All Chapters of Her Only Exception: Chapter 121 - Chapter 130

The morning light was soft through the penthouse windows when Andrea woke up with her hand still holding Henry's. She had fallen asleep on the couch sometime after midnight, refusing to leave him alone, afraid that if she let go he might disappear again.She looked at Henry's face while he slept. The anger from last night had softened slightly but it hadn't gone away. It was still there, sitting heavy in her chest.Henry stirred. His eyes opened slowly and for a moment he looked confused, like he was trying to remember where he was and how he got there. Then his expression shifted as the memories came back in blurs. The bar. The drinking. The darkness of the night.He looked at Andrea and his stomach dropped. She was still here."I'm sorry," he said immediately, his voice rough from sleep and alcohol."Go shower," Andrea said quietly. "We'll talk after."He nodded and went upstairs without arguing.While the water ran in the bathroom Andrea sat in the kitchen with a cup of coffee she

Henry came home to an empty penthouse. The silence greeted him before anything else.He stood in the kitchen looking at the space where Andrea had been sitting this morning. He waited, thinking maybe she would come home soon. Maybe she would walk through that door and they could talk.But hours passed and she didn't come home.He didn’t go to work, just tried to work at home. He sat at the dining table with his laptop but he couldn't focus on anything. His mind kept circling back to this morning, to Andrea's face, to her words about needing time. To the weight of everything that had happened.He checked his phone but there were no messages from her. He thought about calling but decided against it. She had asked for space and he was going to respect that. After all he was the one that hadn’t listened to her in the first place. If he hadn’t defended Serena all this time against Andrea, maybe they wouldn’t in this situation.********Meanwhile at Crestview, Andrea finished work and sat a

Andrea fell asleep on Mindy's couch while waiting for her to come back from her date.When Mindy arrived home late that night, she found Andrea curled up on the cushions, her breathing deep and even. Mindy covered her with a blanket and helped her move to the bedroom so she could sleep properly.In the morning Andrea woke up in Mindy's bed with the weight of everything pressing down on her again.She lay there for a while, staring at the ceiling, thinking about going home. Thinking about facing Henry. The thought made her chest tight.Mindy came in with coffee and sat on the edge of the bed."You know, you can't keep running away forever," Mindy said gently. "You need to go home and talk to Henry. Actually talk to him. About everything."Andrea wrapped her hands around the coffee mug. "What if he's angry with me for staying out all night?""He's not angry," Mindy said. "He's worried sick. He kept blowing up my phone and Marcus’s phone the whole of last night. We had to turn off out ph

Henry's hands gripped the steering wheel so hard his knuckles turned white.He was driving faster than he should, weaving through traffic, his eyes locked on the GPS tracking Andrea's phone. The uncompleted building on the east side was only five minutes away but it felt like an eternity.His phone rang. He answered on speaker."Henry, what's going on? You called twice." It was Marcus's concerned voice."Andrea's been taken," Henry said, his voice tight. "Someone grabbed her off the street.""What? How did that happen?""She called me. Said someone was following her. The next thing I heard was the sound of breaking glass and her screaming. Then muffled sounds. A car door slamming. Then nothing."Marcus was quiet for a moment. "Where are you?""Driving to an uncompleted building on the east side. I have a tracker on her phone. I'm sending you the GPS address now.""I'm on my way," Marcus said immediately. "Ten minutes. Tops.""Alright man," Henry said and hung up.He drove faster.They

Andrea opened her eyes slowly and the first thing she saw was the white ceiling of a hospital room. Monitors beeped softly around her. An IV was in her arm. Her head throbbed.She tried to move and everything hurt, then she heard movement beside her. Henry was there, sitting in a chair pulled close to her bed, holding her hand. He had been watching her sleep.When he saw her eyes open he leaned forward. "Hey," he said softly. "Welcome back."She had passed out again after a few minutes since she woke up earlier. The doctor said it wasn’t anything serious, she wasn't fully conscious previously and her vitals were weak, but they were better now. Andrea tried to speak but her throat was dry. Henry immediately got her some water and held the cup to her lips while she drank.Then she looked across the bed and saw Mindy and Marcus standing near the window. They had been waiting, waiting for her to wake up, waiting for her to feel better. "Mindy," Andrea called out, her voice weak but despe