Page 39 of Heartbreak Hero

“I’m an executive assistant to the vice president of a Fortune Five Hundred company.”

Sara kept her face straight, although she wanted to laugh.

What was this? My dog is bigger than your dog?

“That’s nice,” she murmured and took a bite of her pepperoni slider.

“How long have you known Levi?” Rebecca asked.

Okay, now they were getting to the heart of the matter, and Sara suspected the real reason the woman had sat next to her.

“Not long.”

“I’ve known Levi my whole life,” Rebecca said. “In fact, we are engaged.”

Sara choked on her bite and blinked at the woman, trying to decide if she was lying.

“Are or were? Because I don’t recall Levi saying anything about that.”

“We had a fight.” Rebecca smiled with a gleam in her eyes. “We have fought off and on since high school. But we will make up. We always do.”

The food tasted bitter to Sara and she took a big swallow of water.

If Rebecca and Levi were really a couple, what did that make her?

His fling?

No way in hell was she going to be the mistress.

“What makes you think you’ll make up this time?” she asked.

Rebecca’s hand dropped to her stomach and the woman rubbed it protectively.

The woman was pregnant.

Sara’s heart stuttered, her lungs lost their ability to breathe.

“You’re pregnant,” Sara said, it wasn’t a question.

“Yes,” Rebecca said with a soft smile.

“And it’s Levi’s…”

“Of course it’s his,” Rebecca hissed.

Humiliation, anger, and something else that felt like betrayal swept over Sara and she completely lost her appetite.

“Congratulations,” she said woodenly and turned to call out to Mandy. “Hey Mandy?”

“Yeah?”

“Let’s go.” Sara tossed three twenties on the table and stood.

“Um…sure,” Mandy said with surprise, but jumped up.

Sara picked up the packages she’d gotten from Nordstrom’s and walked out of the restaurant.

Mandy exchanged contact information with Missy and ran after her.

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