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She moaned, but it wasn’t one of desire. It was one of pain. Instantly I eased my touch and stepped away. “Vivienne, what’s wrong?”
She shook her head, cupping her breasts against her chest, groaning softly. “Nothing.”
My phone vibrated in my pocket, making me curse. I yanked it free, dividing my focus between the caller ID and her. Benjamin Rossi.
Panic flared at the name, but I could see her pulling away from me. The fleeting fucking flare of amusement that she had fewer detesting thoughts was disappearing, but leaving an empty, wounded look in her eyes once more.
Fuck.
I took a step away, punching the screen. “What?”
“They have Ryth and the Bank’s boys.” Those words made my blood run cold. “Dante Ares, the Caines, and others I’m not sure of yet.”
“The Mafia? How? Why?”
“They see them as an advantage, one they can use. They know King is involved somehow, they also know The Order is splintering. So, they want to use them.”
“As fucking bait?” I forced through clenched teeth.
“Bait and weapons,” Ben said coldly as the engine of his truck roared in the background. “But we won’t let that happen. Lazarus and I are on our way to intercept them. I expect there will be lines of our own drawn tonight. I just wanted you to be ready.”
I lifted my gaze to Vivienne. “Whatever you need, all you have to do is say the word.”
“I’ll let you know as soon as we have them.”
“I appreciate that,” I answered, then hung up the call.
But I couldn’t move, for a second. My mind raced with a tornado of thoughts, all centered around her. All I could do was replay that moment in the boardroom today, the moment she hit that desk, twisting her body at the last second to hit her hip…and not her stomach.
Not her stomach.
I glanced at the way she cupped her breasts, protecting them like they were sore.
My heart hammered.
The world tilted and stood still.
Jesus.
“Problem?” Vivienne cast a careful gaze my way.
I stepped closer, holding that terrified stare. “Well, pet, that depends.” I lowered my gaze to the way she cupped her sore breasts against her chest. “Are you going to tell me when was the last time you had your period?”
She flinched, and her eyes widened.
I saw it then.
Saw the truth raging in her eyes.
She was pregnant.
TWENTY-TWO
Vivienne
He took a step closer, inciting terrifying panic inside me. “Well, Vivienne? When was the last time you bled?”
Tell him.
