Semua Bab Bleeding Out Alone, I Return His Ring: Bab 1 - Bab 8

"Keira Prescott! What the hell are you doing?"Garrett grabbed a towel and frantically wiped at the mess, but the second it touched Sienna's face, she screamed again."It hurts! Garrett, my face, it hurts so bad."He rounded on me, finally losing what was left of his patience. "What is wrong with you? Sienna's too nice to fight back, so you just dump all your anger on her? Is this how you were raised?"He scooped Sienna up in his arms and brushed past me without sparing me a second glance. The sound of the front door slamming shut echoed through the apartment.I didn't know how long I stood there before my phone chimed.Sienna had put up a new social media post and tagged me in it. The photo was taken at a hospital. It showed her stomach, still flat, with a large hand resting on it. The watch on that wrist was the one I'd given Garrett for our anniversary."The baby is three months along! And just between us, the daddy is kind of a big deal."A handful of comments from coworker

Before I could even react, Garrett had my wrist in a death grip, squeezing hard enough to snap it."Keira Prescott. You explain this to me right now," he demanded. "What does the doctor mean, miscarriage?"I wrenched my hand free and looked into his bloodshot eyes. Something deep and vindictive stirred in my chest. "It's exactly what it sounds like. It's over between us, Garrett."He looked like he couldn't understand what I had said. "What the hell are you—"Sienna rushed to calm him down, slipping in her usual brand of concern. "Garrett, don't get worked up. Keira, how could you do something like this?"Garrett cut her off before she could say more. "Stay out of it!"His eyes locked on mine, wild with confusion and rage. "When did this happen? Why didn't you tell me? Keira, did you think this was your decision alone to make? What gave you the right to decide whether our child lived or died?"His voice was loud enough to shake the hallway. The doctor handed me the chart and the

And just like that, one step at a time, I fell in love with his drive and his sincerity.What I'd forgotten was that those were simply who Garrett was. They had nothing to do with whether he loved me. When his attention finally shifted away from me, all of those qualities that had once shone so bright stopped belonging to me either.I didn't regret it. Not because I still held out hope for him, but because I didn't want to pretend that what I'd felt back then hadn't been real.After a few days of resting at the estate, I decided to get out and clear my head. I'd barely stepped through the gate when I found Garrett camped outside.The second he saw me, he shot to his feet and launched straight into an interrogation."Prescott Group acquired my company. That was you, wasn't it? Keira, what the hell are you trying to do? You got rid of our baby, and now you destroyed my company."Do you want to drag me back to the days when I couldn't survive without you? Is that what it takes to

"Holloway Group got absorbed into Prescott Group. Garrett was let go a long time ago.""So what's he doing now?""Who knows? Haven't seen him since."I took a sip of my drink and felt nothing.The man across from me smiled. "So what's next for you, Keira?"I snapped back to the moment without letting it show. "Mr. Lambert, would you be interested in expanding into international markets with me?"A flicker of surprise crossed his face. "International markets? That's no small undertaking. Are you confident you can pull it off?"I raised my glass toward him. "If you're willing to trust me."The reason I wanted out of the country was that I was tired of people like Lambert calling me by my first name as if I were still just my father's daughter tagging along.My company had gotten to where it was without leaning on a single one of his resources. Going abroad and shedding the label of a woman who'd built her life around a man was all I wanted now.Lance Lambert was quiet for a mom