71: Pregnant? Good God!

Williams POV.

I paced back and forth in my dimly lit study, the shadows of the room mirroring the turmoil inside me. The news hit me like a freight train—Jessica, pregnant.

I could hardly wrap my mind around it. I hadn’t touched her since before Allison came into my life. The very thought of Jessica being pregnant, and claiming it was mine, felt like a cruel joke.

I slammed my fist on the desk, scattering papers across the floor. My heart raced as I tried to process what this meant. I had thought I was done with Jessica for good. I thought the past was behind me.

But now, she had managed to pull me back into her web, and I was caught in a storm of confusion and dread.

My thoughts drifted to Allison. The memory of her miscarriage, a consequence of my carelessness, weighed heavily on my mind. The guilt was a constant companion, gnawing at me whenever I was alone.

I had wanted to make things right, to be a better man. And now, here I was, facing the possibility of a child with Jessic