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“What reasons would you possibly have?” I bite out, frustration taking hold of me Her eyes spark with secrets, and for a e my life

“I was pregnant” Her words haveto my feet with a heavy thud

“What?” My voice is barely audible, croaked from my throat

Her face twists into a grin, pure evil and satisfaction on her features, and I’ve never hated her more I’ve never truly hated someone before, but with Shay, I do

“I was pregnant, but I lost the child three months after I left,” she finally ad down around me

“And you didn’t think to tellin a story

“Like I said, I’m done Time to move on” Her cold, aloofness is her act, because she doesn’t look at me as she says this

“Shay—”

“I said I’ood” There is no arguing with her She’s made up her mind Not that I’d take her back, but she doesn’t seem to want to talk about it

Pushing the chair away frorab an is flicking through documents as I settle back in my seat and open my computer

Once the browser is open, I log intoand make the transfer I know it can’t be as easy as this, but I’et away fro to be free to make a new life for myself

The moment the transfer is confirmed, I hear Shay’s phone beep in her purse She takes it up, flicking the screen with her long nails, and she nods

“Thank you,” she says, shockingShe forcedpaperwork, and now she wants to say thank you?

I bite backnow, it may just backfire onwith a pen I watch as she signs the docuns the last page, and I wonder if she’s waiting for me to stop her