But then again I already prepared for a disaster.
Chapter Seventeen
Rachel
I looked stupid rushing off like that. Juvenile maybe.
I don’t know and I don’t care.
Maybe it’s pregnancy hormones making me do all kinds of shit already.
I feel like hell and God knows how much make up I had to put on my face to try to look somewhat normal.
I was sick all day again. I went to work and I think I stay more in the ladies than at my desk. It was such a shame that I was with Allen for most of the day. He knew something was up with me but never said.
He just kept looking at me weird. I prayed he didn’t guess.
I’ve known that I’m pregnant now for two days now, and I’ve kept it to myself. I desperately wanted to talk to my friends about it but I don’t want to until I speak to Dante.
Now I just don’t know. What the hell is Marie doing here?
When last I checked she didn’t have any sort of affiliation with the company. So why was she here?
How would she even know about the event if Dante didn’t tell her?
That woman has always looked at me like shit and just now was no different. Although admittedly she looked like she knew something was going on between me and Dante.
I wasn’t exactly close to see her face all that clearly, but I think I saw enough. It was something in the way her body language shifted.
None of that matters though if I don’t know what’s going on.
I can’t catch my breath. I just need to get away and think. I head past the hall and go out to the terrace. It didn’t look like there were many people out there, everyone seemed to love the garden or the hall itself.
I want to believe that Marie’s presence here is nothing. She’s just here for the event, but that same body language that told me she knew something was going on between Dante and me, told me she’s not done with him yet.
And why would she be?
I don’t know who would be idiot enough to give up a guy like him.
I guessed it didn’t work out between them but I was never given specifics and he didn’t say. He never said why they broke up and even though I’ve been with him I still didn’t think it was my place to ask.
I still don’t and as far as I knew Marie was supposed have left state and gone back to LA. When did she get back?
“Rachel.” It’s Giselle. I stop in my tracks when I see her strolling up to me with Josh, her husband.
The two of them look like they just stepped off the cover of Vogue. It’s so nice to see them together that even I can push aside the morning sickness and my upset over Marie.
“You guys made it,” I say with a smile .
“Yes,” Giselle answers and gives me a hug .
Josh shakes my hand with both of his and resumes holding his wife’s hand. It’s a thing I notice. They’re always holding hands wherever they go and I imagine them to be like that for a long time to come.
“We just got here,” Josh says looking about the place. “Great set up you guys have.”
“Thank you. It’s good to see you guys,” I tell them.
“Where are you going?” Giselle asks.