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Betsy pulled his drawer open, and the first thing she saw was a document that bore his name and Charlotte's. She pulled it out, thinking it would be no different from the contract she had signed with Heart's Match.
But she was wrong.
Because the document she held in her hands was a contract that named him as the agency's first choice to be Betsy's husband...while his first choice for a wife was Charlotte.
And the only reason he had hired Betsy to be his housekeeper for two months was to see if she could change his mind.
Chapter Twenty-One
LUKAS HAD A LONG TALK with David while spending time with his son in the newly built playground next to the rooftop garden of his office building. David had mostly chuckled and laughed in response, but by the time an hour had passed, just staring into the boy's green eyes made him unable to hide from the truth any longer.
I love her.
He had been fighting his feelings from the first day he met Betsy.
I love her.
But this time, he was done denying it.
I love her.
He gave Julie the rest of the day off, and his heart started to pound as he headed back to his office. David had already dozed off, and he could see his employees struggling to hide their smiles at the sight of his sleeping son drooling on his shoulder.
Lukas entered his office and was surprised to find Betsy missing. He checked his phone but she hadn't sent him any messages either. After carefully setting their son down on his travel cot, Lukas checked the en-suite, and it was only when he also found this empty that his chest started to tighten...in fear.
Instinct had him walking to his desk, and Lukas' entire world came crashing down when he saw his drawer open, and the contract he had signed with Charlotte on the carpet.
No. God. No.
It was like having the rug pulled out from under him, and Lukas collapsed in his seat. He knew she would come back. It was only a matter of time before she did. David was still with him, and not even the most cruel of heartbreak would keep Betsy away from her son.
But as to what would happen after she came back?
"Help me, God."
It was only when the words were out did he even realize what he was saying.
And asking for.
Lukas had never prayed in his entire life. His parents had died too early to teach him anything, and by the time he realized what prayers were, he felt as if it was too late to change his mind about it.
Until now.
She had always told him that one only had to believe, and so this time he believed.
I'm begging You, God.
"I'm begging You."
The words tore out of his soul and pierced the tense air of silence with the rawness of his emotions.
"Please."
Lukas didn't know why it mattered so much to say the words out loud. He just knew he had to.
"Please give me another chance with her," he rasped out, "and I swear I will love her until the day I die."
And when he opened his eyes, she was there.
