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Viv gasped. “You can’t be serious. You want her to go on the run with a baby?”
“She wouldn’t be on the run. She’d be starting fresh somewhere else with her baby, and Will would be out of the picture,” Lily explained.
“Do you really think he’d give her up so easily? I think he really loves her. I just don’t know why he’s having an affair.” Viv was giving me a lot to think about. I, too, believed Will loved me, but I guessed he wanted it all, the other woman and me too.
“I doubt he’d put up a fight for long. I think he’d have Cori moved into his house by the week’s end,” Tate scoffed.
“That’s harsh. Don’t be an arse.” Viv rebuked him.
Tate waved Viv off and turned toward me. “Sorry, sweets. I pretty much hate the dude.”
“I don’t know what to do. Despite everything Will’s done, I love him. I know it’s stupid, but I can’t help it. This is such a mess. I’m having his baby and I don’t trust him. Not anymore.”
How could I trust him after he’d lied and betrayed the beautiful bond we shared? The scariest part was he had the resources to make my life a living hell if he wanted. What if he used his power and money to take my baby away from me? Waiting around to find out wasn’t something I wanted to do.
I couldn’t take the chance and put my baby at risk.
“So what do you think you’ll do?” Lily asked.
“I’m going to talk to him and demand he stops the affair.”
“And if he doesn’t want to? The dude obviously likes having a lady on the side.” Tate poured himself another shot.
“It’ll be over. We’ll be over.” I was shocked to hear myself sounding so calm, which was nothing like how I actually felt.
“And what about the baby?” Viv shot a stern look at me. I swear she could see into my soul with her dark, almond-shaped eyes. They willed me to do the right thing.
What was the right thing to do?
Viv had been in the states for ten years now, but her British accent had hardly faded. Tequila often brought out an exaggerated version, and I loved listening to her talk. Everything she said sounded cultured with her melodious voice, even when she was telling you off. Or disagreeing as she had with me. She was the most stunningly beautiful black woman I knew, classy and intelligent and normally soft-spoken.
Since the night Tate had met Vivien Clark, he’d called her his British beauty. She had stolen his heart the moment he heard her speak. Now, our dear Viv was holding to her position with a fierce stance, that Will had rights. I couldn’t take hearing it, no matter how lovely it sounded.
“What baby? As far as he knows, there is no baby. If we break up, we’ll go our separate ways. He’ll be none the wiser.” It surprised the hell out of me that I didn’t show a smidge of emotion. Had my heart already turned cold as ice and as hard as steel?
“Good,” Tate and Lily said at the same time.
“Do you really think he’ll never find out about the baby? You’ve been together for nearly a year. You love each other. He’s not going to just forget about you.” Viv argued her position passionately. It made my heart race, stirring up a panic in my core.
“Why not? People break up all the time. Relationships end. People move on.” I stood when clarity entered my mind. “You guys have to promise me you won’t breathe a word of this.” I turned toward Viv, knowing she was the only one who had a moral dilemma and a conscience I respected.
“I won’t say anything, but please try to resolve this with dignity and honor,” Viv said.
With honor? Just as Will had shown me? Yeah, I didn’t see that happening.
I hugged her tightly, showing my appreciation. “Thank you. Now, I need to go talk to Will.”
