The commotion had drawn every eye in the ballroom.
Rafael’s face was deathly pale while his lips parted to find a way to save
himself.
425 BONUS
Before he could speak, Natalia stumbled forward with one hand clutching her pregnant belly and the other locking desperately around his arm.
“Rafael, did you just tell her you’d like to start over? If you want her child, what about our baby?”
A shocked hush spread through the guests as I watched it all with a cold, amused smile curled up on my lips.
Rafael’s face went from gray to ashen as he tried to pull free. “Natalia, let go! I was just-”
“Just what? I’m carrying your baby, a Holloway!” she sobbed. Tears smeared her makeup all over her face and exposed her haggard features.
She grabbed his hand and pressed it to her stomach before raising her tear–streaked face. “You promised my father you’d take care of me forever and swore you’d give us a family! And now, you stand here with the audacity to beg for another chance from the woman you abandoned, right in front of me!”
