Ellie POV


    Lance took me out to the same bar and grill where we''d run into each other a while back. It was a really nice spot, so I wasn''t about toin.


    I hadn''t really thought through what he meant by "taking me out tonight." I should have expected that he meant drinks, of course. Being pregnant, I wasn''t about to consume any alcohol. So as I looked over the drink menu, I found myself feeling a little anxious about what I was going to do. I didn''t want to raise his suspicion.


    The waitress came over to take our order. She was young and very sweet, at least judging by her voice and smile.


    "Hi there! What can I get started for you tonight? Do you know what you''d like to drink?" she asked brightly.


    "Whiskey neat," Lance answered easily.


    I held the menu up and looked at it thoughtfully. "I think I''ll take this," I said, angling the menu so that she could see it and Lance couldn''t.


    She bent down to look where I was pointing.


    "Strawberry, please," I added quickly, before she could say the item out loud and draw Lance''s attention.


    I was pointing to a virgin daiquiri-an alcohol-free mixed drink.


    "Yeah, no problem," she said with that same bright smile, jotting something down on her notepad. "Do you want any appetizers?"


    I didn''t really pay attention as Lance ordered something for us to split. My heart was racing far more than it should have been. It was getting harder and harder to hide my pregnancy.


    My conversation with Kieran popped back into my mind. He was right, of course, that waiting until the deal with the Moonstone Pack was settled, so Nn wouldn''t feel frantic about finding me, was the best option. But I was starting to worry that by the time all of that was done, my pregnancy would be starting to show.


    Once my belly started to pop, it would be almost impossible to hide what was happening, especially when Nn already seemed so suspicious.


    "You''re lost in thought again," Lance said.


    I looked up and realized the waitress had walked away. Lance was just sitting there,


    watching me as I fidgeted with my napkin.


    "Sorry. I guess I''m just tired," I muttered.


    "Seems like you''re sleeping a lottely," Lancemented. "You''re feeling


    depressed, aren''t you? It can make you tired, impact your mood, your appetite. I know you think you''re hiding it well, but it''s pretty obvious something''s going on with you."


    I stared at him, my mouth slightly open, before I managed to respond. "Yeah... I am feeling depressed. It''s just... ever since my ident-"


    "Hey," Lance interrupted gently, "you don''t have to exin if you don''t want to. I just want you to know that if you do want to talk... I know Rae''s avable, but I''m here to listen too."


    "I appreciate that," I said with a tight smile.


    "Though, if you do want to talk about it, I''m interested," he added. "I only know what Nn has told me and I know that''s not the fully picture. What happened with that ident?"


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    "I got hit by a car,” I replied.


    Lance''s eyes went almostically wide and he stared at me in shock. "What the hell?"


    “Yeah. I hit my head pretty hard. Luckly there was no permanent damage done, except for my memory loss. The doctor isn''t sure if my memories wille back or not,” I exined. I avoided his eyes and yed with the cloth napkin in myp.


    "That''s so intense... I can''t believe that ass told me you were faking the memory loss," he muttered to himself.


    I scoffed. I wasn''t surprised that Nn was downying my ident to people. It was just like him to assume that I was lying, even when all of the evidence backed me up.


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