Page 61 of Cruel Alpha Bully

Bailey nods. “Yes, the baby is fine. The doctor is on rounds and will be here in an hour to talk with you. When I brought you in last night, he shared everything with me because I’m your husband.”

He stares at me steadily, his expression not changing at all. “Do you have any idea what it was like for me to have him tell me you were pregnant?”

“I told you, I only just found out,” I say, my voice getting harder. “It’s not like I purposefully hid this for months. It must be very early days now, which is why I’m concerned. Why did I pass out?”

“Just fatigue,” Baily answers. “You’ll have to take some supplements, eat better, and rest a lot more. At this stage, it wasn’t too dangerous, but it will be if you keep pushing too hard.”

“You really should take better care of yourself, Gina,” Jill says, shaking her head. “You need to think of your child.”

I glare at her over Bae’s head, and for just a fraction of a second, her soft, concerned look is replaced by a mean grin.

“Bae, I’m sorry this happened,” I say. “I’m also sorry I didn’t go to a doctor right away. It’s just that I was shocked when I found out, and honestly, it’s not even been a week, so—”

“But you’re my wife,” Bae says softly. “Why didn’t you run straight to me and tell me immediately?”

He’s staring right into my eyes, and I can see all the intensity that we share when we’re making love. All my memories surface, flooding my senses—I can feel his touch and taste his tongue, lost in the rush that floods me when I’m caught in his passion.

Then my eyes flick up at Jill, still standing in the doorway. Should I bring it up that she’s the reason I didn’t tell him? Immediately after I found out, that was when she came and told me about her history with Bae.

“Gina.” Bae leans forward and takes my hand. There is warmth in his face now, but also an urgency that wasn’t there before. He might want to be with Jill. This baby might be the worst thing that could happen to him.

All my fears of the baby tying us together while Bailey is unwilling to be with me come crashing down at me, sending fear running through my blood.

I can’t take this. I can’t!

The idea of all of those perfect mornings and long, lazy nights in bed being a lie is crushing me, killing me.

This is worse than high school. So much worse.

“Gina,” Bae says, much harder this time. His eyes are glowing like lasers now, the softness draining out of him as he gets more impatient.

Of course he’s impatient. He wants to get out of here with Jill.

“Tell me the truth!” he says, letting go of my hand to rake his fingers through his hair. “I know why you hid this from me, I just need to hear you say it!”

Now, the fear in me feels like ice water running through my veins. I think I’m actually going to be sick.

If he says right here and now that he’s with Jill and always has been…

“You want to leave,” he says. “You want to break the mate bond and go back to Denver. That’s why you hid this from me. You don’t want us to be tied together in any possible way.”

The words hit me with a brutal shock. I shake my head, but Bae isn’t done.

“You were going to make a fool of me,” he says. “You were planning to leave me from the start.”

So this is it. This is how he dumps me—again!

Bae’s face is such a mess of emotion, I can’t tell what he’s really feeling. When I glance up at Jill, she looks so triumphant and satisfied, I can only assume the worst. The pain in me starts to solidify into anger, into confidence and strength.

Fine, this is how you want it? I can do it on my own if I have to!

My thoughts are pure bravado to cover my breaking heart, but it’s all I’ve got right now.

“Do you want to break the mate bond?” Bae asks, his voice firm. The words hit like physical blows, but it’s obvious this is what he wants.

He never cared about me. He’s only with me because he has to be. This is all my worst fears coming true!

“Yes, Bae. I want to break the mate bond.”

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