33

KATHERINE

“W-hat?! Of course not!” I cracked a nervous laughter, still hoping it was a joke.

How could I be so dumb? Gosh, it hurts a part of me when I felt the guards stepping really far away from us, in the I-told-you way.

“But you're outside.” He said in his usual grumpy way, “And you have a baby in your stomach, young lady.”

My knees turned weak. I regret never forcing myself to sleep. I shouldn't have batted an eye when he was yet to arrive home. He's a powerful Hybrid, after all. Nothing could have happened to him. I just had to sneak myself into his bad book again.

“I thought how you hadn't arrived wasn't normal so I came out. I was just about to head back inside.” I mumbled and I could see anger flashing through his composed face.

Great, I just annoyed him.

I turned around to leave since it sounded like a logical move and the best thing to do.

“You should know what happens in case anything bad happens to the child.”

I paused. I couldn't see his face but I knew he was s