Page 81 of Accidental Theirs
Olivia doesn’t look away from me, either, staring me down.
“Bloody. House salad with balsamic vinaigrette, garlic mashed potatoes.”
I glance over at the server, and she’s looking back and forth between us like she’s watching a tennis match.
“Sure thing.” She hurries off.
“Now that we’ve traumatized our server, can we have a civil conversation about this?”
“I am being civil,” she says through gritted teeth.
“Dominic doesn’t have your best interests at heart. He doesn’t haveCarter Holdings’best interests at heart. I do.”
“Is that so? Because it certainly doesn’t seem like it.”
“Olivia, you have no idea how hard I’ve tried to make things right. I’ve been over and over the numbers, met with the head of the accounting department a dozen times, talked to the board…”
I really have done everything I can to try and mitigate this disaster, but when I say it out loud, it doesn’t sound like enough.
“You lied to me.”
“Keeping it from you isn’t the same as lying.” I search her face.
She looks away from me, her eyes still wet.
She’s quiet for so long that I almost say something to fill the silence, but finally, she looks back up at me after wiping tears away with the heel of her hand.
“I’ve been keeping something from you, too,” she whispers, so quietly that I can barely hear her.
I frown, leaning forward over the table. “What are you talking about?”
She takes a shaking breath, and her eyes finally connect with mine again.
“I’m pregnant.”
Shock runs through me, and I can’t move. I can’t speak. I can’tbreathe.
“Damien?” Concern washes over her face.
A breath rushes out of my lungs, and tears prick at the backs of my eyes.
Ababy?Afamily?After all this time?
“It’s mine?” My voice cracks.
Her face changes. “I don’t… I don’t know.”
“What do you mean, you don’t know?” Anger rushes through me.
It’s stupid. Of course, I know that it might not be mine. I was there that night. With all three of us. But I can’t help feeling slighted.
“Damien, I was with all of you, how would I know?”
“You’re not on birth control?”
She huffs out a breath, and I curse inwardly.
I know that was the wrong thing to say, but in my defense, I’m absolutely floored.
