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“Svena.”
Ice crawls through my veins, pulling my body so tight it’ll shatter.
Svena?
What the hell is she doing here?
Unease winds around my neck, choking the breath out of my lungs. I want to turn her away, but something tells me I should see her.
Svena never struck me as the type to cling. If she’s here now, it’s something important.
Brett hangs up and stares at me. “What’s going on? Isn’t Svena the girl you were—”
“Yes.” I rake my fingers through my hair.
“I thought you wrapped things up with her?”
I head to the door. “I’ll see you tomorrow.”
“Hansley!”
I ignore Brett and stalk down the hall to my office. Svena’s waiting for me in the sofa. Her platinum blonde hair shimmers in the evening sunlight. Icy blue eyes take me in.
She’s perched on the edge of her chair. Pale legs that seem to go on forever jut under her skirt.
I remember her locking those long legs around me, but the image fades. Replaced with one of Asia, my fingers around her thighs, her mouth open in a choked gasp as I ram into her.
My fingers twitch. I play it cool. “Svena.”
“Hello, Hansley.”
“What are you doing here?”
“We need to talk.”
“We have nothing to talk about. I was very clear—”
“The two lines on the test were clear too.”
“What?” I freeze.
She stands. Pins me under her frozen stare. “I’m pregnant.”
Twenty-Five
Asia
I pull open the suitcase I took to Vegas and reach inside to toss the dirty clothes. My fingers dig around the dress that I got married in.
Black.
Like the night.
Like a funeral.
I always pictured myself in a white dress. That’s what I was shopping for when Thad texted to tell me it was over. I didn’t know what kind of dress I wanted exactly—only that it had to be white.
Not too frilly. Not too tight. Not too poofy.
