Page 165 of Creep

“What child?”I asked, trying hard not to freak out.

“Our child,” he answered casually as if the conversation about whether or not we would have kids in the future had already been discussed, when I knew for a fact it hadn’t been.

I pushed him away from me, wincing when I felt his dick slip out, along with his cum dripping out of me and down my inner thighs. Mael looked down at the sight, licking his lips as his eyes darkened and his dick twitched.

I eyed it, wondering if he was ready to go again. I didn’t think I could go again so soon after his rough treatment. But that wasn’t what was important here.

I tapped his chest to get his attention. “I’m not pregnant.”

I was sure of it. I didn’t feel pregnant, and what was more, I was on birth control.

He shot me a small smile, infuriating me.

“Maybe not,” he conceded, only to turn that around by saying, “Or maybe.”

“Why would it be a maybe? We’re careful.”

More than that,Iwas careful. Despite all that went on, I had never missed a pill. And I usually managed to take it at the same time every day.

I blinked and looked back at Mael, who was nothing more than a picture of ease.

He wouldn’t…

Thatwould be crazy, even for Mael.

He winked at me.

No, that would be…

“I’m not pregnant,” I repeated as if saying it so many times would make it true.

I pulled away and leaned toward the bedside table, reaching into the drawer and pulling out my birth control pills. Mael watched me the entire time, not saying anything. I took out two little pills and looked at them. They looked the same.

But I…

I wasn’t sure.

“What did you do?” I asked, letting my gaze focus back on him.

“Replaced your pills with a placebo. No way in fucking hell would I let anything in between us.”

“These are pills, not condoms. There isn’t anything between us,” I said, trying to hold onto my calm and feeling a big headache throbbing in the center of my forehead and spreading.

He shrugged like he hadn’t done anything wrong. I should be pissed. I was.

But there was a part of me that wasn’t even surprised anymore.

That didn’t make it right. I reacted without thinking and slapped him in the face.

He didn’t say or do anything for a moment. I didn’t either, freezing.

I was not a violent person. At least, I hadn’t been before I met Mael. He just knew how to bring that out of me.

I took in a deep breath. “Why would you do something as unhinged, as dumb as that?”

I watched as he settled against the headboard. “You’re mine. And I’m yours.”

“Yes, but that’s not a reason to bring a child into this world. Especially with all that is going on.”

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