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“I’m not going to pretend I didn’t see the news.”
“I’m sorry you had to find out that way.”
God, that woman had no warmth in her; she left it all on the set. I couldn’t give two fucks that she was pregnant. But I was relieved that I wasn’t the father of her children, because when I was done with this conversation with her, I would happily never speak to her again.
“But are you? You know what? I don’t care.”
I had even less time for polite conversation after I had begun to piece together what looked more and more like the worst betrayal of my life. One that had claimed my relationship with Kylie.
“Why are you calling, then?”
“All those years we tried for a baby?—”
“Ugh, Luc, I’m sorry, but I was on the pill the entire time.”
Hatred burned through me. Not only had my ex-wife robbed me of the past, but she had nearly robbed me of my future.
“Why did you do it?”
I hated how broken I sounded when I asked the question.
“I couldn’t be second to baseball, Luc. When you got injured, I thought you’d quit. But then you started coaching. I thought maybe you would be willing to leave it so we could have a family. But I didn’t want to have a baby with a man who was never around.”
“You thought lies and manipulation would get you the life you wanted?”
“Well, when you put it that way?—”
“Yeah, there’s no escaping it, is there, Sky? You fucked me out of everything.”
I slammed the phone down and headed directly for Kylie’s apartment. Sky’s lies might have hurt me, but they were never going to hurt Kylie again.
CHAPTER 45
KYLIE
The coldness that I had channeled for the call with Luc belied the inner turmoil that wanted nothing more than to hear his voice. It had been two and a half months since the last time I walked out of his door.
Lily had witnessed half of the conversation, and she looked at me to fill her in, but I shook my head and went into my room. Aside from the fact that Luc knows I’m pregnant, he’d said some things that didn’t make sense. I wanted to process it independently, not have Lily interpret it for me.
Ultimately, everything that happened in my life was mine to decide. I needed her to remain quiet if she would pass judgment and make me question my decisions.
Sitting back against the headboard of my bed, I tucked my knees in tight. The slight pressure in my low belly caused me to shift, reminding me exactly why I was so confused.
Luc had thought he couldn’t have children. It explained so much; I don’t know why I never put two and two together.
Okay, fine. But why hadn’t he told me that?
Everything we had done together had required clear communication. How had Luc failed at telling me the one thing that would have made the difference in our relationship? Andwhat the hell had happened to make him believe that he couldn’t have children?
The doorbell rang, startling me from my thoughts. Lily went to answer the door, and I refocused my attention on clearing my head.
“Kylie? Luc’s here. Should I send him away?”
Instead of answering her, I made my way to the door and opened it, allowing him to come inside. He stepped toward me, and I took a step back. His eyes squeezed shut in response, and that familiar pain throbbed in my chest. Since I found out I was pregnant, I wanted nothing more than the feel of his arms around me.
“I’m going to step out and leave you two alone. Is that okay, Ky?”
I answered Lily with a nod, unable to tear my gaze away from Luc. Luc’s gaze dropped to my abdomen as he searched for evidence of my pregnancy.
