My mate, My exception novel Chapter 67

Kayla leaves the room and Luca follows her. This isn't surprising. After all Luca couldn't care less about me when my blood was leaving the room.

"It was very smart of you to lie about that. How'd you get Kayla on your side though? I truly believed she'd do anything we asked." Micah lean's forward with his elbows on his knees.

"Lie about what?" I ask, trying to sound innocent.

"Oh please, Jen. I know Luca is smarter than me but he's not wiser, and I did know you first. You're pregnant. It's honestly a surprise you've kept it this long but he'll find out and when he does he'll be furious."

"Are you not going to tell him?" I ask quietly. He looks at me flatly for a long time before he shakes his head.

"No, but Luca doesn't like secrets, and when he learns you've kept a big one, he'll be very frustrated."

I smile slightly at him as I slightly hate him a little less.

Micah and I don't wait for long before the door opens and Luca walks in, holding a grocery bag in his hands. On his way to his chair he tosses me the bag and sits down without a word. I open the bag immediately, curious. What's inside shocks me.

"Why are you giving me a pregnancy test?" I ask carefully. He stares into my eyes as his mouth slightly turns upward.

"Just figured it could be one more test." He smirks, then points to the bathroom that's attached to the room.

I got up with shaky feet and walked to the bathroom, shutting and locking the door behind me. I knew I was just humoring him, I knew he must have known. I mean surely he wouldn't actually make me take this test if he didn't have suspicions.

I pulled up my gown after I pulled the test out of the box, squatting on the toilet. I debated not actually peeing on the stick and just running water over it but I didn't know if that would work. I also knew if they caught me doing it, I may suffer the consequences.

So I peed on the damn stick.

I didn't hesitate after I had done it. I washed my hands and walked out of bathroom, trying to keep my head held high.

"The test?" Luca asks me flatly.

"No, sir, I'm sure she's not pregnant." Right as her sentence is finished Luca is standing above her as she lay on the floor by his feet. From his speedy movements it took me a second to realize he had slapped her.

"You bitch." He spits at her. She cradles her face as she cowers away from him. "Go get the test." I know his words are directed to me, so I scurry to the bathroom, grabbing the test.

I now understood why I had to take the test. While looking down at the positive sign I knew Kayla was about to suffer. I was halfway tempted to smash the test under my foot, or throw it in the toilet. I was selfish though. I needed to protect my baby, like she had attempted to do.

When I walked back to him he snatched the test out of my hand, barely glancing at it before showing it to Kayla, who still laid on the ground.

"Did this test lie, Kayla? Or did you?" Lucas voice was full of venom now, as Kayla was huddled in the corner of the room at his feet.

"Please," she started begging, slightly pushing herself up. "I didn't know, I thought the test was negative." I thought her pleas were very believable. This was Luca though, and he did not.

His foot flicked forwards in the blink of an eye and Kayla started screaming as her hands surrounded her stomach. I bit my tongue and backed away from the two of them. Protect the baby, protect the baby was the only thing I could think. I was a monster. I was letting her get beat, letting her take the blame. This was my fault.