Being outside my house had disadvantages too. People at my school had started spreading rumors about me after seeing me with a huge belly.
I'd gotten familiar with the shock on their faces.
I snapped my head toward the girls who were just talking about me, shooting them a glare. They gulped and abruptly walked off, dropping a magazine onto the floor.
Sighing, I picked it up and was about to put it back on the shelf when something caught my attention.
It was a business magazine, and one of the headlines on thecover piqued my interest.
The family tragedy that befell Klein Enterprise and what we can learn about them.
My eyebrow raised.Family tragedy.How interesting. I'd never thought that a family tragedy could impact the business world significantly.
I flipped through the pages, and when I reached the page that I was looking for, I froze.
There on the page was a picture of a family of four posing for an elegant family portrait. The parents had two sons, and one of them made my eyes widen in shock.
It was Luke. I couldn't have been mistaken. With those hazel eyes. With that piercing stare. He looked much younger, though.
The family picture seemed to have been taken when he was still a teenager, but I was more than sure that it was Luke.
I read through the article. The names.Arthur Klein... His successor, Victor... His second son, Lucas...
Lucas. Lucas Klein.
Luke.
My hand was shaking when I gripped the magazine tightly—I was afraid that I would drop it. It was too precious for me to let it slip from my hand.
I had found him.
???
Two days after I found the article about Luke's family in the magazine, I was in New York, at the headquarter of Klein Enterprise.
I'd left my house before dawn to take the first flight from LA. I hadn't told Morgan, and she would be furious if she knew that I'd escaped.
I was expecting her to call me later in the day, but I didn't think that I would be brave enough to pick up the call.
I'd used all my savings to buy the plane ticket—thank God I hadn't used all my money for the trip to Hallstatt.
I'd planned to use it to buy necessities for my baby, and the fact that I'd used it to see Luke instead made me worry.
Oh, God. What was I thinking? I needed that money to buy things for my baby, but seeing Luke was equally important.
My heart thumped hard as I stared at the majestic building of Klein Enterprise. Luke was apparently the son of a businessman, and I felt intimidated being here.
But I was carrying his child—I had to see him. I kept telling myself that I was doing the right thing. He deserved to know that he had a son.
And he needed to know that his son and I had been living in danger with Morgan.
Yes,a son. I'd seen a doctor yesterday to get the recommendation letter for taking the flight, and the doctor had told me that it was a boy.
I hadn't found out earlier because it was my first time seeing a doctor. That was pathetic, I knew. But I didn't have much money, and Morgan wouldn't even lend me hers to see a doctor.
I looked down at my tummy and caressed it, trying to calm both of us down.
Don't worry, sweetheart. You're going to meet your dad soon.
