Chapter FORTY FOUR

GABRIELLE His eyes widened as the fingers slowly started to ease until they completely slipped away. "What did you say?" His voice was low, his silvery eyes deeply glued to mine. I saw the anger vaporizing out of them, replaced by an intense hopeful look that made guilt pierce at my insides. "You just said that..." He paused, staring at me expectantly for an answer. My throat suddenly went tight, I was practically trembling out of fear, nervousness as well as guilt. Even for someone such as him, it didn't feel right to deceive him in a manner. "I'm p..pregnant." I repeated, hoping I sounded and looked convincing enough. I clenched my fingers tightly as he seemed to process the information in his mind. A pregnancy wasn't something I could lie about forever, it was only a matter of time before I got discovered. There was no time for regrets, I couldn't afford to worry about that right now, he had left me no other option than to lie to him. A part of me wondered if he would have really ki