Lyla
I'm sure if Nathan had told me he was an alien, a vampire, or even some wizard and had magically produced a wand and was waving it at me, it wouldn't have been as shocking as what he was asking me to do.
I stared at him, with my mouth hanging open in disbelief. The words he'd just spoken suspended between us like bad breath.
"You're asking me to do WHAT?" I demanded, my voice rising with the sheer ridiculousness.
He sighed heavily, running a hand through his hair. "We would do anything to be with each other right? Isn't that what this is all about? I want to be with you and I'm trying to suggest…"
"To suggest?" I repeated staring at him. "What exactly do you take me for, Nathan? Some kind of baby-making machine? Is that all I am you? Do you think the solution to all our problems is for me to get pregnant? I don't even know who I am anymore, Nathan. My identity is in a mess, it's jumbled…"
"Lyla, just listen…"