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I gulped hard. Guess I wasn’t keeping this from him after all.

Chapter 37

Abby

“Want to explain this, Abby?”

I just stood there, stunned. He wasn’t meant to find out. I didn’t want him to pressure me. I thought I had this sorted. Sure, I wasn’t firm on the decision. But for fuck’s sake, I’ve only known since this morning!

“That would be a pregnancy test.”

“Which is positive.” His eyes sliced through me. “When were you going to tell me?”

Ok, do I be honest or do I lie? I shrugged my shoulders. “I don’t know, Kade. To be honest, I wasn’t going to tell you. I’m not ready for a baby, and you clearly have shit going on.”

“So this is the reason you weren’t drinking tonight? And what do you mean shit is going on! You come first, Abby.”

“I think the rules of your club would disagree.”

“YOU COME FIRST.” He threw the test in the bin with force. This was a typical Reaper response. Anger. “So you weren’t going to fucking tell me?”

I crossed my arms. “No, I wasn’t.”

He arched both eyebrows. “Because of the fucking CLUB!”

“No, because I don’t want a baby!!” God, didn’t he get it? This wasn’t about him. It was about me and what I could handle, and I couldn’t handle a baby.

“Why?”

“Because of Matthew.”

He huffed and ran a hand through his hair. “There is nothing saying that it is going to happen again.”

“Yeah, but there is a chance.”

“Abby what happened wasn’t your fault, and the doctor said there was a slim chance of that happening again.”

I threw my hands up in the air. “It doesn’t matter, Reaper. I’m not having it.”

“This is a gift, Abby.”

“Well, it is one I don’t want.”

“You can’t just shut down on this.”

“Fine, I’m not, but I’m telling you my mind is made up.”

“Just give it a few days. Before you do anything, please.”

“How is a couple of days going to change my mind?”

“Just promise you will.”

“Fine, I will.” I sighed and looked down at the broken cups and mess of coffee. “I’ve got to clean this up.”

A couple of days wasn’t going to change my mind. I was firm on this, but a part of me was wondering what Reaper was going to do to change my mind.

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