Second chances: Love or Revenge

es on the pregnancy test, her heart hammer

egn

on

een...intimate once. And that one time didn't even count; he'd been as

de the bathroom door, making her ju

tossed the pregnancy test into the trash, feel

ould she fe

d wife, and she was carrying his child. I

news, but as soon as she saw him, her courage faltered. Lucas was by the door, kicking off his sho

han usual. "You've always talked about wanting a family...

You...already know?" she blur

in confusion.

e upset after all. In fact, he'd somehow known before she even told him! Her heart felt war

ening as he looked at her, "you'

were going to have a family eventually...if

etween them. He took her hand in his and gave it a gentle squeeze. "I was worried yo

issful moment. "What do you mean by 'see me as t

e explaining the weather, "I was talking

ickening feeling in her stomach. "Luc

dy know? Amy is pregnant. We had planned on keeping the baby, and I want to bring him here to b

tilting around her. "Amy?

wing together. "Didn't you say you already knew

y. Everything around her seemed distant

member, she'd known that Luc

, the perfect girl-next-door. They'd broken up age

age was just a way for him to get his

e that maybe, over time, they cou

now..

cted with Amy but had also decided to bring her child into

though coaxing a skittish animal. "Ella, I know you're a generous person. Just t

red. Before she knew it, her hand had reached out, and sm

f the kitchen, eyes wide with shock.

give us a moment," Lucas

e with barely contained fury. "So, what's this about? If you didn't know

ld keep up the pretense. But she knew there was

like she'd spoken a foreign l

houldn't I? Maybe this baby has nothing to do with you." She didn't mean it, but

" Lucas said, voice tight with rage.

were so drunk that night you barely knew where you were. And by the wa

ion. Lucas had never seen this side of her, and she could tell her

ow. "Go ahead. But know this: I'll sue you for every

he asked, the words seemin

me to stay here and raise another woman's child wh

powering. "I will contact a lawyer, and you'll be getting the di

y step. She was done with Lucas, done with pretending, and done with this sha

aid, his voice low and dangerous. "You'll

and shook herself free. What was there to regret

soon as the cool night air hit her face, she felt her facade crack. Tears she'd held b

ad wanted it. He'd never know that she'd actually loved him once, for four

er father's assistant, his voice strained. "Miss Montgomery, I'm afra

she dropped the phone, her knees giv