Page 140 of Breach of Honor

“I was in a stall when I overheard Cori and the blonde talking about howBillywas the best fuck she’d ever had.” An image of Will screwing the redhead flashed in my head. I took a deep breath, hoping I didn’t need to run to the bathroom. “So… I listened in on their convo and learned Billy was my Will. After that, I followed them out.” The words disgusted me as I retold the story.

“If you could have seen yourself… You looked so devastated.”

“I am devastated.” I swallowed back my emotions. Crying was the fastest way to send Lily over the edge.

“You need to end it with him. I’ll help you move out of his place.” Lily sat down next to me, covering my knee with her hand. “You can move back in with me. It’ll be like old times. Just you, me, and Netflix. And all the pie you can eat!” She grinned, wiggling her eyebrows.

“Sounds like you have this all figured out, but it’s not that—”

“Don’t say ‘it’s not that easy.’ I’m tired of hearing it. It is easy, and I’ll help you.”

How could I tell my best friend I was pregnant?

Maybe it wasn’t the right time. My world had just imploded at Charlie’s Lounge, where hundreds of people had observed the destruction. Worse yet, the slut with the crimson lips and hair, who saidmy Will“loved her on her knees” had a vile smirk.

Was that the reason Will cheated on me? For a blow job?

Perhaps my head wasn’t in the right place to make decisions that could affect my life, like telling Lily about the baby.

But here I was with a decision to make as Lily eyed me impatiently. I braced myself, hoping she would understand and support me no matter what.

“It’s not that easy because I’m…” I stopped before the P-word left my lips. Not once had I said it out loud.

Lily gasped; it was in her eyes. I didn’t have to tell her.

“You’repregnant.” Her words hung in the air, floating between us. The gravity of everything that had transpired over the last several months came to a head. A baby. A tiny, innocent human. Will’s and my baby. A St. James offspring. I didn’t deny it, staring into her stunned, emerald eyes.

At the worst timing ever, my phone buzzed. Will’s handsome face appeared on the screen. I reached for it, but Lily beat me to it.

“You’re not talking to him until we figure out what you’re going to do.”

“I’m sure he’s worried.”

“I don’t give a shit if he’s worried. The way he’s treated you is wrong. Don’t you see that?”

“Yes.” My lip quivered as Lily’s eyes darkened. “But I’m pregnant. If I wasn’t, I would’ve left him when that picture was plastered everywhere.”

“Wait! How far along are you?”

“Eight weeks on Monday.”

“Eight weeks?”

“It happened just before his birthday. I’d missed my scheduled appointment for the shot. I should have never stopped taking the pill,” I grumbled, then immediately felt guilty. If I’d stayed on the pill, I wouldn’t have my baby growing inside me. “The night I was going to tell him, he didn’t come home. Then the next day, the picture came out. I panicked. I was afraid to tell anyone. He’d promised it wouldn’t happen again, and I wanted to believe him. I didn’t know what to do. I still don’t know what to do.”

“Holy shit!” Lily jumped off the sofa and paced.

“We don’t have time for this right now. The Colby-Asher wedding is in five hours, and we need to be at the country club by ten. I need to go home. Nothing of yours fits me.”

“You can’t go home! Well, not alone, at least.” She stared at me for a long beat. Unnerved, I looked away. “You don’t look pregnant.”

I turned back as she continued to study my stomach.

“No morning sickness?”

“Just a little. It’s why I really gave up coffee, not because I was trying to reduce my caffeine intake. I read it can take longer ‘to show’ with your first baby. I’m sort of glad I’m not showing, all things considered.”

“And Will doesn’t have a clue?”

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