Desire by Brooke Summers

Author:Brooke Summers [Summers, Brooke]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-11-16T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 10

YELENA

I groan as pain rips through my head, my mouth feels dry and my eyes are heavy. I wince as the memories come rushing back. My mother hitting me across the head, the dirty asshole who put his hands on me because she allowed him too. I’ve known for a long time that she was a bitch, but I never truly fathomed how far she would go to have me killed.

Opening my eyes I blink furiously at the harsh light, I focus on the white walls as my eyes adjust to the brightness. It doesn’t take me long to realize that I’m in a hospital. Glancing around I see that I’m alone and I can’t help but wonder where Nikolai is. Does he know that I’m here?

The door opens and a middle-aged, balding man walks in wearing a white lab coat and a bright smile. “Ah, you’re awake,” he beams as he moves closer to me. “How are you feeling?”

Confused, angry, determined to get revenge. “Fine,” I tell him. But I’m anything but; I’m in pain and I feel as though I’ve swallowed nails but I despise hospitals and I’m going to do everything in my power to get the hell out of here.

He gives me a knowing smile and checks me over. “Your pupils are reacting as they should to the light, which is a good sign. The blow to the head could have caused some major damage.”

“So I’m okay?” I ask.

“Yes, from the scans and the tests that we have run, you are okay, extremely lucky but okay.”

I breathe a sigh of relief.

“The baby is doing okay too,” he tells me. “It’s early stages but the development is normal and there’s no bleeding.”

I blink trying to wrap my head around what he’s just said. “Baby?”

He nods. “Yes, Ms. Alekseeva, you are measuring around five weeks.”

The door opens and I ignore it. “How?” I say, wondering why the hell this is happening to me. “I’m on the pill, I take it religiously.”

The doctor pats my hand in sympathy. “Although the pill is a form of contraception, it isn’t a hundred percent effective.”

I can’t believe this. How on earth did I let this happen? I’m pregnant with my mother’s husband’s baby. God, it’ll be a fucking riot at holidays.

“Can I go home now?” I ask, wanting to get on the first flight to New York and get the hell away from here. But first, I’ll have a pit stop to make.

“We’re going to keep an eye on you today. You were unconscious for a few hours and we want to ensure that you and the baby remain okay,” the doctor tells me.

“I don’t want to be here—”

“Lena,” Nikolai interrupts me. “You’re staying until the doctor clears you to go home.” His tone brooks no arguments and while he’s staring at me as though he’s never seen me before—his brown eyes dark and filled with worry, not to mention his shoulders are slumped—he’s still got that anger about him.

The doctor slips out of the room while I’m in a stare off with Nikolai.

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