Page 55 of Craving Paradise

“What the hell are you guys doing here?” Alistair asks as he rubs his temples, the hangover kicking in.

“Here,” Daniel says, handing him two white pills and a glass of water.

Alistair knocks them back.

“We heard what happened,” Alex says.

Alistair looks up at him with a frown on his face. “How?”

“Miranda sent me a message saying you guys broke up and to check in on you,” Alex adds.

“That’s all she said?” Alistair asks with a sneer.

Alex’s eyes narrow on him for a moment. “Yeah, that’s all she said.”

“Guessing she broke up with you,” I add. He wouldn’t be looking this heartbroken if he was the dumper.

Alistair turns and glares at me.

“Don’t be an insensitive ass,” Daniel interjects.

I throw my hands in the air.

Alex crouches down beside Alistair, the sensitive one of the bunch. “What happened?

“She’s pregnant,” he says.

Oh shit.

“Guessing you didn’t take it well?” Daniel asks cautiously.

“That’s not the reason you two broke up?” Alex questions Ali.

That would be a dick move if he dumped his fiancée over her being pregnant. Would I dump someone if we were pregnant? I’d want to help raise my baby. I don’t want to be an absentee father. Fingers crossed, I never get myself in that situation.

“No. It’s the fact I’mnotthe damn father who did it!” he replies while glaring at him.

What?

The room falls silent at that bombshell. Miranda was fucking someone else and got knocked up? No. She always seemed like such a good girl. Vanilla. Boring. Perfect.

“I’m going to be an uncle instead,” he adds.

Wait, uncle? I’m so confused. Oh, wait. No!

“Are you saying your brother is the father?” I ask, wanting clarification.

“I caught them in bed together when I came home last night,” Alistair explains.

Fucking George. That motherfucker has done it again. Next time I see him, I’m going to fuck him up.

“Fuck!” Daniel curses.

“No wonder you smell like a brewery.” I get it now. We all know the shit George has done to Ali over the years. It’s not the first time he has fucked Alistair’s woman, but this is his fucking fiancée.

“That’s why your knuckles are fucked, and you have a black eye?” Alex questions.

“Yeah, I lost my mind there for a moment.”

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