3 Knightly I didn't think I'd ever see her again . Phoebe . I never really got over our encounter . It's not every day one meets their soulmate like that . To say it surprises me that she's married and has kids is an understatement . We didn't really talk much that night , but our connection was instant . The way she said . my name . How she touched me . She asked for nothing in return after she let me have her every way I could think of . The vinyl was the only thing I could leave behind . Had I stayed and let her wake up , things would have ended badly for both of us . Has she thought of me since then ? She's as beautiful as the first time I ran into her . This encounter is as bad as the last one . That itch I thought had disappeared is stirring and I don't want it to . " You made a scene at the airport , Pete says and drops into the armchair across from me . " I ran into someone , " I explain . " Do tell ," Rip pushes my leg off his coffee table . His wife glares at me . " Sorry , " I apologize and sit up straight . " Who was it ? " she asks . " Do you guys remember the girl from six years ago ? " " The girl that inspired the album that followed ? " Pete laughs . " Yeah , we remember Phoebe , " " That's who I ran into ," " What ? " they all sit up . I laugh at their reaction . " Did you at least get her number ? " Rip smacks my leg . " No , I didn't , and even if I had . She's married now . Has two kids ," " Aww ," Felicity taps my knee . " That sucks , man , " " Yeah , " it really fucking does . " Did she get fat at least ? " Pete scoffs . We all laugh . " Not even a little . She cut her hair . She looked so fucking good ," I admit and sit back . Her daughter looks just like her , " " That's cute . What did you say her name was ? " Felicity asks . " Phoebe , " Pete answers . Let's see who the lucky fuck that married her is ," she laughs . " Do we have a last name ? " " The sign her driver was carrying read Altaha ," I say , 1/3 " She's native ? " Pete asks . " I think so . Mixed maybe . She has dark blue eyes . Like navy blue eyes ," I nod . They all laugh at me . That was sappy , even for me .. " Are you sure ? All that comes up with that name is the new CEO of Royal Threads in SoCal ," " What ? Wait , that might be her . She said she was a clothes designer when we met . She had drawings all over her suite , " " No , fucking way , " she laughs and hands me her phone . " That's her , " I nod . They all bunch in around us to get a look at her . Wow , she's really got her shit together . " Dude , she is so fucking hot , " Pete nods . " I'd think about that all day long too , if I were you , " Rip momentarily forgets his wife is in the room and gets a slap to the back of the head , " Sorry , baby , " " Aww , they're so fucking cute , " she wiggles next to me . " Oh , look at the little boy . He has a guitar , " she switches the picture to the kid sitting on her lap while she strums the guitar for him when he's about one or two . The baby loves it . " Oh , my god . He plays , " she moves to the next video . It's the boy as old as he is now playing a baby blue . electric guitar customized for him . " Did she try to make him look like you ? " " Her husband , " I roll my eyes . " I don't see one , " she says as she continues to scroll through . " Wait , here , my stomach clenches when she stops . " This is from like three years ago ," I still don't like the picture . Some guy has his arms around her . He's looking up at the camera but the look she's giving him implies they're more than just friends . It shouldn't . bother me . It's not like she belongs to me . In fact , I don't really know anything about her except that she's fucking phenomenal in bed . " I don't think she's married , " Pete says as Felicity scrolls through her Instagram . " Hey , it " -s you , " They hold the phone out for me . The picture we took outside the elevator comes up . We're both laughing . I hadn't laughed like that in a long time . Before her , things were a little bleak . I had nothing . I had never had writer's block like that and I haven't had it again since . " That was a good night , " I admit . They all laugh . " If you see her again , check for a ring , " Rip smacks my chest . " I am going to get some rest . That was a long flight , " I say and get up . " Sorry about the mess today , They all dismiss me . I take a hot shower and get into bed . It gets the better of me and I reach for my laptop . I type her name in and a whole lot of out of my league pops up on 23 the screen . Fashion shows , fashion awards , fashion articles , pictures of her on magazine covers , and a whole lot of success . One article catches my attention . It's about her rise to the top . How she overcame the struggles as a single mom . A single mom ? How does that happen ? Who in their right mind would leave her like that ? This girl is a whole ten with no buts . Then I see how old they are . I laugh for a moment . Her kids are five years old . Five plus nine months is almost six whole years. My heart starts to race and I sit up . I go back to her QuickHowl and scrolled down to the picture of us . There are over a hundred pictures above it before there's a picture of an ultrasound . I reach for my wallet to check the napkin with the drawing of a dress I stole from her . She had written the date at the bottom left - hand corner and I start to feel sick to my stomach . " Knightly , " Peter barges into my room . I immediately slam my laptop shut . Maybe a little too hard . " You're not jacking off , right ? " " What ? Of course , not ," " Whatever , sick ass . Dude , I was stalking your girlfriend , " " Not my girlfriend , " I shake my head . " Her kids are five , my man ," he jumps into the bed with me . " Wouldn't it be fucking crazy if they were yours ?" he laughs . " What were you doing , liar ? " " Nothing , " I shake my head . He snatches my laptop . " You were stalking her , " he opens . the laptop and then shows me . " You cracked your screen , dumbass , " " Fuck , " I take it from him . I don't know how that happened . My wolf has been dormant for years . " If you weren't stalking . It was porn ," he declares . " Get out of my room ," I toss the laptop on the floor . He laughs and heads to the door . " It was porn , " he nods sure of himself . I take a throw pillow and launch it at him . He closes the door before it can hit him . " Holy shit , " I sit up and try to take even breaths . " You fucking didn't do that , " 回