Page 32 of Ruthless Secrets
It feels like a knife has been stabbed into my chest.
“I didn’t realize you were in a relationship.” My voice comes out colder than I intend it to, and Clara flinches.
“I’m…not.” Clara looks like she’s about to burst into tears at any moment.
I frown. “What is going on?”
“The baby… It’s yours, Marco.”
It takes me a moment for her words to fully register in my mind. But when they do, the knife in my chest starts to multiply, and it hurts to breathe.
“Mine? A baby?”
Clara’s lower lip trembles as tears start to stream down her cheeks.
She nods.
“How thefuckcould you not tell me I have a kid?”
“I wanted?—”
“Were you ever going to tell me?”
“Marco, please. You have to understand?—”
“You lied to me. You… I… I can’t even look at you right now. I…I can’t. I have to go.” I turn my back on Clara.
I’m about to throw up, and I sure as hell am not going to do that in front of her.
“Marco, wait!”
I can’t do this right now, so I don’t stop walking until I reach my car.
My body is vibrating, and I’d be half tempted to put my fist through the window if it weren’t for the fact it’s reinforced glass, and the impact would probably break my hand.
Instead, I throw open the door and climb into the car.
Clara’s apartment is less than a ten-minute drive from my own, which only makes this hurt more.
All this time I’ve had a child living only a few blocks away, and Clara didn’t even bother to fucking tell me.
How the hell did this happen? I’m always careful, always used protection.
Except the night I met Clara.
I was too caught up in the moment to think rationally. All I could think about was how much I wanted her, and how much she seemed to want me too.
Because of that, we now have a child, and Clara is tied to my family forever, and that scares the shit out of me.
“Fuck!” I slam my hands against the steering wheel.
It’s not that I didn’t see myself having kids, but it was never supposed to be likethis.
Our child must be coming up on six months, and I don’t even know if it’s a boy or a girl.
The realization that I’ve missed so much already has my chest tightening.
Clara took that away from me.
