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His admission shocked me, but I was still too upset to let it change anything. How dare he act like I was the bad guy here, after everything I’d been through?
“And I didn’t want to talk about it,” I said, taking a deep breath. “I was kidnapped.”
Sebastian scoffed and rolled his eyes. “You have one wild fucking imagination.”
I narrowed my eyes, hurt and anger raging inside of me. “You bastard.”
“I want you out of my house right—”
Aborting his own sentence, Sebastian ran his hands down his face in frustration. I was transfixed as I observed him. His focus shifted to the box in his possession as he rummaged through its contents. I didn’t know what to expect him to pull out, but it certainly wasn’t a pregnancy test. He thrust it in my direction.
“Here. You’ll take one every day for the next five days. If you’re not pregnant by then, I’ll dissolve the contract and you’ll be thrown out of my castle.”
Back out into the cold. I’d be lucky to have the clothes on my back. Sebastian was the one that provided these, after all. What was I going to do if he kicked me out?
Sebastian didn’t wait for me to process what he said or come up with a response. He ripped open the pregnancy test and grabbed my wrist, pulling me into the ensuite bathroom.
“Take it now,” he said, only releasing me when I was standing in front of the toilet.
I took the test and waited a moment for him to turn around. He just crossed his arms and waited. By now, I recognized the stubborn set of his chin. There was no point in arguing, no matter how awkward this was. So, I got on the toilet and tried to pee on the test while keeping my legs closed as much as possible. Sebastian sneered.
“Don’t flatter yourself. I’ve seen you with my cock shoved down your throat.”
I averted my gaze from him and completed the task, securing the cap back onto the test and placing it on the sink. The anticipation was excruciating, and I fidgeted restlessly as he kept a vigilant eye on me. Doubts surfaced, and I wondered if I would be better off if he ended the contract. I could walk away with a few memories of my first satisfying sexual experience, at the least.
But where would I go? I still had the same problems I did when I first arrived and was desperate enough to agree to this. I had no money, no possessions, and as far as I knew, the men that kidnapped me were still after me. And I did not know how to find Fiona. I needed time and money to figure things out.
The timer on Sebastian’s phone went off, and I watched as he grabbed the stick, looking at the little window on the front with the test results. He grimaced, tossed the thing into the trash, and left the room.
I jumped up and pulled it out to confirm the results. It was exactly what I thought when he stormed out.
Not pregnant.
Chapter20
Sebastian
Igave her five days to get a positive result on a pregnancy test or I would terminate the contract. It had been four days, and so far, they were all negative.
I was angry, but not really at her. I knew she wasn’t capable of making a pregnancy happen on her own, and I’d only seeded her twice. My anger came from the looming deadline I had given myself. I was upset that she hid her past from me, and that was still a source of irritation, but now I felt a tiny wave of guilt and regret for yelling at her and making a promise that I didn’t really want to keep.
To learn more about Belle’s past, I had Maxwell contact one of my associates, but the results were disappointing. I knew that talking to Belle herself would likely yield a better outcome, but I was hesitant. I didn’t want to risk discussing her troubled past with her.
It wasn’t that I didn’t believe her, but rather that I knew I would believe her all too well. I couldn’t afford to let my guard down and expose my heart to further vulnerability. Listening to Belle’s personal struggles would only weaken the wall of my emotions, and I couldn’t handle the intense bonding experience that would result from such intimacy.
I secretly held onto the hope that Belle would get pregnant, so I asked Barclay to prepare the north wing for her. It was the most secluded part of the castle, and I had never used it. If Belle became pregnant, I planned to move her there, so she wouldn’t be inclined to tiptoe around since everything would be so far away, including me. My only concern would be to ensure that her needs were taken care of while we waited for the baby to arrive. It would simplify things greatly.
As I sat alone at the dining room table, eating lunch, my mind raced with thoughts of Belle. She had skipped breakfast, probably to avoid taking the pregnancy test, but I couldn’t let her hide in her room all day.
Summoning my butler, I ordered him to fetch her without taking no for an answer. Tensions between us had been high lately, but I was determined to face the situation head-on. Belle would just have to deal with it.
Looking down at my phone, I frowned when I saw a missed call from Maxwell. I was so lost in my own thoughts that I didn’t notice the phone vibrating. I already spoke to him this morning about Belle’s questionable past, so I know this call was probably about my request for him to find for a woman for artificial insemination. I regretted not going down that route the first time around. At least with that clinical approach, my heart and emotions wouldn’t be on the line.
Before I could return Maxwell’s call, Belle came into the room. Her sweater dress covered most of her body but showed off her curves, and I hated that I responded to the mere sight of her. My cock twitched. An undiluted hunger to bend her over the table and fuck her brains out with no remorse took hold of me.Fuck.
Belle took a seat at the place setting to my right, avoiding my eyes as she nibbled at her food. I could tell she was nervous, but it didn’t stop me from sliding a pregnancy test across the surface of the table until it was right beside her plate.
I didn’t say a word, just went back to eating. I’d made her take a pregnancy test every single day, like clockwork, and I knew she hated it. It embarrassed her yjat I watched, but I had to admit that I liked that. It made me an asshole, but I enjoyed the sliver of degradation I was making her partake in by forcing her to pee in front of me. It was a turn-on to flex my control over her, and the more she hated me, the better. It would make kicking her out of the castle easier when her test turned negative again.
