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Savage

Evie, no

Me

let it go. Will I see you tonight?

Savage

not til late. You’ll probably be asleep, so I’ll crash at the clubhouse. I’ll bring you breakfast tomorrow.

I stuck my phone into my pocket and then went inside.

Brielle and Jazz were cleaning up the remains of lunch. Roman and Virgil had disappeared. No doubt they’d headed into the back.

There was a weird, tense energy in the room, but I couldn’t figure out why. Jazz’s expression was pinched.

“I’m gonna use the restroom,” Brielle said. “Then we can get out of here.”

Jazz nodded as she put the last box into the paper bag. The door to the bathroom closed and I was about to ask Jazz what was wrong when the phone rang. I answered it and booked a session with Virgil. As I hung up, the bathroom door opened, and Brielle returned to the main room.

“Ready?” Brielle asked Jazz.

Jazz glanced up from her phone and nodded. “Yeah. Bye, Evie.”

“Bye,” I called after them.

The door slammed shut and I spent the rest of my shift watching the clock tick by.

Chapter 15

The timeron my phone dinged. I pressed the screen to silence it.

I picked up the home pregnancy test.

Big fat positive plus sign.

The second one had two lines.

The third read PREGNANT.

“Oh, God,” I murmured.

The news had me sinking to the floor of the bathroom. I pulled my legs to my chest and rested my forehead on my knees.

I thought I’d escaped my husband. I thought I’d be able to leave the past where it belonged.

But a part of him lived on.

My life had taken a turn for the better. I’d met Savage and he’d opened up something inside of me that I didn’t even know existed.

I smiled, I laughed, I loved.

It would all go away—Savage would go away—when I told him I was pregnant.

A sob broke my lips.

I wasn’t sure how long I sat on the cold, tiled floor of the bathroom. Long enough for my tailbone to go numb.

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