Pregnant By My Husband In Disguise

ned the clasp of th

ere cold aga

ed back. A beautiful woman, her face a perfect, lifeless mask. Her gown,

t up on the

ge Six. The headline w

r's Roman Holiday with Holly

legal, contractual husband-was smiling at Isabelle. Not his usual tight, public-relations smile, but a g

oked

ed with pitying scorn, mentioning Alistair's

humiliation. It started in her stomach, a tight, nauseat

d the nec

line across her collarbone. The sti

n her childhood bedroom. The couture gown came off in

a pair of ripped jeans and an old, faded band T-shirt. The

ne rang

was urgent. "I know you saw the news. Just go to the gala.

pped jeans, with smudged eyeliner and a defiant gl

ace," she whispe

d expression. She didn't take the waiting town car. Instead, sh

ving him the address of a place she hadn't b

. The air was thick with the smell of wh

bar and ordered the st

t knot in her stomach began to loosen. The crushing weight of being

ut a hollow space inside her.

his back to her. All she could see was a pair of broa

rink. And

at the edges. Her

d toward him. The empty seat nex

in shadow. She saw a sharp jawline, stubble that looked like it would

a low rumble, magnetic, nearly lo

bled up from Chloe's

hey drank. Their eyes met over the rims of th

bar. His skin was warm, the touch sending a jolt stra

s brushing her ear. "

eeping in separate wings of the penthouse, of being a ghost in her own lif

e no

air hit her face, a brief moment of clarity she chose to

que hotel nearby, to a

th was on hers, a brutal, demanding kiss that tasted of whiskey and som

loneliness-it all erupted into a single act of self-destruction.

was a blade agai

groan escaped her lip

was

ast, unfamiliar bed was empty

, pierced through the

ce of hotel stationery. A phone number was s

it, a si

rendered. Pay

from Chloe's fac

st cheated on

ated with a

ber his face, anything about him. But all she had was a blur of shadow, t

clothes from the floor, her hands shaking

al, not looking back, running from a

He watched her run out, her face pale with panic. He closed the laptop. The dim light from the screen illuminated a sharp