7. Pregnant

"Honey? What have you been looking at all this time?"

The woman with Reino turned her head in the direction the cold-faced man was looking, just as Lydia and the others were leaving. She was curious as to what Reino was focusing on, but could not find what he was looking at.

"How many times have I told you? Stop calling me honey." Reino growled when the woman in front of him looked back at him.

"But we're dating, aren't we?"

"Dating? Who said that?" asked Reino, rudely putting his wine glass down on the table.

"Ah." Reino nodded and understood what she meant. "After we spent the night in bed a few times and now you feel special?" The sour-faced man asked the woman before him.

"It's not that. I just ...."

"Then behave." Reino cut in coldly. "I still have plenty of women besides you. And this is the last time I'm going to indulge this absurd request for dinner before we check in."

Reino wiped his lips with a white napkin, then threw the cloth roughly on the table. He rose quickly and motioned for one of the bodyguards to pay for his meal.

When she saw Reino leave, the woman who had been with him earlier immediately ran after him. Although the cold man was very tall with long legs, the woman with an international modeling career could still catch up with him even if she had to run.

"Reino, don't be mad. We're going to the hotel, right?" The model called. If it weren't for Reino Andersen, she wouldn't be willing to run after him anymore.

That handsome face with a body like a sculpture of a Greek god was more than enough to bring all women to their knees. Besides, his ability in bed would make women want to serve him, even for free. Especially if they were paid, as they were now.

After one round, Reino distanced himself from the unconscious woman with an annoyed growl. He hadn't finished at all, but his partner had fainted first.

Usually, Reino could still feel a little satisfied just before the women passed out. But this time? There was no sign of that. What was usually not enough, and now he got nothing.

"Damn, my ex-wife is so much better, even though she's so skinny." Reino growled as he put on his clothes, ignoring his still straining 'thing'.

Yeah. That thing couldn't sleep because it wasn't satisfied at all. But there was nothing Reino could do because his partner had already passed out and there was no time to look for another one.

It was already two in the morning and Reino needed to sleep as well. Tomorrow he had to work. Maybe he could use his annoying secretary later. For now he had to go home and rest.

***

"What a stressful meeting."

Lydia's manager walked into the room after returning from the meeting with a long rant about the monthly meeting. People said that the meeting with Reino Andersen was scary, but it seemed that today's meeting was even scarier. At least, that was what the portly finance manager's ramblings suggested.

"Mr. Reino's mood seems to be in a free fall from 100,000 feet." Nia complained. "He's terrible. Even Mr. Deputy CEO and his flirtatious secretary are silent." She continued.

"His aura really is like the North Pole, not to mention his dark good looks."

"Didn't get a bed partner, I guess." Revan chuckled when the supervisor who hated their Lydia said that and immediately fell silent when he looked at him.

"No way." Nia waved her hand in the air. "I heard that his flirtatious secretary went into Mr. Reino's room and came out an hour later looking very tired and disheveled."

"She's being used by the boss?" asked Revan with a frown. Unlike the reactions of his other male colleagues, Revan didn't seem to like the fact that there were women around him who could be 'used'.

"They say that when the Big Boss gets bored with his girls, he goes looking for prey in the office. This flirt is one of them."

Lydia coughed at her manager's statement. For some reason she felt offended, especially since Lydia had also been 'used' by Reino. And so she could understand why the flirt, looked very tired.

"Whose fault is it?" Lydia asked casually. She just wanted to be seen casually participating in this absurd discussion, so no one would suspect her.

"I don't know." Nia shrugged. Obviously she didn't know much.

"Then why doesn't he just get married? Isn't it better to do it with his own wife than just any woman? Is he not afraid of contracting infectious diseases?"

Revan's question made Lydia cough again. This time louder, to the point where Lydia had to claim that her throat was too dry.

And on second thought, what Revan said was absolutely true. It wasn't that Lydia was jealous of not being touched at all when she was his wife, but it was a matter of health.

Besides, she remembered, they had done it unprotected yesterday. That meant there was a good chance that the polar bear rarely used protection, right?

Suddenly Lydia was terrified. Afraid that she, too, would contract an infectious disease because of Reino's behavior a while ago.

"Oh my God." Lydia mumbled, covering her mouth with both hands. Her skin crawled at the thought of catching a deadly disease.

"What's wrong with you?" asked Revan with a furrowed brow.

"Nothing." Lydia replied quickly. "I think I just need to go to the bathroom."

Lydia quickly grabbed her cell phone and ran to the bathroom. After finding an empty stall, she locked the door. She lowered the toilet seat cover, sat down, and rushed to find out about the STI test. The price, which reached millions of rupiah for a complete test, made her eyes glaze over.

"What should I do?" She whispered desperately to herself.

Lydia was still in debt and didn't want to burden her family with treatment if she got sick. But apparently, the checkup alone was expensive enough.

[Lydia: Do you know where you can get a complete and cheap STI checkup?]

Lydia finally asked Erika. She remembered that her best friend had gone for a check-up.

[Erika: Why are you asking all of a sudden?]

[Lydia: After what I did with Polar Bear, I'm afraid of getting a disease. He's very active in bed.]

[Erika: You don't use protection?]

[Lydia: I don't think so.]

[Erika: Then the first thing you should be afraid of is not disease, Lyd. It's getting pregnant out of wedlock.]

Lydia gasped as she read Erika's reply. She dropped her cell phone on her thigh and covered her mouth with both hands in shock.

"Oh my God. How could I forget this?" exclaimed Lydia, gripping her hair tightly. What if she was pregnant?