A Million Dollars?

Chris’s POV

My mind went blank for a moment as if time had frozen around me. Pregnant? How…how? With my child? The revelation hit me like a ton of bricks, sending a wave of panic coursing through my veins.

This could not be happening. I could not have a child with Meghan, especially not under these circumstances.

This had to be a joke, it had to be. Maybe it was her way of trying to scam me for money.

I released her hand abruptly, taking a step back as if her touch burned me. “That’s impossible,” I muttered, though the tremor in my voice betrayed my inner turmoil.

This was not good. This was not good at all.

Her smile widened, but there was a hint of something else in her eye, something dark and calculating. “Believe me or not, but it is the truth,” She replied, her tone dripping with certainty.

I began to pace the length of my office, my mind racing a mile a minute as I tried to wrap my head around this. F*ck! F*ck! F*ck! How could I have let this happen? I then stopped and said