Jerry_Grey

Brittany was such a lucky girl at 18 years old, she had loving parents, and a cute best friend she was harbouring feelings for when something happened, she got acquainted with Lucas the son of her mother’s employer. Naive, they became friends and had unprotected sex and Brittany had to have an abortion since Lucas's father and family members threatened to harm her if she proceeded with the pregnancy. This left Lucas, who is now 30, to join the Marines after obtaining a law degree as well as running away from a dominating father. In the military, he suffers a traumatic event which leaves him with PTSD, then has to go back to his father’s business where he is pressured to marry and produce an heir.
 
Later on, Brittany starts working on the Interior design of Lucas’s family mansion and they again meet each other. Lucas does not remember being with Brittany, but he later still feels the suffering caused by his family to her. Brittany and Lucas have a fake marriage to have control of the family business, but at the same time, Lucas fights with his PTSD and Brittany is devastated by the loss of her mother and betrayal by her family. They have to unmask Lucas’s cunning stepmother and demanding father to regain the title they both deserve and rediscover the bond they lost long ago.

A Fragile Reunion

…"You don't know what happened, Lucas. You…" her voice was slow and breaking with tears flowing freely.

It was obvious that something else was going on and I wanted to know what it was.

"The only thing I've asked since we reconnected is an explanation. I want to know why you threw away what we had without looking back."

And then she delivered the final blow of the night.

"I was pregnant," she said in a low voice.

Nothing in this world could have prepared me for that.

Lucas looked speechless as he stared at me with his mouth hanging open. When he finally snapped his mouth closed, he shook his head as if trying to unhear what I just said. I wished he would just say something instead of gawking at me as if I said I painted the Monalisa. That was impossible but being pregnant was possible.

When he finally spoke, he still hadn't grabbed what I was implying.

Fragments of a Broken Night