Total pages in book: 34
Estimated words: 32396 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 162(@200wpm)___ 130(@250wpm)___ 108(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 32396 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 162(@200wpm)___ 130(@250wpm)___ 108(@300wpm)
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Beth opened her eyes to look at Paul, and at first she was confused. He was on his cell phone and it took her several blinks to realize she was on the floor.
“She’s coming to, sir. Yes, I will, right away,” he said, hanging up.
“What’s going on?”
“You fell off the ladder. You gave me just enough time to catch you, before you hit the floor.”
She closed her eyes and opened them, and then saw the ladder in the corner. “I … got dizzy, I think. How long have I been out?” she asked, frowning.
Paul was trying to help her to her feet. “A couple of minutes, but I need to get you to the hospital.”
“I’m not going to the hospital.”
“Beth, Rome has already given me instructions, and he’s on his way—”
“No! You need to call him up right now and tell him you were faking it, or you were worried for no reason.” She couldn’t help but feel an overwhelming sense of panic. There was no way she was going to the hospital, even though she had no reason to take a sudden fall. That did terrify her just a bit. She wasn’t going to tell Paul that.
“Miss Hunter, you cried out for my help seconds before you fell off that ladder. You didn’t see how you looked or the fact for several minutes I couldn’t get you to respond. You’re not my boss. Mr. Hayes is, and I answer to him, not to you. If he says you’re going to the hospital, then that is exactly where you’re going.”
The journey to the car was a bit hazy. She believed Paul carried her to the car, even though she became something of a dead weight to him. After that, it was still blurry. The city didn’t quite seem right to her, and, well, nothing felt right at all.
They arrived at the hospital and much to her surprise, they were ushered into a private room. This never happened to her, and she could only assume Rome had called ahead. She sat on the edge of a bed and was still waiting to be seen.
This didn’t feel right. The last couple of days she’d been waking up feeling a little sick, and now, she had almost fallen off a ladder.
Paul no longer stood with her in the private room. She sat alone, collecting her thoughts, and they were not good ones.
The doctor came and went, all before Rome turned up, and when he finally did, it was like he was a force of nature. Her door was partially open, and she heard him talk to Paul first. She clenched her hands together.
Blood had already been drawn, her vitals taken, notes written down, and now she had to wait for a dizzy spell. This made no sense and she had no doubt this was already costing Rome a fortune.
Finally, she got to see the man himself.
“You don’t look happy to see me,” he said.
“That’s because right now, I’m not very happy to see you. I’m … irritated.”
“You nearly fall and break something, and you’re irritated?”
She growled. “First, I didn’t fall.”
Both of his brows rose up.
“Paul caught me, so…” She didn’t have a clue where she was going with this argument as it felt like she had already lost it before she began.
“Okay, you got dizzy on the ladder, it happened quite quick, and if it hadn’t been for Paul, you’d have fallen and injured yourself. It’s only my guy having great reflexes that saved you.”
She pursed her lips. “Yes.”
“And you don’t think that warrants a hospital visit?”
“No, I don’t.”
“Damn it, Beth, I thought you were a lot smarter than this. I don’t know why we’re arguing about me taking care of you.”
“Because … I don’t like what I think it might be.” She pressed her lips together, and right there she had blurted it out.
Rome frowned and folded his arms across his chest.
She sighed and closed her eyes, not wanting to see him right now.
“What?” he asked.
“Come on, Rome, I know you’re a lot older than me, but it doesn’t take a genius to figure out what we’ve done.” She opened her eyes and looked at him. “I … think … I’m pregnant.”
There, she had finally said the words she hadn’t dared to speak, and now she felt terrified. What the fuck?
She didn’t like this. Getting pregnant was supposed to happen when her life was in order, she had fallen in love with a guy, and everything was perfect. She knew she was falling for Rome. How could she not? Regardless of the bad stuff he’d done, his reputation, and pretty much everything she could think of, he wasn’t a bad guy. Yes, he was a bad guy and yet, he wasn’t at the same time.
Ugh, it was so confusing.
He was a bad guy to everyone else, including her brother, but to her, other than their first time, he’d been this sweet, caring, guy. She loved spending time with him. He made her laugh, and she found herself doing odd things during the day, that made her think about spending time with him. It was crazy.