Chapter 72

The silence was loud and lasted for several minutes than it need be, Ethan in shock and Emily equally in shock but tainted by uncertainty. A million thoughts ran through her hand, her hands were unsteady and the positive pregnant test staring at the both of them.

She looked away from Ethan, she tried to act aloof even though her heart kept pounding loudly behind her chest.

Who was the father? Was the question that kept repeating itself round her head and yet unable to come up with an answer.

She washed her hands by the sink but not saying a word to Ethan because what exactly could she say? Her hands were shaky, no matter how much she tried to steady them.

She was pregnant? How could she be pregnant? It was worse that she wasn’t sure who the father was.

“Emily?” Ethan called again, this time making way for her to pass through out of the bathroom.

“I’m not ready to talk about it yet?” she told him, collapsing herself unto the sofa, her head in her hand as the felt the pressure closing