Wild Nights With My Brother's Ex-Best Friend novel Chapter 44

Chapter 44

Chapter 44

NICOLE

The first thing I notice when I peel my eyes open are the bright lights overheard.

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My vision is blurry, though. I have to blink several times to clear it. Then, all my senses return to me. I hear the endless beeping of a monitor, see the tiles of the ceiling, and when I turn my head to the side, I take note of the IV pole right beside my bed, which is surrounded by white curtains.

I’m in a hospital?

I try to move but my body is too numb for that. It’s the strangest sensation in the world. It’s like there should be pain, but there isn’t any.

The taste in my mouth is bitter. I try to sit up because this position is uncomfortable as heck, but fail. So, I stay put and wait for someone to come, but that doesn’t happen because I end up falling asleep.

I wake up to the sound of the curtains opening. Though my vision is once again blurry, I see a nurse standing over me.

“Hey there,” she says gently. “You’re okay. You’re in the hospital.”

I try to sit up and she stops me by placing a hand on my shoulder. “Try not to move or talk. You’ve been out for a while, okay?”

I feel a dull ache in my middle that makes me stop moving right away. The nurse takes in my facial expression and says, “I’ll call the doctor. Stay put.”

It doesn’t take long for the doctor to arrive. “Good afternoon, Nicole. Good to see you awake. I’m Dr. Priya.”

I nod because I don’t know what else to do. I’m slowly starting to remember what happened that most definitely landed me in this place. Dan’s face is somehow all I can think about, and the memory of how his blows felt makes me shudder.

Oh, God. That was awful.

Dr. Priya flashes me a tight but sympathetic smile, I don’t like the sight of it at all. For some reason, I feel like something is terribly wrong. Terribly.

I clear my throat, and keep doing it for a handful of seconds until I feel like there’s nothing lodged in my throat. “Is everything okay?”

Her expression shifts, and she seems to inch closer to the bed. “I’m very sorry to have to tell you this, but you had a miscarriage. We did everything we could. There were…complications, but the important thing is that you’re going to be okay!

I settle back into the pillow and feel defeated all of a sudden. I can’t believe she just said that to me. A miscarriage? I’m not pregnant anymore?

“If you’d like, we can bring someone in from the grief support team to speak with you. You don’t have to go through this

alone

I start to feel every emotion in me just threaten to erupt. The little voice in my head is telling me that I’m going to be fine, and that this is alright. That I didn’t even want the baby, which is why I was so uncertain.

And then there’s the other part of me that just falls apart. Of course, I wanted this baby. It was part Roman, but it was mine,

too.

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Tears flood my eyes. She says something else to me but I’m just not in the right state of mind to hear it. My mind’s racing with all the endless possibilities.

The nurse interrupts us and says, “Dr. Priya, the patient’s family is here and would like to see her. Should I bring them in?”

Family? What family? I’m so confused by her statement that it doesn’t even register fully. Dr. Priya looks at me and asks, “Would you like to see them?”

There has to be a mistake. Who else would know I’m here? She must confuse the shake of my head for a fucking nod because she gives the nurse the go-ahead, and in the same second, Roman emerges, his eyes on me.

Roman of all people.

Dr. Priya leaves. It’s just me and him. I’m still fighting my own troubles, but they’ve somehow all stopped so I can pay

attention to him.

“Nikki,” he says, and it’s almost what throws me over the edge. Almost. I watch as he turns away from me and runs a hand down his face, a face that I once would’ve killed for. A face I betrayed my entire family to kiss. A lying, devilishly handsome face. “Why didn’t you tell me?”

He’s facing me again and I don’t miss the accusatory tone in his voice. His eyes are red, too. I’ve never seen this kind of emotion on his face before, so for a few beats, I have no idea what it is.

Then I realize that he has tears in his eyes.

“Why didn’t you tell me you were pregnant?” he demands. His voice is slightly louder this time around. “How could you keep this from me?”

I search his eyes feverishly, so angry that I don’t know what to do with it all. Then I burst out, “Fuck you, Roman. Just fuck right off!”

My voice is raspy and my mouth is too dry for this, but I don’t care. “How dare you stand there and make demands in the face of all that’s happened? How fucking dare you!?”

In moments, he’s standing so close to the bed that his face is hovering above mine. Though clenched teeth, he says, “This would never have happened if you’d told me the truth!”

“What wouldn’t have happened?” I ask wildly, feeling like I’m losing my mind. “My ex wouldn’t have beaten the shit out of me to the point where I lost a baby!? You wouldn’t have married that bitch? What exactly wouldn’t have happened!?”

Roman steps back with a hopeless look on his face. My body’s shaking-that’s how furious I am. “Get out of here! Get out! How dare you show up here after everything you’ve done!?”

Koman doesn’t answer me. I sit up straighter, and what stops me from climbing out of bed is the IV in my arm. “Do you want to know why I didn’t tell you? Because I wouldn’t want you to be a part of my life or this baby’s life! You, a father? That’s fucking rich, isn’t it? You’re not good enough to be anyone’s anything, much less a father! You’re worthless, Roman! You might be this billionaire famous playboy, but I know you. You’ve got nothing inside of you. Nothing but pettiness and disdain and everything that makes the world a shit place to live in! People like you are what’s wrong with the world! GET

QUIT

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