The Man Who Can't Be Moved Chapter 43 Teaser

Chapter should post Weds, as usual :)

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I crawled up on the bed and fumbled for the remote, hoping to resemble some form of normal by the time Edward came back with Riley. I couldn’t let him leave thinking I was anything less than okay, even if I felt like I was suffocating… like a heavy weight was resting on my chest…

The sudden blare of the TV had me jumping in place. I hurriedly tapped on the volume button to turn it down, only to freeze at the segment currently being shown on that God-awful celebrity channel.

Talk about Edward, Jacob, Tanya, and the upcoming DVD release of Rogue filled the room. They panned to pictures of everyone at the premiere, talked about why the “film’s star” had been absent. They then skipped to pictures of Edward and me coming out of our psychiatrists’ office, speculating all the reasons we were there—anything from depression (which was the truth) to marriage issues were spouted off as if they were nothing.

“Masen is set to attend the DVD release party this upcoming weekend in Manhattan. His wife was originally joining him; however, it’s been recently announced that she will be unable to attend. One starlet that won’t be missing the party?” Stupid, dramatic pause. “Tanya Denali. This will be her first appearance since having her son in August…”

I stopped listening, too focused on the clip that was now playing. My mouth dropped as I saw Edward and Tanya walking out together, smiling and waving at the crowd that awaited them in Japan. She was… beautiful, radiant. Edward murmured something in her ear, and she nodded in return. He glanced down at the slight swell of her stomach, and then right back up to her face, silently asking if she was okay. She beamed back up at him, nudging him with her elbow and rolling her eyes at his concern…

My stomach churned at the sight. It was everything I fucking wanted and could no longer have, everything I wanted to give him, but couldn’t.

He deserved so much more than this.

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