Yvette stood frozen, stunned by the news. She couldn't tell which shocked her more, the sudden accident or the revelation that Claire had been pregnant with Yates's child.Throughout their five years of marriage, Yvette and Yates had always used birth control. They'd never had a child. Yet how long had he even been with Claire? How could she already have been pregnant?A week later, Yates came home.He didn't question Yvette or raise his voice. In fact, he said nothing at all, merely studying her for a long time with a dark, inscrutable gaze she couldn't begin to understand.Then, without warning, he seized her and began roughly tearing at her clothes."Yates! What are you doing?" Yvette cried, struggling in terror.He ignored her protests and forced her down onto the bed, his movements driven by a desperate, almost frenzied intensity.For the next month, Yates behaved like a completely different man. He stopped going to work, paid no attention to Claire, and spent his days and nights
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