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Dominic's Pov I was back in the study. I had been on the phone for the past four hours dealing with the new security installation. Workers were all over the house connecting the new alarms and the thermal cameras. I felt a huge satisfaction in knowing the house was turning into a fortress now that I knew about the baby. No one would get close to them inside my control. Ivy was supposed to be out doing the small shopping trip I had allowed. John, the silent bodyguard, was supposed to be her shadow and report to me immediately if anything went wrong. The groceries were supposed to be delivered an hour ago. I looked at the clock on the wall. It was now past the deadline. I felt a small, irritating tension in my chest. Ivy was not answering my last two text messages. I had messaged her ten minutes ago and then five minutes ago and both messages were still unread. She was not supposed to ignore my texts when she was outside the house. I picked up my phone to call John directly. The p
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Ivy's Pov I had finally convinced Dominic to let me leave the house but only for necessary things. He said it was essential for me to appear normal now that the house had become a new fortress. I hated the feeling of being watched all the time by John, the silent bodyguard. He was not supposed to talk to me unless there was an actual emergency. I knew he was close by but I was trying to ignore him. Today Dominic sent me out for groceries. He wanted specific organic foods that he had decided were good for me now that he knew about the baby. I hated shopping because it felt fake. I was supposed to be a normal teenager buying cereal but I was actually a pregnant girl with a criminal stepfather being watched by a silent man in a suit. I walked out of the supermarket and the automatic door slid open. The sunlight was bright and I squinted my eyes against the sudden change. I pushed the shopping cart full of healthy food toward the black SUV that John always drove. I looked for Joh
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Ivy's Pov I woke up late the next morning. I had finally fallen into a deep sleep after telling Dominic the truth about the baby. I walked into the kitchen to find something to eat. I was standing by the refrigerator pulling out the orange juice when I saw him. He was standing completely still by the entrance to the kitchen. He was a very tall man with dark hair and a gray suit, he was wearing an earpiece, and he was staring straight at me with no expression on his face at all. He looked like a very expensive, very quiet statue. I almost dropped the glass of juice on the floor. I stared at him, and he did not move an inch. "Who are you?" I asked. My voice was tight and shaky. "What are you doing standing there?" The man did not answer me. He just kept looking at my face, I realized then that he was a professional. He was one of Dominic's people, and he was here to watch me. He was a bodyguard. I put the juice down fast and walked toward him. I stopped right in front of his fac
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Dominic's Pov I stood in the study long after Ivy walked out of the room. The air was cold and heavy around me. My hand still felt the shape of her small body where I had held her tight against my chest. Her confession was running through my head over and over. I am pregnant, Dominic. The shock of the truth was massive. It was a complete shift in the situation that changed everything I had been planning. I had been focused on eliminating outside threats, such as Victor Shaw and Janelle. I had been focused on control and stability, but now I had a secret inside the house that was bigger than any other problem. I was going to have a child. The initial feeling was not joy or excitement. It was a cold, sharp fear that shot straight through my determination. I was going to be responsible for a child, a child that was already growing inside Ivy. A child who was completely dependent on me for safety and survival. The fear was quickly replaced by a massive, focused determination. My job wa
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Ivy's Pov It was almost midnight when I finally heard the front door open downstairs. I got off the bed and ran to my door. I stood there listening to the sound of his footsteps on the stairs. He sounded slow and heavy. I heard him walk into the study, and the door closed hard. He was back, and I knew the confrontation was over. I waited five minutes for him to settle down. I knew I should wait until morning, but the energy in my body would not let me be still anymore. I had to tell him the truth before the sun came up and before the baby moved again. I opened my door and walked out of the room. I walked down the long, dark hallway and then down the staircase. I was shaking all over, but I forced my legs to keep moving. I stopped outside the study door. I raised my hand and knocked on the wood hard three times. “Come in,” Dominic’s voice commanded. It sounded tired and rough. I slowly pushed the door open and walked into the study. The room was dark, except for the small lamp on
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Ivy's Pov I was alone in my room again. Dominic had just left the house to deal with something important. The look he had on his face, it told me it would be serious and probably violent. He had that cold, determined expression that meant someone was going to be completely ruined by the end of the night. I felt a little relief that he was finally fixing the stalker problem, but I also felt a new anxiety. If he was focused on the stalker, he wasn’t focused on me. That meant I still had to decide about the baby and the clinic all by myself. I kept my hands on my stomach and waited for another small kick, but the baby was quiet now. I stood and paced the room, nervous about Dominic being gone so long. The house felt empty and huge without him. I kept thinking about Victor Shaw’s criminal record for blackmail and extortion. I knew this wasn’t just a simple conversation at the abandoned mill. At my desk, I pulled out my backpack, hoping to distract myself and maybe plan for tomorrow wh
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