Chapter 13: She’s A Pregnant, Cheating B*tch!

Celia was not inside the bar when Carter arrived. He asked around, but nobody had seen her in a while.

That made his heart race faster. Was she OK? Was she sick? Some creep better not have…

“I saw her walking towards the terrace,” Winnie supplied.

Carter marched out onto the patio.

He could not believe his eyes.

Celia was sitting on the bare tiles with a glass in her hand. She did not look like someone who was ready to go home, even though most of her colleagues had already left.

Carter walked quickly over and asked, “Celia, why are you sitting on the floor?”

Celia looked up and did not seem to recognise him immediately, so he crouched down so that his face was even with hers. He felt an all-too-familiar jolt when her eyes met his.

“Oh, look who’s here!” Celia exclaimed suddenly, her voice too loud. “The handsome fairy godmother. I got a Columbian emerald for the competition. Did they tell you?”