Océane
Okay, just tell me when
A ragged sigh escapes my throat. I’m doing it. I’m going to face her, face my mistakes, my regrets, tell her she’s the one I should have fought for all along, instead of the illusion of a perfect family I wanted so desperately to keep.
Separately, Rachel texts me back.
Rachel
I’m proud of you, big bro
Rachel
And I’m here for you
Rachel
Call me or come over if you need to talk beforehand
Will
Actually I’m calling someone else now
Rachel
Who?
Will
… a therapist
Rachel
WILL OMG FINALLY
Rachel
GAHH I’m so so SO proud omg
I take a deep breath to steady myself right before I dial the number Ryan gave me.
CHAPTER 31
SOPHIE
Ithink someone needs to pinch me because too much is lining up in my favour right now.
Yeah, I’m a bad bitch and can make things happen, but I’ve had such horrible luck in the last year that it feels out of place to be back in my groove now.
Now that we’re wrapping up the workday and getting ready to head home for dinner with my mom, I can’t stop smiling like an idiot. So far, we’ve successfully hired two new subcontractors with the goal of bringing them on full-time if they perform well. Brianna is the more experienced event planner of the two, while Trent is still learning the ropes. But thanks to the meticulous standard operating procedures Will helped me develop, both of them should become productive within the next few weeks—especially with my assistant Maya helping us set up all the necessary documentation.
This means Will and I can focus on scaling my marketing campaigns to start filling in Brianna’s and Trent’s books. Seeing my company thrive like this, seeing the initial reactions from clients when they’re elated at meeting new team members, has me feeling more fulfilled than I have in years.
It’s enough to keep me coasting as I figure out exactly what to make of Will and me.Will and me.Thinking about it still sends me reeling. If you were to tell a past version of me at any point over the last ten years that I’d be dating William Béchard, bringing him home to my kids at the end of every day, moaning his name in unbridled pleasure every night … I would have laughed you out of the city.
Yet what I feel toward him is so powerful, so all-consuming, that I can’t seem to think straight. There’s an airiness, a glow from every molecule of my body lifting me upward—something I’ve never felt, even in the early days with Matt.
Never have I been this cherished. This wanted.
