IA'S

and I had to endure the cacophony of noise usually brou

in front of an enormous lobby whilst running my h

ing my little dress one more time,

red girl around my age sat behind a marbled desk.

I'm here to see

expecti

chedule a meet

is you

a Ster

omething behind her desk for a moment. "Great, you are expected.

you and navigated my way to the elevator. It whisked me with lethal velocity to the si

e as a shock to me because, well, I knew Stephen was loaded but not this loaded. I gue

hrough the wide, heavy lightened hallway and soon found mysel

morn

y. "Good Morning. Mr. Antonio

appy t

uated near the floor-to-ceiling windows that illum

ing to calm my nerves by doing the breathing ex

la .

la .

la .

la .

ing for me because I didn't feel as tensed as I was when I walked in, bu

ed my palms. Holy molly. That suit. I'd never

d and maybe if he didn't have that sco

again, watching as b

t papers?-What? He's an old man how hard can it be?- If you ask me one more stupid question I swear I'll-Listen figure this out then come back to me whe

l what the

ring him curse out like t

in his morning cereal. A vein was popping out of his neck as he

p as he walked by her. "G

y ears bleed, I couldn't quite make sense of what they discusse

hed he didn't but the way those dark fuck me eyes turned a sh

knotted my fingers together, my heart racing so fast

conds before snapping his focus b

tnot she handed him and waltzed right into h

secretary. She smiled a

yeing the door.

. "He'll s

roat, I picked up my purse, got up

, I knocked light

ettled into the chair behind his glass desk

he verbal void between us.

and took another sip with his eyes on me, devou

tension in the room became so thic

e a seat." He spoke again, waving

" I walked to it c

this meeting?" His tone softened a bit but the d

funny and I had this intense urge to pee. "Well...I

ories. Ms. Sterling." He interrup

ught what we share

" He continued. "Now tel

use I have someth

from his c

st of my night rehearsing, putting the right words in place, and searching for less lethal ways

tries again. "...about

ead my mind. "I can't fuck you again

t that he thought I came all the way here just to rekindle what

at his expensive-looking watch. "Can you go str

pregn

m and for several seconds, the room stilled, the only

lankly, his expre

. Maybe he hadn't heard me clearly.

his eyes finding mine again. "And if you're done sayi

ll did he m

hink I w

ght. "I just told you

ou to leave i

traight in the heart. "Is

other men you probably slept with. I suggest you leave now and find the man

s." I pointed out, feeling

ren't the first lady to walk into my office and

to be easy, no one could be fully prepared for these things, and finding out you were going to be a parent was a very b

needed to know that I was carrying your child." I reached into my purse and pulled out t

the paper without touc

ent to the doctors a few days back

t take t

. For all I know, you could

n't." I

believe you haven't fucked another man since we

l my hurt. "I haven't slept with

expression of disgust. "I

u need to l

e it to you. Now, you can cook up a bunch of lies and come here to say whatever

oney. Do you think I'm happy about this? Do you think I want to be pregnant? I'm just ! I have my

ted to fuck me as much as I wanted to fuck you. The only mistake I made was trusti

The nerves

esponsible, so I suggest you go out there and fi

"You can deny the reality of the child but

ted with revuls

ropped. "S

t the fuck

fright. I whimpered but whipped my

ask one more time you're not

sniffed. "

my tears back in as I held the doorknob and chanced him a