Page 175 of Vicious Obsession
We’ll get in the car and we’ll drive. And we won’t stop driving until we feel safe. New names. New life. New home.
I put my hand on my stomach again, like I did in the warehouse. I wanted to say something. To tell him about one last secret.
That I’m pregnant.
I took the test last night, before Ransome returned to the penthouse. Bought it on the way to lunch with the excuse that I needed hangover pills.
I didn’t actually think it would come back positive. I wouldn’t have gotten hammered with Electra if I’d thought that. I told myself I was just late from stress.
But I was wrong. It did come back positive.
Which means staying isn’t an option.
Yes. We have to do this. The four of us—no,five—have to get as far away from Ransome Rozanov as possible before the war consumes us whole.
I won’t let anything happen to you,I silently say as my thumb rubs over my belly.I promise,I won’t be like my mom. I’ll be there for you.
Even if your dad won’t be.
