Chapter 1

She opened her eyes and found herself completely naked and alone, lying on the bed.

Her breathing was heavy, and she was shaking.

She covered her mouth and could only cry silently.

What did that bastard do to her? Or perhaps the more suitable question was—what did the two of them do?

She fixed herself up and got out of bed. She put on her clothes and went inside the bathroom.

She just stared at herself in the mirror.

Her chest felt tight.

She couldn't remember some of the details of what happened last night, but she would never forget that man's face.

"XEN? Hey..."

She suddenly snapped back to reality when she heard Cally's voice.

"You okay? You've been spacing out for a while now..."

She said it in a worried tone.

"I'm fine..."

She avoided Cally's gaze.

Calysta Voss, her best friend since grade school.

They shared secrets, and they were like sisters.

But this time, she didn't know how to tell her friend what had happened.

She trusted her, but she was afraid that Cally might tell her brother about what happened.

Maybe it was safer to just keep it to herself.

"Are you sure?"

She only smiled at her.

"Come on...we still have applications to submit."

Cally held her hand and pulled her toward the car.

She wanted to keep this to herself.

She knew she could still live her life even after that.

WEEKS PASSED, and she still felt miserable.

She cried every night because of what happened.

She said she could move on, but then she saw Darian's face on the news.

He's engaged.

The man she had slept with, the man she had a one-night stand with, was apparently getting married.

Why would he do that to his fiancée?

Going to clubs and having sex with another girl?

She really thought that Darian was a decent man at first glance because he was her brother's friend.

But she was wrong.

So wrong.

"Are you okay, Miss?"

The man sitting beside her on the bus asked.

She was on her way to the hospital. She was a volunteer nurse there because she still didn't have her license.

And right now, she didn't feel good.

She had been rubbing her temples for a while, and she felt nauseous.

What was happening to her again?

"I'm...fine."

She said weakly.

"Are you sure?"

Another woman sitting beside her asked.

"Y-"

She was about to answer them, but she suddenly held her head.

It started hurting badly.

She felt weird.

She grabbed one of the seats when she suddenly felt like everything around her was spinning.

"Miss?"

She didn't feel good.

She tried to balance herself, but it was too late.

SHE DIDN'T FEEL HER BODY FALLING TO THE FLOOR OF THE BUS.

Instead, she felt a not-so-soft mattress beneath her back.

When she opened her eyes, she was in a room.

Was she in a hospital?

"Are you okay?"

She turned toward the man who had spoken.

It was...Darian?

She was shocked.

"What the hell are you doing here?"

She said rudely as Darian walked toward her.

"I work here. I saw you downstairs, so I followed the people who brought you here."

He lowered his head.

"Well...I don't need you here. So get the hell out."

She was only holding back her tears.

Every time she looked at him, she remembered everything they had done.

He had actually made her his side chick.

"I can't...there's something I need to know."

He asked directly.

She remained silent, waiting for Darian to say what he wanted to say.

"Is...is that child mine?"

She stared at him in confusion.

"What? What nonsense are you talking about?"

She almost laughed at him.

"You're pregnant, Xen. Four weeks."

He said it when he saw that Xen didn't seem to believe him.

"What?"

She frowned.

"I ran some tests...and I confirmed that you're pregnant."

At that moment, she could no longer stop her tears.

She's ruined.

If her brother found out about this, he would surely kill both of them.

"No...that's not possible."

She covered her eyes.

"That's not possible...Kuya's going to kill me..."

She whispered to herself.

"I'm sorry."

She heard Kevin say.

She lifted her face and looked at Kevin.

"Sorry?! What the hell is your sorry going to change? What?! I'm ruined, Darian!

I'm ruined because of you. And you're just saying sorry?!

My brother is going to kill me because of this!

He'll kill you when he finds out what we did!

What about your fiancée?

What will your whole family think?!"

She couldn't stop herself from shouting in anger.

"Calm down...you might hurt yourself."

Darian held her hand, but she immediately pushed him away.

"I don't care! You bastard!"

She didn't know what to do.

She couldn't face her brother.

All she had brought him was shame.

She knew her brother had done everything he could just to give her a good life, but look at what she was giving him in return.

She got pregnant by her brother's friend, and the worst part?

She might even be called a mistress.

This was a total loss for her.

"Look...you don't have to suffer.

I know a doctor. We can—"

"What?! You want me to abort your child? What kind of person are you?!"

She couldn't believe him.

Was he crazy?

He would be no different from a murderer if they did that to an innocent child.

"I can't do this, okay? I'm getting married two weeks from now. What am I supposed to tell them if they find out I have a child with you?"

She only smirked at Darian.

He should have thought about that before he went to the club with Lysander.

He was so damn useless.

"Forget it. I don't care if you can't take responsibility for this child...just stay away from me! Forget me, and live your fantasy with your fiancée."

She immediately got out of the bed, grabbed her bag, and left the room.

That bastard.

She wanted to scream and cause a scene, but it was already embarrassing enough.

She just wanted to sleep at home and never leave her room again.

His future wife was so damn lucky because Darian was the brother of a billionaire.

She was the unlucky one because he was such an asshole.

"Miss Wren!"

She turned around when she heard someone call her.

"Here are your test results...just in case you want to take a look. You can take them with you. We have a copy anyway."

The nurse smiled at her.

"Thank you."

She smiled back and walked away from the place.

She couldn't stop staring at the papers the nurse had given her.

She couldn't believe that she was going to be a mother.

A part of her was happy.

A part of her was worried.

And another part of her was scared.

There were so many questions running through her mind right now.

How was she going to tell her brother that she was pregnant without telling him that Darian was the father?

"Bunso? What's that?"

Her eyes widened when Lysander took the paper from her hand.

Why was he here at the hospital?

Well...maybe this was the time she finally had to tell the truth to her brother.

Let heaven help her.