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Jerking her arm out of his grasp again, "Do not touch me ever again, Mr. Mills," Briella yelled and then walked out of his office.
She could hear him calling her name, but at that moment, she didn't have the patience to hear his excuses.
Walking into her dressing room with tears flooding her vision, she quickly grabbed her coat off the coat tree by the door and then grabbed her purse out of the drawer of her vanity table. While wiping her cheeks with the back of her hand, Briella raced out of the club, being careful not to be seen in such a state and got into her car and drove away. As she drove, Briella's thoughts were going all over the place. She couldn't understand why Grayson would hurt her that way. As her thoughts continued to race, she heard her cell phone ring, and her first impulse was to ignore the call until she saw that it was Noelle calling, "Hello!" she greeted.
"Hey girl, are you up for some drinks and gossip?" Noelle asked.
"The way I'm feeling right now, I need a lot of drinks," Briella grumbled.
"Are you ok?" Noelle asked, causing her tears to fall more.
"I'll be better after a few drinks," Briella replied as she wiped her cheek with her hand.
"Let's meet at my place in an hour and then we can talk about everything?" Noelle suggested as Briella took a deep breath.
"Sounds great! See you in an hour," Briella replied before ending the call.
Driving through the busy streets of Los Angeles, all Briella kept thinking about was the kiss she walked in on between Grayson and his ex-girlfriend. She thought about the pain she felt seeing them together. It felt as if her heart was being ripped into two pieces. Briella never imagined Grayson would've betrayed her in such a manner. Then thinking about all the time they had known each other and how close they had become in the past few months, Briella realized that maybe they had rushed things too fast. Maybe she didn't know him as well as she thought. Pulling into the parking lot of her favorite winery, "I guess we are going to need a lot of wine tonight," she mumbled as she parked her SUV and grabbed her purse.
Walking into the winery, Briella's thoughts were so scattered that she was starting to get a headache. Taking a deep breath, “Tonight is all about girls' night," she thought, but she couldn't fight the nausea that hit her causing her to rush to the restroom.
Ringing Noelle's doorbell, Briella was shocked when her mother opened the door, "Hey mom!" Briella greeted her as they shared a hug.
"Hey sweetie," Camila replied as they pulled apart and entered the foyer before closing the door behind them.
"I didn't know you were going to be here," Briella stated as she hung up her coat on the gold coat tree standing next to the door.
"Gracelyn, Noelle, Samara, and I had lunch together today and we didn't want to end the day, so we decided to have a girls' night. Plus, you've been so busy with your music and rehearsals, we thought you could use a break," Camila replied as they headed into the living room to join the rest of the group.
"Hey, ladies!" Briella greeted, as the other three ladies stood up to hug her.
"Hey sweetie, you look beautiful as usual," Gracelyn stated as she hugged Briella.
"Thank you for the compliment! You look beautiful as usual too," Briella replied as they pulled apart.
After hugging her best friends, everyone sat down on the navy-blue suede sofa and Noelle passed her a glass of white wine. As soon as Briella took a sip, her nausea returned tenfold causing her to rush to the restroom.
Minutes later after getting herself together, and returning to her seat, "Baby, are you ok?" Camila asked as she passed Briella a bottle of water.
"I've been getting nauseated a lot the past few days. It's probably a stomach bug or something," Briella said before taking a sip of her water as she watched her mother and Gracelyn share a look.
Ok, you two! What's with the looks and smirks?" Briella asked before drinking more of her water.
"They are probably thinking the same thing we are thinking," Noelle replied smiling before taking a sip of her wine.
"And what would that be?" Briella asked as she started to feel butterflies fluttering in her stomach.
"Let me ask this first! Is your period late this month? Has your breast become sensitive and you've been feeling tired a lot?" Camila asked before she took a sip of her wine.
Frowning as she thought about the last few days, her eyes widened as the pieces started to fall into place, "I can't be pregnant," she replied as tears flooded her eyes.
“There's only one sure way to find out. I'll run down to the local pharmacy and grab a few tests," Samara suggested as she started to stand up.
"That won't be necessary, I have a few here," Noelle replied causing the ladies to look at her wide-eyed. "What can I say, I want to be prepared," Noelle continued causing the group to shake their heads.
“There's no way I'm pregnant! Plus, after what happened today, Grayson and I are over," Briella revealed as her tears took over and she fell into her mother's arms.
As Camila hugged her, Gracelyn rubbed her back and handed her some tissue from the coffee table.
