I burst out laughing, Ethan must be joking, he couldn’t be serious.
He and I just started having s*x not up to a week ago, there was no way I was pregnant so soon.
“I can’t be pregnant” I stuttered, doing the maths in my head, It just couldn’t be, the little biology I learned in high school coming to me like lightning.
“Please tell me you’re joking,” I pleaded my heart beating so fast, I couldn’t be pregnant for Ethan, not with everything going on right now.
“I just can’t be” I found myself repeating those words.
“A baby, I can’t bring a baby into this world for you, I am too young and you are too old,” I said staring at the floor and shaking my head.
“What would that even mean, what would people say, I can’t be a single parent, I can’t be with you forever” The overthinker in me took over.
I found myself blabbing, words I wouldn’t normally say to Ethan, things I worried about when I thought about a future with Ethan.
It took me a second to calm down, and when I did I realized how hurtful what I said could have been.
I raised my head to find Ethan staring at me, he hadn’t said a word since I started talking, he just leaned by the wall watching me panic.
“What are we doing here Emily” Ethan asked in a cold voice.
I shrugged wondering what he meant.
“what do you mean” I asked and he furrowed his brows.
“If you think all these things, then what are we doing here” Ethan’s voice cracked.
“I…” I stuttered having no idea what to say.
“I don’t…” I tried to speak but got saved by my phone ringing, I lifted the phone and stared at the caller ID, it was Jennifer.
“Jennifer is calling me, can I pick this” I excused myself picking up the call.
“Hey Em, are you okay” Jennifer asked, sounding like my friend again.
“No thanks to you” I replied coldly, wanting to let her know just how upset I was with her.
“Listen, I am sorry about what happened, Gloria is a monster,” Jennifer said, and I frowned my face as if she could see me.
“Uhum and you helped her,” I said I felt more disappointed than upset, I would never have thought Jennifer could.
“I didn’t, I promise”
“I had no idea what she was planning until I left you alone with Ian, I couldn’t go back because she threatened me” Jennifer continued to give excuses which I didn’t care to listen to.
“Hmm!” I exclaimed sarcastically.
“I am serious Em, Gloria is dangerous, and she is determined to get Ethan no matter what” Jennifer continued.
“I think it’s safer if you leave Ethan for her” Jennifer advised, she sounded like a messenger delivering Gloria’s message.
“Let me guess, she asked you to call me and warn me right?” I spat stopping her before she could finish.
“No, I just care about you” She tried to continue her lies when I stopped her again.
“Well, tell her it’s too late, I am not going anywhere and I am expecting his baby” I spat without thinking, I immediately regretted saying it, as soon as it came out of my mouth.
“What!” I heard her exclaim, “You are pregnant,” she asked and I kept quiet.
“You can’t be pregnant for that crazy family, you need to get rid of it immediately?” Jennifer commanded and I was taken aback by her tone.
“Get rid of it?” I yelled and just before I could say anything else, I heard Ethan say from behind me.
“You are not getting rid of my baby” his voice sounded so deep and bossy, he had never sounded like that to me before.
“O! Shit, you are with Ethan” I heard Jennifer say from the phone before hanging up. I turned to Ethan with an annoyed look.
“What do you mean I am not getting rid of anything, it’s my body, and my choice” I yelled.
“It’s not,” he said calmly
“It’s not your choice, your body stopped being yours the moment you laid in bed with me”
“you are mine and that baby is mine too. You are not getting rid of anything” he commanded in a harsh tone, his voice was as calm as it could be, and his face looked serious but scary at the same time, Ethan had never sounded so dominating to me before.
I furrowed my eyes at him waiting for a change in expression or laughter to turn what he was saying into a joke, but he wasn’t joking he was damn serious.
“I am….” I was about to protest but he didn’t look like he had time for an argument.
“Have you Eaten, take your bath and I will make something for you to eat okay” he smiled at me changing the topic, and giving a feeling that his words meant law
“I would ask the doctor to recommend a chef that could make the best timetable for you, we need you to be healthy for my baby” Ethan taunted me, and I was too stunned to say a word.
I stared at him, not sure how to react, I felt suffocated for a second but my breath soon quickened.
‘what the hell did he mean by I am his and my body is too?”