Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Alyssa put her palm to her forehead. She was speechless.

Sean, that brat... How hard did he go? He did it on purpose, didn't he? "Taty, how did you find out, then?" "After that time, I haven't been feeling very well. I've been feeling sluggish... I thought I was tired because of insufficient rest, so I didn't think too much about it.

"It wasn't until recently, when I started feeling nauseous, that I felt that something was wrong. I went out secretly the night before last to buy a pregnancy test kit. I tested yesterday morning and...' Even though this was good news, Alyssa's hair stood on end as she listened to Tatiana. She even felt really guilty.

She had been focusing on looking after Lauren and helping her out all she could. Sean, as her subordinate, was also in the thick of things. They all failed to care for Tatiana, who looked pale but was still trying to keep her spirits up.

Tatiana was pregnant at such a young age. She felt stressed both physically and mentally. She was not prepared to be a mother at all.

her precious

didn't pay enough attention to you. It was my fault!" Alyssa wrapped Tatiana in an embrace. Her heart raced. "You said that you just found out yesterday. So, does that mean that Sean and Lyla don't know about it yet?" "Lyse... I'm scared..." Tatiana's shoulders trembled as she cried silently. "Sean hasn't proposed or married me, and I'm already pregnant with his child. I'm afraid that Mom and Dad will be upset. I'm afraid that they'd make things difficult for

Alyssa caressed Tatiana's belly with her trembling hands. She said, "This

joy as they cradled a child, a living testament to their love. It would be a family, a dream built from the pieces of her own unspoken longing. Perhaps, Alyssa thought, witnessing their happiness would bring a semblance of peace, a way to assuage

and bustle and cto a quiet balcony alone. He had a dull expression

a lone ranger. He couldn't relate to the joys and sorrows of socializing

to see the newlyweds on the receiving end of their families' and

inch, out of the balcony. He looked as if he would fall over