Nathan:
No. She had to be joking. This had to be some twisted and expensive joke she thought would work on me.
Pregnant? With my child?
“You’ve got to be kidding, Eve,” I said, letting out a low and humorless laugh. “Pregnant? How? We had s*x just once.”
“And we didn’t use a condom!” she snapped, her voice rising. “You’re the one who didn’t use protection, Nathan. So don’t act surprised now. You should be happy. Grateful, even. We’re getting married, and I’m carrying your heir. Something Adele never could give you!”
That hit like a slap.
I stepped back, shaking my head, heart pounding like a war drum. No. She was wrong.
Adele was pregnant.
She was pregnant before my selfish, power-hungry father framed her for something she never did—before he banished her like she meant nothing. Sh
