Page 28 of Now You're Mine

She stands up, and walks over to the door, placing her hand on the knob. “You know I can’t go anywhere with you. You should leave now.”

I suck in a deep breath. The room smells like her, honey and vanilla. And as I stand, I catch a glimpse of something pink on the nightstand.

I walk over and pick the item up. It’s a blister pack of pills. Vitamins.Prenatalvitamins. And next to it is a pamphlet on prenatal care. “What’s this?”

I shouldn’t be confused, because I knew there was a possibility she could be pregnant. I mean, fuck, didn’t I announce it to everyone at her initiation? But it hadn’t been confirmed. Now I’m guessing it has been. Was she ever going to tell me?

She lifts her hand, gesturing to the pills, and opens her mouth, but no sound comes out. It’s like she’s at a loss for what to say. And that’s confirmation enough that this is something she didn’t intend to tell me.

I narrow my gaze at her. “Are you pregnant, Lux? Was it confirmed?”

She settles back on her heel and blows out a breath like she’s accepted defeat. “Yes.”

I toss the vitamins back onto the nightstand, and approach her, stopping just a few inches away. I don’t reach out to her, but fuck do I want to. Instead, I ball my hands to fists at my sides. “When did you find out?”

“A few days ago.”

“Before or after you found out James is my brother?”

She presses her lips together and glances away like she can’t look me in the eyes. “Before.”

Anger explodes inside me, but I manage to keep it contained. Butfuckmy blood is boiling. “So you weren’t going to tell me,” I say, a statement, not a question.

I can see the fear in her eyes, though whether it's fear of me or the situation, I don’t know. “I’m not even sure what I’m going to do about it,” she says, emotion causing the words to catch in her throat.

“I deserved to know, Lux.”

Tears are streaming down her cheeks now, and she looks away again, wiping the tears away as fast as they fall. “Well, now you know.”

With my jaw clenched, I pull my phone out of my back pocket and shoot the guys a group text.

She sniffs. “What are you doing?”

“I’m telling the guys where we’ll be,” I say, still typing it all out.

She reaches out quickly, placing her hand over my screen. “Roman, do you hear me at all when I speak? I said I wasn’t going with you.”

I reach out with my free hand and grab her wrist. “Well, circumstances have changed, haven’t they?”

My little rabbit tries pulling herself out of my snare, but it’s useless. I’ve got her now.

“What’s that supposed to mean?” she asks.

I pull her close. Angry, even though I know, logically, I have no right to be. I’m the one who fucked her over, but still, the fact that she wasn’t going to tell me she was pregnant is fucking wild. “When it was just you and me, that was one thing. But now there’s someone else to consider, and I’m not letting you put yourself at risk, just because you’re pissed at me.”

Anger flickers in her eyes, and again, she pulls against me. “I hate you.”

Maybe it’s just an excuse to be near her, but fuck if I’m going to let her out of my sight now. There’s no damn way.

I brush my thumb over her damp cheek, but she twists her head, pulling away from me. “I know, baby, but it doesn’t matter, because now you’re mine. You might as well accept it.”

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Lux

Andthisis exactlywhy I didn’t want to tell him. Because somewhere deep down, I knew he’d use the pregnancy as an excuse to entrap me.

Which is exactly what’s happening now.

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