Page 10 of Agony of Our Regret

Wes and Tessa shared a look.

Tessa turned back to me with narrowed eyes. “You’ve been sick quite a few times since the accident.”

Of course, she picked up on things. I had more calls and meetings with her than anyone else, and I’d run to the bathroom many times while I was working from home. She never called me out, so I hadn’t thought she noticed.

“Is that normal?” Chris asked. “Should we take her to the hospital to get looked over?”

If I said yes, would they let me leave?

Tessa’s eyes dropped to my stomach, and I fought every urge to cover up with my hands. I wasn’t showing at all, but she wasn’t stupid. She was a woman and a mother. Double trouble intuition.

She glanced at Wes again with arched brows, and I willed the building to collapse.When I didn’t get a reprieve, I stepped back from the three of them and pulled it together.

“We should get back. I don’t want to leave Beth alone with Daniel for too long with only Stacy to get between them.”

“Are you sure you feel up to it?” Chris asked. “I can take you to get checked out or go get Luca.”

I smiled. “I appreciate the offer, but I’m fine.” I stared down Wes and Tessa. “I’m really fine.”

Before either of them could speak, I hurried back to the conference room.

A confrontation was inevitable, but I wanted to put it off for a little while longer. And maybe send out an SOS for backup.

THREE

We finally decidedon the Santa Fe location, and the second Beth ended the meeting, I was up and out the door.

Tessa or Wes wouldn’t chase me down the halls screaming for me to stop—probably—but I wouldn’t give them a chance to pull me aside.

Instead, I crossed the floor, looking for Luca or Gavin. Neither of them had their own office, and this wasn’t a conversation I wanted to have in range of other ears.

I caught sight of Gavin’s mussed brown locks and hurried over as fast as I could without drawing attention.

“Hey” I fought to keep a smile on my lips. “Do you have a second?”

“Sure.” He glanced up at me from his keyboard and hesitated. I probably didn’t appear as calm as I thought.

He locked his computer and stood, putting his hand on my back as I continued down the row of cubicles.

“Do you know where Luca is?”

“I haven’t seen him in a few hours. He might be in meetings.”

I nodded and changed directions. My office was the first place anyone would look for us, but we needed privacy. “Can you text him to meet us?”

Gavin shut the door as I sat at my desk with a huff. He eyed me with a lifted brow before pulling out his phone and typing quickly.

“He’ll be here in a minute,” he said before taking a seat. “What’s going on?”

Since we had a moment by ourselves, I tackled one thing at a time. “I’m sorry about last night. I shouldn’t have shut down on you and walked away.”

I only went to our bedroom, but the point I made was clear. I wanted to be alone.

“And I should have told you guys sooner.” He ran his hand down his cheek. “Or not said anything in the first place. It’s still hard to know the right thing to do.”

“Luca and I had lunch earlier. He helped me realize you were right.”

“He did?” He leaned back. “I wasn’t sure he agreed.”

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