The trip to Adrian's apartment was relatively quiet. It wasn't an uncomfortable silence, but rather a companionable silence that left Liz relaxed and slightly freeing despite the sexually charged atmosphere. Adrian's presence provided comfort after the stressful meeting with the investors and the situation with a possible mole among the employees. She wanted to curl up with Adrian and let him hold her. They'd get to that, she was sure - after the movie he'd promised...and the pie. Glancing down at the crème-covered delicacy, her stomach rumbled. Adrian glanced at her and smiled. "I'm going to take a wild guess and say you're hungry." Not only me but our child as well...She turned to stare out the passenger window of her car. The world passed by, sleeping households full of strangers who couldn't care less that she'd had a shitty night. They had their own lives to deal with, to endure. Then there was Adrian...confusing, alluring, and challenging Adrian. He'd given her another pi

Liz Walters lay down on the hospital bed and undid the button and the zip of her jeans. To be frank, it was a relief. She’d stuffed herself into them this morning, figuring they would do for the rest of the week, but she’d been regretting that decision ever since she’d left home. Now she lay there, flinching as cold gel was squirted onto her lower abdomen and Dr. Kelly placed the probe. She smiled as she glanced down at her stomach. She couldn’t see the screen, but she could see the doctor frowning and her spirits sank. After she’d been advised not to miss any of her appointments, she ended up missing one last week and now she feared the worst. She mentally prepared herself for the worst. “What is it, Kelly? Please, tell me.” Dr. Kelly shook her head. “I’m…uh…just give me a moment. I think I need someone to double-check something for me.” She grabbed her desk phone and called someone. Liz’s heart began racing anxiously. Was there anything wrong with her child? A knock at the door

Adrian Moore struggled to silence the traitorous voice inside his head.And so he merely kept driving until eventually he was nearing his apartment, deliberately slowing down to unsettle her before they even got to his house. He wanted to remind her about the time they’d spent together in this same apartment, all while she was hiding about her pregnancy from him.The problem was that it was also unsettling him, too.“What are you doing, Adrian?” She snapped out, as though she couldn’t bear it any longer. “Are you doing this on purpose? Do you intend to make me feel guiltier than I already do?”“Do you…?” He challenged, wishing that a part of him didn’t revel in the fact that his Liz was still as stubborn and quick-witted as ever. “Are you feeling guilty?”“What kind of question is that, Adrian? Of course I do. I never wanted you to find out like this. And I certainly never intended… what happened between us these past few days.”Any gnawing pain he’d began feeling towards her disappea

“I thought things were now alright between us.” He said. His voice was barely above a whisper. “Why are you doing this?” And there was the truth, in those little words. Thought things were but not simply were. Even though she knew he was right, it still hurt. “When you made me sign that contract, you were selfish, and cruel. You only thought about you. You never thought about me.” Liz argued back. “You mean I was,” he corrected bitterly. “Because I needed a woman who could throw dust in my family’s eyes, and I chose you even though I knew that you would probably never have agreed to it had I not threaten you with the terms and conditions on that contract?” “So now, you do admit you were wrong. At first you were but then, I certainly don’t remember you strong-arming me into doing anything. In fact, I seem to recall I was doing it on my own free will. I thought it was daring and romantic.” His jaw clenched in a way that was achingly familiar, and Liz would have given anything to kno

They were having a lovely evening together. One of the nicest evenings that Adrian could remember for a long time.“Do you remember that time we went on that walk down the canal towpath and you almost fell in the water because you were showing off?” She asked.Adrian laughed, nodding. “Yeah, I was such an idiot….trying to make you see how cool I was. We hadn’t been out for a walk since then, had we?”Liz shook her head, her eyes alight with mirth.“I can remember thinking what a good idea it would be to show you that I could balance my way across the towpath, show you that I wasn’t scared,” he went on, reminiscing on those memories they’d made back in New York when they were still getting to know each other.“You would have done it effortlessly if it hadn’t been for that goose scaring the living shit out of you!” She laughed. She couldn’t help it.It felt good to laugh with her… to reminisce.“That was stupid,” he rolled his eyes at her. “And I wasn’t scared of that goose. It just cam