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I’m a smart man, some say a brilliant businessman, but I am not well known for ive away too much of my money to charity and just to anyone who I think needs it, at least I used to My father hired Noel to oversee al affairs before he and my mother retired to Tuscany He said I was “too soft” and that anything that even sal issue should be handled by Noel So, when I found the test, I called him and now here we are I want Vicki I want the baby I want a family Noel says I can’t have that and keepand that Vicki wasn’t doing any of this for ive it all away and take her and the baby instead I can make more money I doubt that I’ll ever meet another woman that makes me feel the way that she does

CHAPTER NINE

VICTORIA

I had to stop two ot ho and I felt like my heart had just exploded infrom the house and they suspected me, then the only other reason for this would be that Alex found the pregnancy test But to have me fired over it, and not even speak toabout him? I’d seen him as a ed him that badly?

As I had these thoughts, I pulled into the lot in front of my apartment complex I parked in my usual spot and made my way around towards the door and that’s when I saw thee, black car and more men in dark suits They were parked directly outside of my door What the hell?

“Excuse me, you can’t park here,” I said

“Victoria Hart?” a s asked me

“Yes”

“I’ns' attorney of note and I’d like to come in and speak with you”

“What about?” I asked How dare Alex send first a security officer and now a lawyer to speak with me? How dare the coward not come speak to me himself?

“I’d rather not do this in a parking lot”

“I don’t really care what you would “rather” do I’d “rather” not have you in my apartment and you can tell your cowardly boss that if he wants to talk to me, he can do it himself” I started to walk away

“Miss Hart, Mr Reigns is not going to co out for I’m prepared to offer you a settlement…”

I turned on the little ritted teeth I said, “A settle sacred that you people think even a life can be bought? You tell your boss he er coward than Jason I don’t want his ainst my own principles because it’s what he thinks is best” I turned and started in again

“Miss Hart” I almost didn’t turn back around, but there was some small, pathetic part of me that wanted to believe Alex was in the back of that car and about to step out and tellto pay et rid of our baby The baby that I wasn’t even sure I had yet since I hadn’t had a chance to even call the doctor thanks to this circus

“What!”

“You’ve been served,” so out a manila envelope I looked at it like it was a snake about to bite me

“I don’t want that,” I said

“I served you, Miss You can take them or leave theo on the same, with or without you”

“The court process? What the hell?” I grabbed the envelope and then as quickly as I could, I unlocked the door and went inside, sla them out I threw the envelope down on the coffee table and dropped to my knees in the middle of the rooone so wrong? I’d been working so hard, going to school and I’d been faithful and loving to my boyfriend and I payto me now?

After about half an hour of feeling sorry for ot topapers where they lay for noashed ed into a pair of sweats and then I called the gynecologist I nancy test Then I made a cup of tea and finally, settled onto the couch and once calmer, I ripped the envelope open I pulled out as inside, and insued by Alexander Reigns for: Breach of Contract-In e in any type of personal relationships with any members of the household That clause was st the staff, or visitors that ht come to the house on occasion I suppose it was also on which in ist of it was that if I were to agree to “ternancy, I would be paid the sum of one hundred thousand dollars and of course, Mr Generous would pay for the abortion Was he kidding? Who pays sonancy?

I was suddenly sick again I ran for the bathroom and emptied out the contents ofthere but acid and bile at this point I just sat there on the floor for a long ti what I had done to h hu my baby I was appalled Actually I was beyond appalled I was sickened by it, and I was even ht I had feelings for this man

I pulled myself up off the floor once oing to sit idly by while thisI don’t believe in and blackballs et another job He was the one who took me to the basement He was the one who poured me those drinks He seduced me He chose not to wear a condo our child and pretend like it never happened I wasn’t going to allow that It happened and the life growing inside of me was proof of that I don’t want his money, what I do want and I believe I deserve, is for hi behind it

I called the only person I knew that ht be able to help me, Jason No, that wasn’t really true My mother could probably help me and when she heard who the father of the baby was, I’ She would expect me to take him for every penny he had because that was the waythere Jason’s best friend is an attorney The best I can hope for is a discount since I was now unemployed