Release: A Ransom Novel by Rachel Schurig

Author:Rachel Schurig [Schurig, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-08-05T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Paige

I stare at my laptop, willing myself to concentrate, but it’s no use. I’m supposed to be finishing the design for the meet and greet contest—it’s not due to the tour manager until tomorrow night but I had wanted to get a head start on it. But once I saw Sienna waiting in the dressing room, I knew there wasn’t much chance of being productive.

This is stupid, I tell myself, getting up from the desk to pace my hotel room. Getting all worked up about it when it’s none of your business.

I sigh and walk to the window, pulling open the shade. My rather uninspiring view is of the parking lot behind the hotel. I watch the cars pulling in and out for a few seconds, hoping to regain my focus.

I just don’t understand what she’s doing here. Does this mean that Reed has decided to go ahead with the plan to pretend they’re still dating? Is she in town to help the PR guys convince him? What if she legitimately wants him back, not for the TV show but... for real? He says they never really loved each other, but what if that was just talk? What if—

A knock at my door makes me jump and let out a little yelp. I place a hand over my heart, trying to quell the surprise, and head to the peephole. “Yes?” I call out, but then I’m peering through the little fish-eyed window at a tall, blond figure. His back is to me but I know it’s Reed immediately.

“Hey.” I pull open the door and he turns to me. “I thought you had meetings—” I stop talking abruptly as the expression on his face registers in my brain. He looks absolutely destroyed. “What’s wrong?”

“Can I come in?”

“Of course.” I step aside so he can brush past me into the room. He walks straight to the mini bar and grabs a bottle of some clear liquid—probably vodka—before collapsing into the room’s only armchair. I follow him in, perching on the side of my bed. “Did something happen?”

He takes a long swig of the liquor before answering and my thoughts go to Sienna. Is this related to her arrival? Then he meets my eyes and my mouth drops open a little. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him look like this—terrified and pissed and completely grief stricken. “Reed.” I make my voice as firm as I can, wanting to snap him out of it. “Tell me what’s wrong. You’re scaring me.”

He blows out a shaky breath. “She’s pregnant.”

It takes a long minute for his words to register. For some reason my first thought is of Daisy, but that’s silly, because news of pregnancy from her, though surprising, would never be met with this kind of despair. When it hits me, I feel as if the breath has been knocked from my lungs.

“Sienna?” I whisper.

He looks away, as if he can’t bear to meet my eyes anymore, and nods.

Holy shit.

I realize my hands are shaking and I shove them under my knees.

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