Kicked Out: Marrying The Secret Billionaire

looked unfamiliar and out of place on the worn wood grain. Her fingers w

ally wore for church neighbors and grocery store clerks froze in plac

rough black-and-white image to Esther's flat belly.

y, her words shattering the suffo

was so low it was almost inaudible, her thr

eamed sharply. "Whose is

ther, Don Hicks, put down the new

embled. "Christo

to them. It hangs in t

ard of it. Let me guess-a penniless thug? Bartender? Construction workers? "She laughed, her

his shadow looming over Esther, cold and suf

, her voice as soft as a whisper. "I will go

"You've always been a burden. There is no place h

'm begg

t o

head out of the room. A cruel mockery hung at the

on the stair landing and kicked her old suitcase flying. The box rolled down the stairs and exploded at the stairwe

d, her hands trembling as she stuffed her clothes back into

d out a few bills-less than a hundred dollars. "The money you've spent all these years eating, living

ike claws, pulling her up from the groun

begging y

k, pouring rain. Thunder exploded overhead, furious and vi

y shoved her.

rete floor. She fell, her body twisted, and instinctively reached out to

ammed shut

udest end she had ever heard. It i

ne. She trembled violently and uncontrollably. She stared at the tightly closed door, at the warm yellow light shinin

She pulled it out. The tiny, bean-shaped embryo image was blurred by the rain, yet it

. That hotel. That man with a one-night stand. He was very ge

ast chance. He

d to f

the handle of the heavy suitcase, and dragged it down the driveway,

hat soaked her jeans up to her knees. S

ing to hail a taxi. One car passed, and another passed. Finally, a yellow taxi slowed down, its headlights sl

w words, her voice hoarse from the

and opene

as her familiar suburban home gradually blurred and disappeared outside the ca

with the trembling, soaked, and disheveled girl through the car window. A doorman in a crisp uniform stood unde

to. A world she could never even i

had nowh

tightly gripped the ultrasound report in her pocket. She pushed