Abigail Hayes~•~I stood in front of the building I’d been working in a month ago. My feet were rooted in place and I couldn’t find it in me to move at all.I was scared of what was going to happen when I finally walked in and told George the news. Would he even listen to me? Would he think I was lying? Just a few days ago, I’d told him I didn’t want anything to do with him and here I was, standing in front of his company, too afraid to go in.“Abigail?” A hesitant voice called out and I turned around, instantly plastering a smile on my face. “I thought that was you,” Zara said warmly. “What are you doing here? I thought you quit?”I nodded. “I came to clear out my desk.”I was one month late but that sounded like the best excuse I could give.“Mr. Galanti already cleared it out, but the box is in your former office though.”I bit my bottom lip, nodding again. How eager was he to get me out of his life that he went through the trouble of clearing out my desk for me? “I’ll go and get
Abigail Hayes~•~George didn’t stop breathing. He didn’t stop trying. He didn’t pause. He didn’t freeze. He didn’t make any indication that he heard me. He was still as calm as ever. I was confused.“I said I’m pregnant.”“I heard you the first time.”So he did hear me. Why was he acting like he didn’t then? “Why aren’t you saying anything?”“What do you mean?”“I just told you I’m pregnant.”“Again, I heard you. I’m just wondering why you’re telling me this piece of information.”My mouth dropped open. What the fuck was that even supposed to mean? There was only one reason I was telling him and I didn’t think he was that dense that he wouldn’t know why. He finally stopped typing again, then stood up to round his table.He leaned back on the table, folded his arms across his chest, and stared at me. “Why did you come all the way here to tell me that you’re pregnant?”I blinked, stunned. He couldn’t be any more different from the man I used to know. “Maybe because you’re responsible f
Abigail Hayes~•~I didn’t have a picture of George Galanti.If I did, I would have printed it out and made holes in several parts of it, especially his eyes seeing as I had the strongest urge to poke them.I hated him so damn much and I hated the fact that he was constantly on my mind. It was worse because now, I was carrying his child. There was no way I was going to forget about him now.And he didn’t even care. He didn’t try to take responsibility. I’d said I didn’t expect anything from him and would accept any reaction he gave, but I just didn’t expect him to think I was trying to trap him with a baby. I wasn’t that stupid.Sure, he had lots of money but if I wanted to spend his money, all I had to do was to continue fucking him. He liked spending on me anyway. The only reason he limited it was so I wouldn’t complain about it.“How did it go?”My head snapped up and I saw that Maya was standing in front of me. I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn’t even hear her come in.I le
George Galanti~•~I didn’t handle things well.I was used to acting logically and not on my emotions, but I couldn’t help it when it came to Abby. I was mad at her, so I couldn’t stop myself from being harsh.I was hurt when she left me in the bathroom at that stupid dinner and my stupid brain thought the only reasonable thing to do was to get back at her. I was deaf to whatever she was saying. I just wanted her to feel the way I felt that day.If she was truly pregnant, it was a serious matter that involved me and I didn’t handle it well. Fuck.I ran my hand over my hair. I had the strongest urge to break something in my office but I didn’t want my secretary to burst in again like she had done when Abigail was here.Abigail had asked if I was fucking her too. She didn’t know that I couldn’t get near another woman without feeling irritated. She didn’t know that she was the only woman I was attracted to. She was the only woman I wanted. I’d never felt that way before so it was foreign
Abigail Hayes~•~“I didn’t think you had dresses that covered your ass.”I turned around to glare at Maya and she laughed. She was exaggerating. All my dresses usually covered my ass. The one I was currently putting on just happened to be longer than others usually were. It stopped above my knee but it was backless.“Shut up. Are you ready?”Maya frowned. “Do I not look ready?”“My bad.” I laughed. “Come help me with my makeup.”Maya’s favorite thing was helping me wear makeup which was why she didn’t waste time standing in front of me and ordering me to sit on the chair in front of my dresser.It didn’t take long for her to be done and soon, we were on our way downstairs. When we reached the car, I froze. “It’s inappropriate to continue driving his car,” I spoke, catching Maya’s attention.She had already sat down on the passenger’s seat, but she came out. “Technically, it’s not his car. It’s the company’s car.”“It’s related to him anyway. He’s the CEO. I’ll just call an Uber.”May
George Galanti~•~Abigail was sitting quietly in my car. We both were.It was obvious she was still mad at me and I knew that I deserved it. I couldn’t even do anything about it. I’d apologized already, but then again, those were just words and I needed to show her through my actions that I was sorry.The problem was that I didn’t know how to do that.“Is dancing good for our baby?” I asked when the silence had become too deafening.Her head snapped in my direction and for the first time since she entered my car, she was looking at me. “Our baby?”“Why? Were you sleeping with another man alongside me?”“What? No.”“Then, the phrase is correct. Is dancing good for our baby?” I repeated the question, not caring if it sounded absurd to her. It was true anyway. The little human currently growing in her stomach was ours, together.Abigail cleared her throat. “Um, I’m not sure.”“And you didn’t think of that before going to a club?”She glared at me. “Most forms of exercise are good for pr
George Galanti~•~I didn’t know what my father was up to, but I’d just returned from accompanying Abigail to her check-up when he called me and told me to go to the house and that it was urgent.Abigail hadn’t expected to see me there but I had my new assistant find out what hospital her check-up was at. It was a good thing she was conversant with computers and hacking. It definitely took a lot off my workload.She had been surprised to see me and asked if I was stalking her. She told me she didn’t need me there and I countered her, saying the baby did. It seemed like the other night was a malfunction in her daily life because she was treating me like I was invisible today.I tried not to dwell on it too much. At least, she wasn’t screaming at me so it was a good sign.Finally, I pulled over in the driveway of my parents’ house. I’d driven over the speed limit because of the urgency with which the old man had called, but something told me it wasn’t that urgent. I never could be too c
Abigail Hayes~•~I was in a bind.I was wondering whether I should go to my mother’s house and tell her that I was pregnant or wait until it started to show so she wouldn’t be very mad at me and only help me through it.I knew it was wrong, but my mother was a very dramatic person. She liked to make big deals out of small situations so who knew what she would do with a deal as big as this.She was surely going to ask about the man and I just didn’t know how to tell her that I was sleeping with my boss while he had a wife and his wife found out so he divorced her, then I found out I was pregnant but we were not on good terms so I didn’t know what exactly he thought about it. That didn’t exactly sound smooth, did it?I was still in my room pacing around when I heard my phone ring. For a second, I feared my mom somehow heard my thoughts and was calling me but it turned out to be George.He had made me unblock his number on Monday when he accompanied me for the check-up. It had been thre