...Pregnant. I''m... pregnant. At this critical juncture of my life, I am going to have a child with my boyfriend of only a month. Just when I was finally about to open my own store and make my designs known, I had to do the most idiotic thing possible. I peeked out of the bathroom, locking eyes with Ferris who was half-asleep and half-naked on my bed. His hooded eyes peered at me from across the dimly lit room. It was as if he could smell my fear in the dead apartment air. I shivered.


    My mind instinctively flashed to where I met him: the bar he tended nightly and the fights he often broke up. I bit my lip, hesitating. Then I thought about the fights he started as well and the lack of empathy he had. His cold face when we agreed to try out a relationship. The many cut lips and bloody noses I had to treat when he knocked on my door at 3 a.m. No way can I do this with him. No way can this man be a father to my unborn child!Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road.


    "Blair, are you coming to bed soon?" Ferris'' voice resounded throughout the mostly empty room. I turned around to make sure he couldn''t see my face. I was always a terrible liar. "Yeah, just give me a minute." I nearly whispered, my voice shaking. He gave a noncommittal grunt and rolled over to block out the light. Soon he was dead asleep and I could get to packing.


    Luckily I didn''t have much to begin with because I had sold most of it to fund my store. I peered around the apartment I had been camped in for so long. It was a cramped studio apartment in a cheap, crime-riddled part of town. There was no way in hell I would let my child be raised in this. Guess the store will just have to wait for a little until I can get a better job.


    I opened up the door as silently as possible, the humid spring breeze washing over me. I pulled out my phone, dialling a number I hadn''t called since college. "Hey, Fleur? Yeah, I know it''s late and we haven''t talked in forever but I need some serious help right now. All right, I''ll meet you there. Be prepared for a shock."