บททั้งหมดของ The CEO's Hidden Heiress: Pregnant with His Heir: บทที่ 11 - บทที่ 20

I stood outside the building for an entire minute, gazing blankly at my phone.I know your secret. And so does Sophia. Watch your back.My fingers trembled so much that I nearly dropped the device. Who was this? How did they get my number?I looked around, but nobody seemed to pay me any attention. Regular people were walking past me on their way to work, drivers were honking, pedestrians were hurrying. None of those people seemed suspicious. None of them looked like they intended to ruin my life.Yet somebody did.I quickly shoved the phone in my pocket and began heading towards the bus stop. My knees kept buckling, and butterflies invaded my stomach. The baby felt my panic and decided to punish me for it. My ribs got kicked hard."I'm sorry," I whispered, placing my hand on my swollen belly. "Mama's just scared."The bus took forever to arrive. But when it came, I climbed in, sat in the farthest corner, and wished to hell that I had the strength to burst into tears.Not that I didn'

The lawyer's office was on the fortieth floor of a building that looked like it was made entirely of glass and money. I was out of place the instant I walked through the door. My cheap clothes, scuffed shoes, the half a dozen registration tags I had accumulated over the years—all of it screamed ghetto, and I was pretty sure everyone in the lobby could tell I was pregnant just by looking at me.Not Adrian. He didn't seem to notice or care about any of it. No matter where we ended up, he was going to get to the top of the elevator, ignoring me, pushing the call button for the top floor like he owned the building—which, I would not have been surprised to find out, he did."Come here often?" I ventured as he pressed the button to go up."His family has been using this lawyer for twenty years," Adrian said without looking at me. "Marcus Webb. He's the only person in this city I actually trust.""The only person?"He looked at me then. "Resurre

We reached Harbor Street at twenty to nine.1427 Harbor Street used to be a warehouse. Doors were rusted shut, broken glass everywhere, graffiti covering all sides. Didn't look like a place you wandered into."That's a trap," Adrian finally said. His voice was hoarse and tight."Probably", I said. "But we've come this far. No point in stopping now.""You're going off your head.""You've said that already."He almost smiled. He reached in the pocket of his jacket, and withdrew a little black object. A taser."Madness. What is that for?" I asked."If Daniel attempts to do something really stupid." He handed it to me it. "You know how to work this?""Point and fire the...?""More or less." He grabbed his cell and entered information. "I text the security department. Let them know where we are. If I'm not out of here in thirty minutes, they're breaching.""You have a security team?"

I didn't sleep.I lay on that beautiful big bed with the soft sheets and the window filled with stars, and stared at the ceiling for hours. The baby was also wide awake, kicking and turning as if he or she knew exactly what was heading my way.Late into the night around three A.M., I got up and headed to the kitchen. The penthouse was silent and dark and my footsteps made no sound upon the white marble floors.Adrian was seated at the kitchen table.In his hand was a glass of whiskey and on his computer in front of him was an open page. His tie was gone as was his shirt and his stomach was no longer tucked in. As I entered, he looked up."Couldn't sleep either?" he asked."Not at all."I found a seat across from him and drank my glass of water. He pushed another over to me, which I sipped at."What are you working on?" I questioned him."My investigator sent me a file on Sophia." Turning his computer toward me, he displayed the document. "She's got a record. Nothing too serious. A st

I sat in the passenger seat of Adrian’s car, my head buried in my knees, trying desperately not to vomit for a second time. My stomach was empty but it kept convulsive heaves regardless."Just breathe," he commanded softly, rubbing slow circles into my back. "Just breathe.""She's going to kill me." My voice was muffled by my legs. "You heard her. She said something could go wrong with the baby.""She was just trying to scare you.""It worked."He pulled away from the curb and headed toward the penthouse, his hands tight on the steering wheel but otherwise steady."We need a new plan," he said."We need a miracle.""Pretty much the same thing."I pulled my head from between my knees and wiped my mouth with the back of my hand. My eyes were bloodshot and I felt like my whole body was trembling."Your investigator found out something about Sophia's mother," I said. "We could use it.""He found something they thought could be a suspicion. It’s not proof." Adrian shook his head. "If it’s