DOMINIC (Dragon Security Book 3)

by Glenna Sinclair

She took me in, standing there in my wedding dress. “You were just trying to protect Nicolas, and I was hurting so much that I wanted to punish everyone but myself for the child I raised and lost. But I think it’s time I finally accept who Aurora was and stop hurting people she already crushed.”

  “Mrs. Davis,” I began, not sure where I was going with my words. However, she stopped me, placing a hand on my arm.

  “Aurora set you up. She never intended to be a mother to those beautiful babies. She was going to use them to ruin Nicolas, and to hurt you in the process, an innocent young woman who only wanted to help her mother.” Virginia looked away, tears of shame filling her eyes. “She never donated eggs. Those babies…they’re yours, child.”

  I shook my head. “There were embryos. Aurora and Nicolas were there when they implanted them…”

  “No, child. My attorneys spoke to the doctor in question. He admitted that he didn’t do anything he told you he was doing. He simply put you on a course of fertility drugs and then introduced Nicolas’ sperm to your system. You got pregnant quite naturally—if a little clinically. And those DNA tests prove it.”

  I shook my head, but she wasn’t finished.

  “I arranged for a test on blood leftover from tests you submitted to when you first agreed to this process. The tests are undeniable.”

  “They’re mine?”

  “They’re yours.” She smiled softly at the wonder on my face. “Congratulations. They’re perfect.”

  She turned and began to walk down the hall.

  “Mrs. Davis?”

  She paused then turned to look at me.

  “My mom is gone,” I said softly, “and Nicolas’ mom is gone, too. Those babies could really use a grandmother.”

  She stared at me like she couldn’t quite believe what I was saying. And then she smiled, the first smile I’d seen that actually touched her eyes.

  “I’d be honored.”

  ***

  Nicolas and I spoke our vows fifteen minutes later, Vivienne asleep in my arms and Cole nestled restlessly in Kelly’s. They woke and wanted to be a part of the ceremony, and we couldn’t say no.

  Nicolas brushed a piece of hair out of my face as he bent to kiss me.

  “I love you,” he whispered, “Mrs. Costa.”

  Tears filled my eyes as I stared at him.All the choices I’d made these past few months flowing through my mind. If mi mami hadn’t gotten sick, if I hadn’t volunteered to be Aurora’s surrogate, if I hadn’t opened that door on that hot Texas summer night….

  Thank God for random choice.

  ~ End ~