After the One night stand with the billionaire
a's
dges of betrayal dulled, the memories of Bruce and Debbie faded into background noise,
d it felt really good to feel myse
ea came, curling low in my stomach like a knot I couldn't untie. Then fever struck out of nowhere, leaving me shaky and drained. And the
en the thou
f I was
ing deeper the harder I tried to pull away. I had even forgott
er gave me a second look. I clutched the small paper bag against my chest lik
seat, heart hammering in my ears. One by one, I lined the stick
stretched
unforgiving. Two crimson lines
my fingers clumsy as they clung to the counter for balance. Tears
y bones had been scooped out and I was just a shell. Collapsing onto the bed
ly. No one to lean on. My job barely paid my bills, let alone a baby. And t
est strips to my chest until my knuckles
cut through the st
smooth and
e was. The man from that night. Standing at a podium, cameras flashin
ume until his voice filled the room, curling a
sion," his smooth voice carried through the s
ps curling into
hispered that maybe he still thought about me. Maybe if I met him, if I told him about our child, he'd be hap
th you that I am officiall
stomach lurched, and for a second, I th
iress, the perfect daughter of the Adonis empire. She was f
fumbled for the remote and shut the screen off. The silence that followed was dea
e venom. You really thought he'd come bac
through me. My throat closed up, shame and heartbreak tang
found it instinctively, palm pressing against the fragile life growing inside
o now? How was I supposed
oved it away. No. I couldn't. This was my baby. My blood. A tiny p
cing my breaths to even out. He didn't deserve this
se this child alone, if
all kitchen when my eyes fell on the necklace resting on
. My steps faltered, and for a second, I just stood there, staring. Th
done with the weight of it forever. But another part... the softer, weaker part of me..
lace into the drawer with trembling h
en if I wanted to. And truthfully, I didn't want to anymore. It