Fighting for Us - Bella Emy
Synopsis
LORENZO
I had it all.
A wonderful family with a loving wife who was my world and a beautiful baby girl.
I didn’t need anything more to be rich in my eyes.
Then one day, everything changed and my world was ripped apart.
My wife, my everything, was taken from me, and I was left alone to raise our baby girl.
I was forced from late night sessions at the gym to changing diapers all by myself.
Thank God for the help I received from my parents and siblings or I would have been lost.
I accepted my fate of being alone with my baby girl and living life with just us two…
Until the day I met her, and she became everything worth fighting for.
* * *
CARISSA
Life was so perfect.
A loving fiancé, wonderful friends and family, and a job I adored.
Until one day, my world was turned upside down and the man I loved threw the promise of forever down the drain and walked out of my life.
The day he walked out of my door, I knew that everything I had ever grown up to believe in was a lie.
Love is unconditional but love sure as hell doesn’t last forever.
The vow to love me for the rest of our lives ended quickly as he pulled away from me, and buried himself in the arms of his ex.
I was left alone, cursing the male species and everyone who had found their happily ever after.
My sister and my best friend were the only ones there for me…
Until the day I met him, and he became everything worth fighting for.
To my family and friends for always supporting me and being there for me when I need you most.
* * *
❤︎
Contents
Introduction
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Afterword
Acknowledgments
About the Author
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Introduction
Fighting for Us is the first book of the
Love is Worth Fighting For Series.
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Chapter One
Lorenzo
I sit at my wife’s side in a plastic chair, holding on to her hand. We’ve been like this for hours, but there’s been no response from her whatsoever. I let out a deep sigh; there is nothing else I can do with this hand of cards we’ve been dealt. This is our life now, and as much as I wish things were different, I know no amount of wishing or praying can save us.
I rub my thumb over her small hand again and again, hoping to get any kind of response. But there’s nothing. Not a twitch, not a jerk. Her tiny hand rests motionless in my large one.
Sylvia is a petite woman, and I have always towered over her. With me being an ex-Navy SEAL, she used to call me her lion. She always used to say I could protect her from anything.
And of course, I could have.
Except this.
I hang my head low as the depressing realization of something completely out of my control takes over. I hate myself for not being able to save her. I hate myself for letting her down. As her partner, I should be able to help her, to make her feel happy and safe once more, but she’s so far gone, nothing I do will bring her back to me the way she used to be.
I can’t protect her.
I can’t save her.
I can’t heal her pain.
I’m worthless to her. What good is being her husband, a retired man in uniform, if I can’t protect the one I love? It doesn’t make any sense. Me sitting here beside her, not able to do a damn thing to help this fucking situation, is pissing me off.
The nurses come in every so often to check her vitals, but there is no change in her condition. I hang my head down once they’re gone, and I pray in silence.
Yeah, prayers… like they have done me any good. It’s been months, yet nothing has changed.
Sylvia has been hanging on by a thread, fighting for her life. And of course, everything hit us at once: we got married three years ago after dating for five years, had a baby girl just four months ago, and now, for the past two months, she’s been in this damn hospital room fighting every single day for her life. She hasn’t even been able to enjoy motherhood. Lord knows she wanted a baby