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Chapter 31; Risk in the dark.

作者: E.J kate
last update 公開日: 2026-04-13 22:56:51

Bella

It was past 10 p.m. and the office had gone quiet, the kind of silence that only happens when everyone else has finally gone home.

Only the low hum of the cleaning crew’s vacuum echoed somewhere far down the hall. Most people had left hours ago, chasing dinners and families and normal lives. But Alex and I were still here, putting the finishing touches on the Thompson campaign presentation that was due first thing tomorrow morning.

I sat at my desk with my legs crossed tightly, trying t
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    Bella The next day at the office felt like walking through fog. I had barely slept, my eyes puffy and red from crying half the night. Every time I closed my eyes I saw those two pink lines. Every time I breathed I felt the tiny life growing inside me Alex’s baby and the weight of it pressed down until I could hardly stand.I avoided him all morning. When he tried to catch my eye across the desks, I looked away. When he suggested we review the latest client notes together, I mumbled something about needing to finish a report for Dad and hid in the conference room. I couldn’t face him. Not yet. Not when I was still raw and terrified and carrying the biggest secret of my life.By late afternoon the guilt of hiding from him was eating me alive. I needed air. I needed to think. I grabbed my bag and slipped out early, telling myself I would text him later and explain everything when I was ready.But Alex had other plans.I had just reached my car in the parking garage when I heard his fo

  • Loving my fathers best friend    Chapter 33; Two pink lines

    BELLAI stared at the little plastic stick on the bathroom counter until my vision blurred.Two pink lines.Clear. Bold. Undeniable.Positive.The word echoed in my head like a siren. My knees buckled. I slid down the cold tile wall until I was sitting on the floor, back pressed against the bathtub, the test still clutched so tightly in my hand that the edges dug into my palm.Pregnant.I was pregnant with Alex’s baby.A sob tore out of me before I could stop it. I clamped a hand over my mouth, eyes wide with terror. Mom was downstairs humming while she made dinner. Dad would be home any minute. If they heard me, they’d come running, and I had no words to explain this. None.“Oh God,” I whispered, rocking forward, forehead pressed to my knees. “What have we done?”Tears came hot and fast. I cried silently at first, shoulders shaking, then the sobs grew louder no matter how hard I tried to hold them in. My mind spun in frantic circles. We had been careful or at least we thought we wer

  • Loving my fathers best friend    Chapter 32; Four months later

    BellaFour months had slipped by in a blur of stolen moments, whispered phone calls, and careful lies.The secret relationship with Alex had become our private world beautiful, intense, and hidden from everyone. We had perfected the art of pretending in public: polite nods in the office, professional conversations during meetings, careful distance at family gatherings. But behind closed doors, or in the back seat of his car, or during the rare nights when Emily was at her mom’s, we were something else entirely.I wanted more.I wanted to hold his hand in public. I wanted to kiss him goodbye in the morning without looking over my shoulder. I wanted to tell my dad the truth and stop feeling like I was betraying him every single day.Alex didn’t.Tonight we were celebrating the successful close of the Thompson project. The team had pulled it off a huge win for the firm.Dad had taken everyone out for drinks after work, toasting Alex and me as the “dynamic duo” who had made it happen. I

  • Loving my fathers best friend    Chapter 31; Risk in the dark.

    Bella It was past 10 p.m. and the office had gone quiet, the kind of silence that only happens when everyone else has finally gone home. Only the low hum of the cleaning crew’s vacuum echoed somewhere far down the hall. Most people had left hours ago, chasing dinners and families and normal lives. But Alex and I were still here, putting the finishing touches on the Thompson campaign presentation that was due first thing tomorrow morning.I sat at my desk with my legs crossed tightly, trying to focus on the last couple of slides. My concentration kept slipping. Every time Alex leaned over to point something out on my screen, his arm brushed mine. Every time he spoke in that low, focused voice, heat bloomed low in my belly.The memory of last night at his house kept flashing through my mind his hands pinning me down, his voice commanding me as he drove into me again and again.We had promised ourselves we’d behave at the office.We were doing a terrible job.Alex pushed his chair back

  • Loving my fathers best friend    Chapter 30; The words we finally said

    BellaThe afternoon light filtered softly through the curtains of Alex’s bedroom, casting a warm, golden glow over the rumpled sheets.I lay curled against his chest, my body still humming with the afterglow of the passionate hours we had just shared. His arm was wrapped securely around my waist, fingers tracing lazy patterns on my bare skin. The room smelled like us sweat, skin, and the faint trace of his cologne. For the first time in weeks, the usual storm of guilt felt distant, muted by the quiet intimacy of the moment.Alex pressed a slow kiss to the top of my head, his voice low and warm against my hair. “You okay?”“Better than okay,” I murmured, tilting my head up to look at him. His blue eyes were soft, a little sleepy, the lines of tension that usually creased his forehead smoothed out for once. “That was… incredible. You were incredible.”A small, satisfied smile tugged at his lips. He shifted so we were facing each other, his hand coming up to brush a strand of hair from

  • Loving my fathers best friend    Chapter 29; Coffee and quiet truths

    BellaI arrived at the little café on the corner of Pine and 5th a few minutes early the next day. The place was cozy, with mismatched wooden chairs and the rich smell of fresh espresso in the air. I chose a small table by the window, ordered a latte, and tried not to fidget with the sleeve of my sweater.My mind kept replaying the morning disaster at Alex’s house Lauren’s cold stare, her pointed insults about me being “Robert’s little girl,” Emily’s confused questions, the way Alex had looked torn between protecting his daughter and shielding me. I still felt the sting of embarrassment, but underneath it was something softer. Worry. For him. For us. For the mess we were creating.The bell above the door chimed, and Alex walked in. He spotted me immediately. His shoulders relaxed just a fraction when our eyes met. He was wearing a simple navy sweater and jeans, looking more like the man I’d grown up knowing than the intense executive from the office. But the shadows under his eyes to

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    BELLA The office felt normal on the surface that Wednesday afternoon. Phones rang. Keyboards clicked. Colleagues laughed about weekend plans in the break room. But between Alex and me, nothing had been normal for weeks.We sat at our desks, four feet apart, working on the latest round of Thompson

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    BELLA I didn’t go to work the next day.I woke up at seven, stared at my alarm until it stopped screaming, then rolled over and pulled the covers over my head. My phone buzzed on the nightstand probably Dad wondering where I was, or Alex checking if I was okay. I didn’t look. I couldn’t.The reje

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