Chapter 69: Shattered Peace
Selene
The final four days on the yacht passed like a dream—sun-kissed skin, slow kisses, lazy mornings spent in the pool or below deck having sex , and laughter that echoed off the waves. We have found a rhythm, an unspoken bond forged in trust, pleasure, and something deeper. It's not exactly something any of us planned, but it works .
But the time came to leave and for the three of us to head back to the US. .
Kostas kisses my hand at the airport, promising he’d follow in a few days once he tied up loose ends in Greece. The private jet carries John, Adrian, and myself back to the States, the mood light and full of plans—plans for the house, the babies, and their merging futures.
Denver greets us with crisp air and a finished home waiting like an open embrace. The movers had arranged moving everything from my apartment and into the house . The custom master bed Adrian ordered was already in place, and the kitchen stocked just as I liked it. Life, for the moment, felt perfect. The guys spend the day working and i cook us all a meal.
The bed is amazing it could sleep 6 people easily, so that night is extremely comfortable.
Selene
The next morning we have breakfast together and John prepares to leave.
John has to leave for a meeting in New York. He hugs and kisses my forehead and promises that he’d be back in a few days, and for the next scan he will be here do or die, he kneels down and kisses my belly telling his babies he will be back soon, he swiftly lifts my dress pulls my panties aside and quickly spreads my folds and give me a quick lick from my entrance to my clit. , I laugh down at him and he winks “what ? I’m going to miss tasting you”, he defends with a smile .
I watch as he stands up and pulls Adrian close and grabs the back of Adrian’s head and pulls him in to kiss him long and deep.
“I’ll see you two soon., I love you both “. And he leaves for the airport. .
Adrian goes with me for ultrasound. The morning is calm, and our fingers interlaced as we walked into the clinic.
Adrian
Selene is glowing, tired after the flight home, but happy, she looks beautiful, dressed in a flowing dress that hugged her bump just right.
“I’m going to pee before they call me,” she tells me with a wink.
I nod . “I’ll check us in.”
She disappears down the hall.
Minutes passed.
Then more.
I frown , and check my phone, then stand up and walk towards the hallway where Selene disappeared down.
I walk a bit further and that’s when I see her.
Selene—laying crumpled at the base of a stairwell, her head bleeding, her dress stained dark with blood.
“SELE—!” A scream rips through the corridor. “Help! Somebody, help!”
Nurses and doctors rush over as I drop to my knees, hands trembling as I try not to touch her lest I hurt her, but I can’t stop myself from brushing hair from her face. Her eyes were closed. Too still.
“Selene, baby, stay with me…”
They pulled her away on a stretcher, the chaos swallowing her. I stand there frozen, blood on my hands, my world cracking at the seams.
I fumble frantically for phone. And call John.
John
Im busy working inflight when my phone rings , I glance at it and my heart skips a beat, it’s Adrian , I answer immediately . “Adrian what’s wrong ?”.
“She—she’s hurt,” Adrian chokes out . “She fell, I don’t know, there was blood, John, there was so much blood—”
“Adrian , hold on a sec for me “.
“Turn the plane around immediately I need to get back, my fiancés needs me”. I say when the pilot picks up the line connected to the cockpit, then to Adrian, my voice raw, “I’m coming. Hold on.”
I hang up and decide to call Kostas next. “Something’s happened. Selene. She’s in the hospital. I don’t know exact details, but it’s bad.”
Kostas didn’t hesitate. “I’m on my way.”
Adrian
I’m in the sterile waiting area, pacing, shaking, unraveling. I called Jonathan and barely managed to get the words out before breaking down again.
Jonathan arrived within minutes, pulling me into a hard hug, holding me through the storm. “We don’t know anything yet, okay? She’s strong. She’s going to be okay little brother, you need to be strong for her .” Jonathan tells me and all I can do is nod .
The doctor appears just then. And my heart is in my mouth.
I nearly fall over running to him. “Is she alright? Is she awake? Is she—”
“She’s stable,” the doctor says, stable but serious. “She needed stitches and observation. She’ll be moved to a private room shortly.”
“And the babies?” I ask, already bracing for the blow.
The doctor hesitates.
“I’m sorry. We couldn’t save them, the fall severed the placenta’s and we couldn’t reattach them.”
The words hit me like gunshots to my gut.
And I fall to my drop to my knees.
Jonathan
I catch him as he sobs , wrecked and gutted. “No… no, no, no…” I kneel next to my brother and hold him as he sobs uncontrollably.
We are finally allowed into the room. Selene lays there pale and bandaged, quiet and unmoving. Machines beeping steadily, reminding us that she is still here , even if the life they’d imagined had just been stolen. My heart breaks for them, heck even I have been so excited to meet my nieces or nephews, seeing as I don’t have kids of my own.
Adrian.
I sit beside her, holding her limp hand. Jonathan stayed nearby, silent now, his usually playful demeanor swallowed by grief.
The door bursts open and it’s John. Seeing him sends me over the edge and I break down again.
John.
I take one look at Adrian, then at Selene then back to Adrian as he breaks down, and I rush straight to him, .
I drop beside him, pulling him into my arms. “I’ve got you. We’ll get through this. All of us.”
“We”ve lost our babies John and Selene won’t wake up”, he mumbles into chest. I’m so over come by grief that I break down too. We finally get it together and I move to sit on Selene’s other side and hold her hand .
Early the next morning, there’s still no change, Selene hasn’t woken up yet, just then the door is flung open once more. It’s Kostas.
He walks in, his eyes locking onto Selene form before flicking to the men surrounding her.
Jonathan couldn’t help it. “Jesus, are there any more gorgeous men lining up for her? I’m starting to think she’s building a damn harem.”
Kostas cracked a broken smile as he stepped closer. Adrian gets up and hugs him and tells him about the babies and to my surprise he actually starts crying , I give him a hug and introduce him to Jonathan . As they had only spoken on zoom or teams till now .