Pregnant from a one night stand

Gloria's Pov"Get out of my house."His voice was low and menacing, each word landing like a stone dropped into still water.For a few seconds, I simply stared at Marcus, unable to make sense of what I'd just heard.I was standing in the middle of our bedroom, still trying to understand what had just happened. His words seemed to hang in the air between us, too cruel and too sudden for me to accept them as real. I searched his face for some sign that he would take it back, but he only stared back at me, unmoving.Outside, rain tapped steadily against the bedroom window, a soft and relentless rhythm that seemed to mock the storm building inside the room. It was almost midnight, and the only light came from the bedside lamps and the faint amber glow of the city seeping through the curtains."Marcus," I finally whispered, my voice barely audible over the sound of the rain. "What did you just say?""I said you should leave," he growled, repeating himself as though the first time hadn't be

The taxi moved quietly through the almost empty streets, the city lights sliding across the windows as we drove. I sat beside Adriel, my handbag resting on my lap, while the events of the last few hours kept replaying in my mind, refusing to settle into any order that made sense. It was strange how quickly everything had changed. I had walked into that pub with tears still drying on my face, convinced that my marriage had just ended and that I had no idea what I was going to do with my life. Now I was sitting beside a man I had met only hours earlier, holding his hand as though we'd known each other much longer than a single night.I looked down at our intertwined fingers, and Adriel noticed."Still thinking about it?"I glanced at him. "Thinking about what?""Whether this is a good idea."A small smile appeared on my lips. "Is it?"He laughed quietly. "I was hoping you would tell me."I looked out the window again, watching the streetlights blur past."I don't know."He squeezed my h