#Chapter 18 (Deonna) The Lesson of Equality

“You’re pregnant?!” Alex asked, pacing the room frantically. He was throwing his arms in the air as he spoke. I could see the utter panic in his face as he continued to walk back and forth across the room. “You weren’t supposed to still be pregnant,” he hissed, his eyes darkening as he glanced over at me. Still? What did he mean by that? Looking at the confusion on my face, he rolled his eyes and stopped pacing so he could fully face me. “The test results from the other day were positive. I told Olivia to tell you it was negative, so you didn’t know. From there, I asked the landscaper to assault you again and make you lose the baby,” he told me, as though I should have already known this information. My mouth fell open. How could one person be so manipulative and dark like that? He asked the landscaper to assault me and make me lose the baby? For a while since residing at the manor, Alex seemed to be the more level-headed and kinder one. But he was the mastermin