"Eves, if you want them all to leave, they're gone." She sat on the bed and wrapped her arms around me.

I shook my head, "I'm fine."

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