Chapter 39

"And why? Are you hiding something from me, Jill?"

I bit my lips as I uttered the two words that I hope will convince her.

"I'm pregnant."

Her face stayed blank before I saw the slightest change. Her eyes registered pity and then anger before it settles back to her usual stoic face.

"Who's the father?"

"You know who's the father. But my unborn child will have no father if the marriage will take place."

"Does Trevor know about your condition?"

"No. I broke off whatever we have after I found out that he went back to Sandy. But mom, everything now has changed. We will have a child so I should be the one who will walk down that aisle and not Sandy. So please, don't stop me. He has the right to know about this."

I wiped the tears off my face and turned my back.

"It's over, Jill. By the time you get there, the ceremony is over. Stop fighting for someone who clearly doesn't want you in his life. Let him go completely."

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