Page 108 of Rival Hearts
I nodded and thanked her before I left her office.
On the way back home, I called Maya.
“Are you busy?” I asked.
“I’m working on a document for the campaign.”
“Oh, right.” I didn’t want to bother her if she was busy.
“What’s wrong?”
I hesitated before I said, “It’s nothing. We’ll talk later.”
“Have you been crying?” Maya asked. She knew me so well.
“No.” I sniveled.
“I’m coming over,” Maya said. “Should I bring wine?”
“No.” My eyes stung with tears again. “Just chocolate.”
“On it.” Maya ended the call.
I felt like my world was crumbling. I was having a baby, and I didn’t know how to do this. I couldn’t be pregnant, not now. Not with Alex’s baby.
He’d already told me he didn’t think he was going to be a good father, he wasn’t sure he ever wanted children, and the business needed him. He knew what he wanted.
And a baby wasn’t it, that much I was sure of.
How could I have a baby with him? It wasn’t the right time for him. It wasn’t the right time for me, either.
We’d only just come together. How could we do something like this?
The more I thought about it, the more terrified I became. I forced myself to take deep breaths and calm down until Maya came to me. She would talk some sense into me, be a voice of reason.
Or at least a sounding board.
I hoped she could give me some good advice, too. Because I was stuck.
Stuck… and pregnant.
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ALEX
“Hey, man,” I said when Gabe called. “Are you back in town?”
“Yeah, fucking finally. I’m so over Texas it’s not even funny.”
“Good. Let’s meet up for drinks. I want to talk to you about something.”
“Oh, sure,” Gabe said. “I can use a good night out, a distraction from all the bullshit I’ve had to deal with lately.”
That made me feel like shit because I was pretty sure that letting him know I was sleeping with his sister wasn’t exactly going to feel like a break from bullshit. Either way, I had to do it. Not only was it the right thing, but I’d also left it a bit too long, and it was time to set the record straight.
When I arrived at Ali’s, the bar where we usually drank, Gabe was already there with two beers.
“Good timing,” he said. “I just ordered. Have a seat.”
