Chapter 86

I was bewildered, “How did everyone find out she’s pregnant?”

Logically, only a few people should have known about it.

“Who knows.” Christine sat cross-legged, “There’s plenty of people itching to deal with a homewrecker. Probably she slipped up somewhere and word got out.”

*Just watch from the sidelines, don’t get involved.”

I was no saint. What Margaret and Bryant got themselves into, this affair mess, whoever would get the short end of the stick had it coming.

But Bryant, he had a nasty temper.

If he decided to play the knight for Margaret, I was worried Christine might get dragged into it.

Surviving in RiverCity by herself was already a full-time job for her. She wouldn’t stand a chance against Bryant’s wrath.

Christine awkwardly touched her ear, quickly saying, “Got it.”

She spoke so fast I could barely catch it.

After filling up on some homemade mac and cheese, I watched her swallow her pills before she curled up on the couch to play video games.

Meanwhile, I sprawled over the coffee table, trying to hash out my designs for the competition.

deadline was tight, and my ideas were still a jumbled mess in my head. I needed to focus.

which was lying on the dining table,

the caller ID, “Why’s

“No idea.”

puzzled, to hear Bryant’s voice, mixed with emotions, “You’re

“No.”

absence, “I’ve got some

last night that I’d be working

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current projects could be done with

probably preferred

“What’s the matter?”

cture, fearing I’d

burst through, “Bry, at a time like this, you’re still worried about

snatched away, and Margaret’s voice came

at, spreading my pregnancy news like

what?

me?”

are

lips,

came the

yesterday it was him, now today

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