Chapter 78

Ariella wanted nothing more than to shove him away. She kept reminding herself-just hold on, endure it. This was the price for freedom and for the baby. Her body was stiff, tense-he noticed right away. "Baby, you don't like it when I hold you?" he whispered against her ear, his arms tight around her. I don't! The words almost flew out, but she forced them down. Instead, she mumbled, "It's not that..." "Not that means you do, right?" Lucian cut her off, clearly not wanting to hear her excuses-probably something about Fiona again. What did she really know anyway? He and Fiona weren't bound by some oath of loyalty. It's not like he'd wronged her-heck, she ended up pregnant outside and he didn't lash out. He even took care of it behind the scenes. But those things, he'd never say. That was between him and Fiona. He was someone who kept his word-even when it came to Ariella. She stayed quiet. How could she say she liked him? That would be too fake, too much. Even just to get away from him,