Page 35 of Ruthless Secrets
I screw my eyes shut and try to breathe, but it’s like I’veforgotten how to. Suddenly, I’ve gone from being scared to tell Marco about Zoe to potentially losing her forever.
How could I have let this happen?
“Now, tell me what’s going on.”
I push my hair out of my face and wipe my cheeks before curling my feet underneath myself and hugging a pillow to my chest.
“Marco knows.”
“Marco knows what?”
“About Zoe.” Saying it out loud feels like a punch to the gut.
“Oh, shit. You told him?”
“He showed up here and heard her crying. I had no choice.”
“I’m guessing he didn’t take it well?”
I shake my head as fresh tears fall down my cheeks.
“He’s likely in shock, Clara. After all, the guy just found out he had a kid.”
“You should have seen his face. He was so angry.”
“He probably just needs some time to process.”
“I didn’t even get a chance to tell him her name.” My voice cracks, and I bury my face in my hands as my entire body trembles with the force of my sobbing.
Sam rubs a hand up and down my back. “It’ll be all right. When he sees Zoe, he’ll forget that he’s angry.”
“What if he doesn’t want to see her?” I lower my hands. “What if he can’t look past what I’ve done?”
“Well, then he’s an idiot because Zoe is an absolute angel, and anyone would be lucky to be in her life.”
“W-what if he takes her away from me?”
Sam wraps her arms around me and hugs me tightly. “He wouldn’t do that.”
“You don’t know that.”
“Neither do you. You’ve met the guy what, three times?”
I can’t help but cringe.
This is not how my life was meant to go. I was meant to marry Adam, a man who I had loved for half a decade, and raise kids and grow old with him. Yet, that very man turned out to be a lying cheat that got my former best friend pregnant, so I guess I’m not a very good judge of character.
“Do you think he’ll try something?” Sam asks.
I start to shake my head, but then I remember the conversation I overheard earlier.
Marco’s father brutally murdered a man’s brother as well as his twin sons, who could have been Zoe’s age for all I know.
Suddenly, a cold sweat breaks out on the back of my neck.
What have I gotten myself into?
“If he’s angry enough, he might… Let’s be honest, I have no idea what Marco, or his family for that matter, is capable of.”
