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had no idea my father was bringing any kind of lawsuit against your family.”

“Save it, Harper.” He turned away and shook his head. “I’m the fucking idiot here.”

The ache inside her chest that had started when she saw his cold eyes exploded and she could barely take a breath. He had no idea how much she despised her father for what he’d done. And now Ethan thought that everything was up for question...God, did he think she could do something like fuck him to get pregnant on purpose?

Or fake being pregnant to mess with him?

“Ethan.” Her voice broke but he didn’t turn around.

His shoulders were stiff and he stood there, hands clenched at his sides.

Obviously he really did think she was capable of those things. Tears burned her eyes and she had to get out of there before they broke free. Without a word she spun around and rushed toward the exit. Behind her Ethan finally called out her name but the tears had started and there was no way she would let him see what his words did to her.

Pushing out into the beautiful day only made it worse. Why the hell was the sun shining so brightly when inside her chest, a huge black hole had opened up and was swallowing her whole?

The tiny bit of hope that she had was now lying crushed on the ground in the vitamin aisle of a fucking drugstore.

All because of the selfish asshole who called himself her father.

Chapter 2

Harper bolted down the sidewalk going in the opposite direction from Ethan’s apartment. Everything blurred in her vision and she didn’t stop until she was in front of Kylie’s building.

Her one true friend. Her only remaining friend.

God she had to be home. Harper pushed into the lobby and waved to Walter the doorman. The graying older man smiled back.

“Is she home?” Harper asked.

“Just came in about an hour ago. Go on up.” The man walked with her to the elevator and waited until it opened before giving her another smile and moving back to the lobby. “Have a good day Ms. Matheson.”

The doorman’s kind words made her almost cry again. It was so rare that anyone who knew her last name would smile or be anything other than cold and indifferent.

The doors closed and the elevator lurched, taking her up twenty floors to where Kylie lived.

God, she’d been so stupid standing there thinking that she and Ethan would what, have some kind of happily ever after.

Her father had made it impossible for there to be anything between her and Ethan. No matter how much she wanted it. By the time she got to Kylie’s door and her friend pulled it open, tears blurred Harper’s vision once more.

Kylie took one look and pulled Harper into her arms without asking any questions.

“Everything is so fucked up, Kye.” Harper’s shoulders shook as she tried to catch her breath. Not once since all the shit started with her father and the accusations and lawsuits had Harper cried. She’d been harassed, sworn at, called names and dragged into his business, and she had not broken. Why now?

“What’s going on?” Kylie’s father was the CEO of one of the biggest investment firms on the East Coast and thankfully had not been one of the people that Harper’s father had stolen from.

When the accusations had started and Harper’s friends dropped like flies, Kylie stuck around. She’d been there for Harper throughout everything so far, and Kylie was the only person who she could turn to.

They sat together on the white leather sofa that faced a wall of windows overlooking the Common. Maybe she could just stay right there, staring out at the trees and grass until all the shit stopped. She’d be old and grey before people forgot what her father did.

“I might be pregnant,” Harper whispered, needing to say it out loud to remind herself that it was real.

“What? I thought you and Stan broke up? Why didn’t you tell me you were back together, I would have put away that voodoo doll I made, which may or may not have a pin stuck in its dick.” Kylie narrowed her eyes. “Wait, if I had a black magic hex that caused erectile dysfunction on his cock, how did you maybe get pregnant?”

Harper laughed. She could always count on Kylie to cheer her up. She knew that Kylie was there for her and didn’t judge Harper for what her father had done.

Harper shook her head. “It’s not Stan. It was...remember