<b>Chapter </b><b>12 </b>


    Call it shock and madness or even irony. But ir couldn’t help it. She startedughing


    <b>“</b>Stop it ir, this isn’t funny.” Laura pouted. Clearly upset that ir wasughing.


    “Oh, but it is.” ir saw Peterse up behind Laura. ir shook her head at him, wiping the tears from her eyes caused by theughing. Seeing the movement from ir, he stayed silent, just standing there behind her cousin, watching her. ir was sure if Laura made any sudden movements towards her again, Peters would have her pinned to the wall.


    “Let me guess<b>, </b>the baby is Dan’s or are you going to palm it off as Dan’s?” ir went back to packing now. She had Peters watching over her. She left out an outfit and underwear for today.


    “I’m not a slut. The baby is Dan’s,” Laura screamed at her.


    She wasn’t Mother Teresa either. Far removed, with the men that had been in Laura’s bed. “Okay, whatever. I really don’t care. It’s your problem now. You’ll have to exin everything to your parents and Dan’s mother. But go ahead and spin it anyway you like.” ir gestured towards Laura’s belly. “That baby was conceived before any breakup between Dan and me. How are you going to exin that, Laura?”


    The other issue was Auntie Viv, Laura’s mother. The way she had humiliated Sutton foring home pregnant from Europe. Going on and on about <b>the </b>embarrassment to their family name. Now she had her own daughter in the same predicament. ir would bet a million dors she didn’t even have, Laura wouldn’t be subject to the same treatment.


    “I don’t know. I haven’t even told Dan I’m pregnant yet.” Laura bit her nail.


    ir stared at her wide eyed. “Wow, just wow. I have no words.”


    She moved towards her bedside table, opening the drawers. ir pulled out her phone charger and the current book she was reading. It made her pause. The book was a drama about a cheating husband. True, Dan hadn’t been her husband, but still someone she hoped would stay faithful to her. After living with Laura’s parents and her uncles with his cheating ways. ir was surprised that Laura didn’t see the pattern. Once a cheater, always a cheater in her book. If Dan had fooled around on ir. Who’s to say he would stay faithful to Laura? No longer interested in the book, she threw it on the bed, packing the charger.


    “I wish you and Dan all the happiness in the world, Laura, I truly do. I believe I had a lucky escape and to think I have you to thank for that.” ir believed what she was saying this wasn’t hurt pride talking. If anything, she wasn’t hurting enough for a man she should have been ready to marry. It was as if a huge weight had been lifted off her shoulders. She hadn’t even realized she was carrying.


    “But I will not lie to anyone. I will tell the truth. You do remember how important the truth is to auntie Viv, don’t you, Laura?” ir looked up with a smirk on her face. Laura had lied so many times as a child. She had loved getting ir and her sisters in trouble, auntie Viv had always believed Laura over the three of them. Her precious daughter could do no wrong. She would not hear gossip about her beautiful model daughter. ir wasn’t jealous of Laura. To her, Sutton had always been more beautiful.


    However, auntie Viv was the main reason why Sutton decided to only work in Europe after being offered the modeling job. She made it clear that she didn’t want to work anywhere near Laura. Therefore, auntie Viv couldn’t use Sutton of riding on Laura’s coattails or being jealous of the attention


    Laura received.


    Laura and their aunt didn’t even know what Sutton had been doing. Only that she was working abroad to support her sisters.


    Sutton had worn contacts, changing her eyes from blue to green and dying her hair much lighter. Out <b>of </b>the three sisters, Sutton had the darkest hair. Both she and Keira had light blonde and Sutton was dark blonde. They had all inherited their blue eyes from their mother.


    “ir<b>, </b>you have to do this for the baby’s sake.” Laura begged.


    “What about Sutton? What about her baby? No one from your side of the family cared about her when she came home. The vile things your mother said about her around town; about her and her morals. Like her not knowing who the father of her baby is.”


    Laura crossed her arms.over her chest. “Well, she doesn’t though, does she?”


    irughed. “Yes, she does, Laura, because Sutton has only ever been with one man in her life. Something you will never be able to put <b>a </b>im <b>to</b><b>.</b><b>” </b>


    <b>Chapter </b>12


    I <b>haven’t </b><b>been </b><b>with </b><b>that </b><b>many </b>men. Laura tried to defend herself.


    <b>ir’s </b><b>eyes </b><b>widened </b>as a sudden thought came to her. “Not since Dan moved in no. I should have realized that.<b>” </b>ir felt like smacking <b>herself </b>in <b>the </b><b>head </b><b>with </b><b>her </b>hand. She was so blind. Laura had been putting on a show for Dan. Or had they been sleeping together that long? <b>“</b>Before <b>that</b><b>, </b>Laura, it <b>felt </b>like <b>a </b>sushi train going through your bedroom,” ir said as she bent down to close her suitcases.


    ir moved around the room to make sure she had everything. Picking up the underwear and work clothes she had set aside. ir went into <b>her </b>bathroom and quickly got dressed and pulled her hair into a bun. d now she had had a shower at Roman’s ce. Picking up the few products she needed from the vanity. When she left the bathroom, Laura was still in the same position. She had hoped she would go. ir put yesterday’s dress with the <b>things </b>she had collected from the bathroom into her tote bag.


    <b>She </b>walked over to the bed to get the suitcases off the bed, but Peters, noticing that she had finished, swiftly moved past Laura and reached them <b>first</b>. He effortlessly lifted the suitcases off the bed as if they weighed nothing at all.


    Laura gasped. “Who the fuck are you?”


    “How about none of your goddamn business?” ir said as she followed the silent Peters out of the room.


    “What did you hook up with some random guyst night? What that makes you no better than…”


    ir spun around to face Laura again. “What no better than you? If I had the parade of men in my vagina like you have had, then you could make ament. Peters works for my boss. He is here to insure my safety.”


    Laura paled. “You didn’t do anything to jeopardize Dan’s job, did you? Like go crying to your boss.”


    irughed. Her cousin was just too much. “My boss has more to worry about than the personal lives <b>of </b>his employees.” There was no way she was going to talk aboutst night. Not because she was embarrassed. Because she had done nothing wrong. What had happened was between her and Roman was no one’s business. “The only one that’s going to affect his job is Dan. Just how many days has hee home to screw you? How long do you think it will be before Roman looks into it? If I were you<b>, </b>I would tell Dan to look for a new job.”