Nine months too late: After divorce by Baby Charlene

Chapter 73

Lana walked into the bar, meeting up with Lancelot at the quiet spot where they'd agreed to meet.

She looked around, and thankfully, there were no familiar faces.

Her hands were clammy with sweat. It was the third day-Lancelot's given deadline to reveal the truth to Kage. Lana had been restless ever since.

When

she called to meet up with him, she was grateful he even agreed to show up at all.

"Hey,

Lani." He i." He gave her a head-to-toe stare, "You look good. Is it the baby hormones?"

Lana's stomach recoiled with disgust. She hated the guy and hated herself for having anything to do with him. She really didn't know who the father of the child was yet, but she hoped to God it wasn't his. t be here for long," she kept her gaze low.

"Good. Because I actually have somewhere else to be. I'm meeting with a woman." He flashed a flirty smile.

Lana almost rolled her eyes. He could h*** up with all the ladies in the world if only that would get him off her back.

I've told

So, I don't think y you've

Lana was silent. her heart thage about it yet. He drank from his bottle. "Otherwise, he'd have reached out to me by now. Man has a bad temper, you know

s silent, her heart threatening to burst out from her chest.

"I need your voice, Lana. I didn't agree to come here just so you could watch me drink. I'd rather have someone like... Sylvie to do that. After all, her face is prettier than yours."

him, hard. How dare he compare her to

she sighed, her

see how this is

I've waited for this my whole life and finally, it's happening." She shook her head. "If I lose this, if I lose Kage, it'll kill me." "All I'm asking is for you to be patient with me," she locked eyes with him. "I promise you, when I put to bed, we'll run the DNA test tog her, and if it's yours, you can have it. I promise." Lancelot stared at her for a long time. Slowly, his lips thinned with a smile as he wagged his

with me.'" eyes were

Lana's

if I wait, and the baby turns out to be

later that you had deceived him with someone else's child. The marriage will still be ruined, anyway, and your reputation and that of your family will be trash when the news gets out. Your father is running for a political office. With such a scandal," he tsked, shaking his

might just decide to go ahead with the wedding. So, when the child turns out not to

deep in my gut tells me that child is

Chapter 73

He winked at her, chuckling as he drank from

was all Lana could do not to retch. God, she hated this guy. Hated

91%

91%

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she told him about it prior to the wedding. He was going to call it off-she

hard, facing him. "What do you want?" Her voice was lower now, like she was saying a secret. "Just tell me.

Lancelot laughed. Hard.

my family 'cause we're rich. A member of the Hawkins, remember? There's no amount of money or material thing you could possibly give me in the world that would be new to me." Fear wrapped its icy fingers around Lana's throat. She

"Lancelot, please..."

"Fine." He

I

Lana's hope fluttered.

Hot

tell him about it. Don't worry, I got

his hand, keeping it low enough