48

Kiara

I went back to the living room slowly, my legs trembling. I tried to make my breathing sound normal, as if my heart hadn’t stopped inside my chest the moment I heard those words from the hallway. I sat down again on the sofa where I’d been before. I pressed my hands against my knees to stop them from shaking, but it didn’t help much. The hollow feeling in my stomach kept growing.

I still can’t believe Irina is pregnant with his child.

With my ex-husband’s child.

But… why am I even surprised? He himself said that he wanted to be a father with Irina, that they were trying to have a baby. I didn’t think it was actually true. I thought he said it to hurt me, but he meant it. So why did he look so worried? I guess because he didn’t expect to have two more children with me.

Those words ran through my veins like ice… or fire. I couldn’t tell which hurt more: the news itself, or the way Jake’s voice had broken when he said it. He sounded so lost. He didn’t sound happy. There was n