I stood there, frozen in shock at what just came out of my father’s mouth.  “How- How did you…?” Mom closed her book and pushed herself off of leaning on dad and looked right at me. “There were certain parts of the company that I still have access to, Steph. The finance records are one of those things. We also know that the legal documents for the partnership have been sent out to be voided.” I tilted my head to the side. “You never said anything.” I then looked at my dad, who was still involved with his phone and acting as if he wasn't a part of this conversation.  “We never said anything about it because we knew that you could handle it. And you did. You just handled it with the wrong person.” I stood there with my jaw slightly dropped as I looked back and forth at my parents. “This whole time you knew

A few weeks passed and things were going well with mom’s plan for a blowout sale to help the company’s financial crisis, but there was a headline one day that made the entire world come to a still.  DOMINIC KNIGHT CLAIMS STEPHANIE GREENE CAUSED CAR ACCIDENT ON PURPOSE “What?!” I exclaimed moments later when I came back to my body. My jaw was on the floor and I looked up from my phone to my parents.  We were seated at the table having breakfast when I was scrolling through my phone and found the headline. “What is it, hon?”  I scrolled frantically through the article and answered my mom without looking up from the phone, “Dominic is blaming me for the accident!”  Both of my parents stopped eating and gaped at me. “What? How could he do that?” “It says her

This time I was in the restaurant that I had first met Dominic in. I wore the same dress and we sat in the same place, only I had a bulging 9-month belly that took up the space between myself and the table.  I looked around and saw out the windows that it was nighttime. The entire restaurant was deserted, not even staff cleaning tables or waiting at the front desk for more customers to arrive.  Across from me at the table sat Dominic, the same he looked that very day in the suit that matched his dark hair and his piercing blue eyes staring back at me. The air was heavy and I found it hard to breathe being so close to him.  It was like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - I couldn’t be near him without feeling as if he were going to kill me. My hands went protectively to my belly and I rubbed it gently, both reassuring myself and my unborn child that we were alright and that the bad man across the table w

For the millionth time this week I sat in my room and reread what I had so far of my statement. I planned on making an appearance and speaking in front of everyone instead of simply releasing a statement. I didn't get the title of “baddest bitch” by acting meek, and I sure as hell wasn’t going to start now. “After the recent headlines, I decided it was time to be entirely open and honest about everything, and hopefully clear up some things for you, the media. I began the partnership with Knightingdale Suits after my company was hit with financial hardship. I approached Mr. Knight even though I was aware of his reputation with women - I thought I could handle it. I ended up having an inappropriate workplace relationship with Mr. Knight, which resulted in my unplanned pregnancy. The night of the accident, Dominic found out about the baby, and he wasn't happy. He had me get into his car later that night and began driving r

I was laying on the examination table next to the ultrasound and speaking casually with my gynecologist when the door unexpectedly flew open.  “Dominic?!” I panicked. “Hey, baby.” He smiled and casually walked closer to me. If I weren’t on this table with my shirt up halfway and in the presence of another person, I would run the hell out of here as fast as possible. What the fuck is he doing here? And how did he know where I was? “I’m sorry, and you are?” The doctor asked over her shoulder to him. Dominic smiled at her. “I’m the father.” “Oh, how wonderful.” The doctor returned his smile and resumed her work, placing the gel on my belly before the transducer probe. I looked at Dominic with fearful eyes. Dammit, why did I ask to go to this appointment alone?