Chapter 59

MYKEL

I’d never cried in my entire adult life, but I thought I was about to break the record today. Watching the love of my life go felt like the end of the world to me, and I couldn’t make something right with her.

Part of me wanted to run after her and beg for forgiveness. My heart crashed, and I followed the other part—to make things right. And I started by getting the truth if the kid was mine.

“Mykel?”

“Lex, is my wife with you?” I had never been this agitated and wrecked, but I wanted to find out if she was there.

“Maybe I should open another headquarter of 911 for matrimonial service.”

“I don’t have time for jokes, Lex. Please let me know if Adley gets home?”

“Isn’t her home now with you, young man?”

“She left my office upset.”

“You two really have a lot of things to work out, son. What did you do this time?”

“I admit this is my fault. I wanna make things right. After what happened with that woman and Merick, I wanna