جميع فصول : الفصل -الفصل 35

Aleena — POVThe whole trip, I couldn't shake it. Nico's eyes were too sharp. Jared noticed too. He didn't smile. He watched me like something was wrong. By the time we returned to the mansion, I felt completely drained. I walked through the door and stopped. Anastasia was sitting in the living room. Nico's shoulders went stiff. Anastasia's glare didn't help."Why are you here?" he said. "Last I checked, we ended things, Ana.""I came here for a reason." She looked at me."I'll let you two talk," I said, and turned for the stairs."No. Stay. After all, you're his wife." Her voice was calm, but I could feel the drama building. My gut never lied to me. Nico looked like he was holding himself back. I figured he still cared for her. No one else would dare start a scene in front of him and walk away fine. We step into his office."Go on, Ana. What do you want to talk about?" Nico said, and led us to his office."Nico. Aleena. I want you both to hear this." She took a breath. "I'm pregnant.

Aleena — POVI stood at the hospital, waiting to sign the document that would let me collect my uncle's corpse for the burial service. Why do I feel like someone is watching me? I glanced over my shoulder. No one. Maybe I was just spooked for no reason.I looked down at my uncle's dead body in the morgue and felt nothing but hate for the man who had made my life hell, and Eleanor's too. This asshole had robbed me blind of my mother's assets, leaving me with nothing. He'd taken my freedom away. The hate simmered into regret, regret that I never got the chance to kill him myself."Ma'am, are you okay?" The staff member gave me a concerned look."I'm okay. Can you please drop the body off at this address?" I gave him the details, then stepped out of the morgue toward the elevator. I stepped in. A man in a hoodie slipped inside just before the doors closed. My hand drifted toward the back of my pants."Easy, sister." A voice, cold and familiar in a way that made my skin crawl. A voice I w