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He tensed. “That’s Marcus.”
She rolled off him. “You better get it.”
He walked out of the bedroom to get his phone while she danced into the luxurious bathroom and stared at the foolish grin on her face.
“You want to come to my private island?” she asked herself.
She grinned and stripped off her bikini. The massive shower could fit five people. She stepped under copper showerheads and let the waterfall make her squeaky clean. She changed into a flowy nightgown and sat on a lounge chair on the terrace. The only light came from the pool and jacuzzi. She looked up at the stars.
“I can feel things changing,” she whispered to Nora who sat between her thighs. “Things are falling into place.”
Maybe their luck was changing. Nora gave her a serious look and spoke gibberish as she played with the silky material of her nightgown. She kissed Nora’s temple and rocked her until the baby slumped against her. When Nora began to drool, she rose and put her in the connecting room and closed the door. She heard the shower running as she leaned against the open doors that led onto the terrace and sent pictures to Carmen and Aunt Isabel.
“What the hell is this?”
8
She turnedand saw Gavin standing in the doorway leading to the bathroom. He had a half empty pack of birth control pills in his hand. The cloud of contentment she had been floating on evaporated. Oh, fuck.
“How long have you been on these?” he asked.
She licked her lips before she said, “A month.”
Her heartbeat thudded in her ears as he stalked toward her. Even as her body tensed for flight, she forced herself to stay where she was. He held the packet between them as his eyes shot daggers at her.
“Where the fuck did you get these?”
Her body tingled with alarm. Just when she thought she’d hit a sweet spot in life, fate had to cut her feet out from under her to let her know life wasn’t a fairy tale. It was an existence filled with ups, downs, and explosives.
“Where did you get it?” he shouted.
Nora’s muffled cry reached her ears. She immediately tried to step around him, but Gavin gave her a short shove that made her stagger back and blocked her way. When she looked into his eyes, the hairs on the nape of her neck rose.
“Fucking answer me, Lyla.”
It was an indication of how far gone he was that he didn’t tend to Nora. Normally, one peep was all it took for him to drop everything to soothe his daughter. Right now, his daughter’s distress made no impact upon him. He was completely focused on her and not budging an inch.
“We’re back tothis?” he hissed
He tossed the packet on the floor and stomped on them.
“Gavin!”
When she leaned down to pick them up, he jerked her upright. A bolt of pain shot through her arm. She dropped her phone, which slid across the floor. He backed her against the wall and slammed his fists into the wooden panels on either side of her head.
Nora’s cry escalated into a piercing scream that she was sure carried to the other guests on the resort.
“Gavin, back off.”
He put his hand on her throat. When his hand flexed, she felt a spurt of fear.
“You think I’m playing around? I’m not. Answer my fucking question before I beat it out of you. You haven’t gone to a doctor. Who gave them to you?”
“I already had the pills. They’re the ones the doctor gave me after we married,” she snapped and yanked at his wrist with no results.
“You mean the ones you asked for?” he asked softly.
She glared at him. “Yes.”
