The Bound Between Us

Chapter 176

She hadn’t heard from Cason in a while, and now hearing he was banged up. Anastasia was totally floored.

Monica mumbled, “I’m not too sure about the details myself, but word around is, he got nabbed for extortion.”

“Extortion?” Anastasia was taken aback. “Who did he extort? He’s a lawyer, isn’t he supposed to uphold the law?”

“Ana, I really dont know. That’s just what I heard.” Monica continued, “I was gobsmacked when I first heard it. How could he do such a thing? And with him being arrested and Demi seemingly jetting off abroad, it’s all happened so suddenly.”

“Definitely sudden.”

Anastasia didn’t pry further. She couldn’t visit Cason in jail. They were no longer involved. If she visited him, she’d just be asking for trouble.

But something didn’t sit right with her. She remembered the last time Monica hurriedly sought out her mother, saying that Cason knew her secret. She had planned to confront Cason at some point, but now he was locked up.

with concem, “Ana, how have you and Herman been doing recently?”

felt a weight lifted off her chest. Cason knew Anastasia’s secret, and he was a

fluttered

at Anastasia’s stomach “Are you guys

lowering her voice in embarrassment.

soon? Just remember,

touched her neck, whispering ‘My period is

was over the moon. Herman is really something,

it down. There are so many people here. I just said my

I’ll take you to get a

was indeed pregnant. If they had a baby, her manage to Herman would be more

be pregnant. She was beginning to feel like she was. She also started to refrain from eating food that was not healthy

spent more than an hour at the BBQ restaurant, Monica took Anastasia to a nearby pharmacy

she might not be pregnant. She was also embarrassed about buying a pregnancy test. Every time they passed the shelf with the tests, she would walk by without reaching for one.