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I text Mia that she’s shit out of luck. She better come up with another plan.
“Rebel, Carter. Fucking Rebel,” I try again.
He laughs. “Tomorrow,” he promises.
I agree, even though by then, I’ll probably have been discovered. I don’t even head into the bar. I call a cab and text Cat and beg her to meet me at home. She’s working late with Sophie. And knowing this may be the last night she ever looks at me in that soft way of hers, I selfishly ask her to come to me for the night.
The next morning, while I lie in bed with the love of my life in my arms, the unraveling begins.
Mia: I have the disk. You have two weeks to make a decision, and then I go to Cat with the proof, and we both lose her. Your choice.
51
HOW TO SAVE A LIFE BY THE FRAY
JAY
Allow a sociopath to touch my girlfriend? Or break my girlfriend’s heart? Doesn’t feel like much of an option. Killing Mia would be preferable.
Although jail time would also break Cat’s heart.
“Motherfucker,” I growl for the thousandth time since I received the ultimatum. “Who fucking does this?”
Uncovering my father’s plan has now become my top priority.
When the two-week deadline comes and goes and nothing happens, I foolishly let myself relax a little.By week three, I’m convinced she was bluffing.
And then during week four, Mia walks into my office and upends my life.
“I’m pregnant,” she says as she sits in the chair across from me, her eyes watering.
“You’re what?”
“Pregnant. With child. Ya know? When two people have sex, the sperm—”
I slam a hand to the top of my desk, cutting her off. “I know what pregnant means, Mia. I just have no fucking idea why you’re telling me.”
“Because it’s your fault,” she says matter-of-factly.
I huff out a breath and lean back in my chair, steepling my fingers. This should be good. “And how is it my fault?”
“You didn’t get your best friend out of the apartment like I told you to, so I took matters into my own hands.”
I stare at her, at a loss as to how any of this relates to me.
“Carter,” she says, prompting my memory.
“You slept with Carter?” I shout, unable to hide my shock.
She sighs as if bored with the details and scans my office before turning her attention back to me. “Yes, Jay. What else was I supposed to do when he found me in his room?”
I roll my eyes to the ceiling and blow out a breath. Carter is so goddamn predictable.
“Why are you telling me?”
“You haven’t taken me up on my offer—” she starts.
I hold my hand up to silence her. “You slept with her fucking brother, you psycho. I am not letting you anywhere near Cat.”
