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“I need a drink.”
“You’re pregnant,” we say in unison.
“Emery is the one that wanted this baby. She’s dead now, so does it matter?”
I stand between her and the glass she’s reaching for. I pin her down with a stare. “That’smybaby in there, and I’m still here.”
“Drop dead, Xavier.”
She hates me. She hates me more now than she did before. The realisation comes down on me like a tonne of bricks.
“Snap out of it. You don’t get to be like this. It’s my job to fall apart, not yours.”
She takes a step back. Her eyebrows pull together as her gaze trails over me, from my feet to my head. “Why haven’t you? Fallen apart, I mean.”
Ray stands up. “I’m going to leave.” He slaps my shoulder. “Let me know if you need anything.” He looks at Savannah with a sad longing but doesn’t say anything as he walks past.
She forces out a laugh. “Don’t I get a goodbye kiss?”
Ray looks between the two of us.
She turns to him. “He knows about us. Apparently, he’s always known. Xavier is really good at keeping secrets. He knowsexactlyhow to play the game of chess. Always the right move at the right time. He’s anexcellentliar.”
My fingers twitch as I restrain myself from doing something I regret. Telling her I knew was a mistake, but I lost control in the heat of the moment.
Ray’s face doesn’t hold any emotion except…heartbreak. Seeing her like this is hurting him. “You’re relieved from work during this difficult time.”
“Hux,” she cries.
She shouldn’t be crying for him. She should be coming to me for comfort. Instead, I stand by and watch as they meet halfway like two magnets that have found each other.
Ray takes her face into his hands. “I’m still in the snake’s den.”
He’s referred to this twice now in the confines of her bedroom. Whatever it means calms her down a fraction. Her shoulders drop, and her fists come undone. Having completed his job, he lets go of her and steps back. He nods at us and takes his leave.
I wait for the sound of tyres to disappear before breaking the silence suspended on us. “Our contract still stands.”
She turns to me. “Which one? The surrogacy or the wife swap?”
“Surrogacy. You can’t harm yourself or the baby. I let the Ray situation go, but this is still my house. That is still my baby. You still abide by my rules. Do you understand?”
She rolls her eyes. “Whatever.”
“Why are you so angry at me?” My desperation is pathetic.
“Because you don’t care! I get that you hated her, but she’sdead. Her life was over in the blink of an eye, and it doesn’t make any sense. Why aren’t you doing something?”
I remain calm, knowing that raising my voice won’t help. “She was drunk. The autopsy proved that.”
She shakes her head. “No! She wouldn’t have been so reckless.”
“She was an alcoholic. You saw it with your own eyes.”
“She was controlling her drinking for the baby. She was trying to be better.”
I resign into my seat. “She was faced with divorce papers. To her, that was giving up everything she knew. You didn’t see her when it came to signing. She literally said she had nothing left to live for. My lawyer will attest to that.”
“So,wedid this?”
